All air transport news – Page 596
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus-CSeries deal raises new Bombardier questions
Bombardier's deal to grant Airbus majority ownership of CSeries throws a needed lifeline to a flagship aircraft that observers widely compliment for efficiency, technological advances and relatively smooth entry-into-service.
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Delta committed to CSeries despite delivery uncertainty
Delta Air Lines remains committed to its Bombardier CSeries order, following plans by Airbus to buy a majority stake in the programme.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: CSeries sector flat in Airbus single-aisle outlook
Airbus forecasts put 20-year demand in the Bombardier CSeries category at just over 4,450 aircraft, although the total has stayed largely flat and represents a declining proportion of the single-aisle market.
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Success of Max 10 to dictate Boeing's NMA: Ascend
Boeing's NMA strategy could depend on the reception of its 737 Max programme, Flight Ascend Consultancy has suggested.
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US-built CSeries still subject to import tax: Boeing
Boeing insists that Airbus's intention to deliver Bombardier CSeries aircraft from an Alabama final assembly site would exempt the aircraft from potential US import taxes.
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Delta evaluating A320neo or 737 Max family order
Delta Air Lines is looking at both the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 Max for an upcoming narrowbody order.
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Undisclosed buyer adds to Super Tucano backlog
Embraer has announced a new order for six of its armed A-29 Super Tucano, but declines to identify the latest customer to have committed to the type.
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Irkut conducts long MC-21 flight to Gromov test centre
Irkut has flown the initial MC-21-300 on a long-range route, from its base at Irkutsk to Moscow Ramenskoye, where the Gromov experimental test centre is located.
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NewsAirbus aims to fly A330neo on 19 October
Airbus has tentatively fixed a 19 October date for the maiden A330neo flight.
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Airbus revisits CSeries as programme risk diminishes
Airbus's timing of its revisit to the Bombardier CSeries, two years after dropping out of partnership talks, removes much of the risk it previously associated with the programme.
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Airbus envisions harmonising CSeries with A320
Airbus will look to smooth the boundary between the Bombardier CSeries and its own single-aisle aircraft line in order to create a more harmonised range.
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CSeries will avoid 300% duties with US assembly: executives
Bombardier and Airbus executives confirm that plans to open a CSeries final assembly line in the USA would enable the companies to avoid a potentially disastrous 300% tariff on imports of CS100s.
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PICTURES: Qantas takes delivery of first 787-9
Qantas has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 at a ceremony held at Boeing’s delivery centre in Everett.
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Airbus to acquire majority share in CSeries programme
Airbus will acquire a majority stake in the Bombardier CSeries programme and open a second final assembly line for CS100s and CS300s in Mobile, Alabama, to serve US customers, the companies announced late on 16 October.
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New tests move P&W closer to ultra-high bypass GTF
Pratt & Whitney is a step closer to developing an ultra high-bypass version of the PW1000G geared turbofan after completing a second round of ground testing of key components.
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EASA to order disk checks on Leap-powered A320neos
Operators of Airbus A320neos with CFM International Leap-1A engines are likely to be told to inspect high-pressure turbine disks to check for possible defects.
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OpinionOPINION: Is A380 fleet overtaking 747 a hollow victory?
News that the Airbus A380 fleet now exceeds that of the Boeing 747 will have been met with mixed emotions in Seattle.
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PICTURES: Boeing rolls out first 787-10 out of paint shop
Boeing has rolled out the first 787-10 aircraft out of the paint shop for its launch customer Singapore Airlines (SIA).
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AnalysisANALYSIS: KLM chief hails effect of fleet transformation
Two years from now, KLM will mark the centenary of its foundation: a milestone which it believes makes it the world's oldest continuously operating airline.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US 747s fly into the sunset
An era in commercial aviation will end in December when the last Delta Air Lines Boeing 747 flies into the sunset, ending a near-half-century run for the iconic Jumbo Jet in US fleets.