All news – Page 3131
-
News
VIDEO: Boeing 787 shivers and sweats in Florida extreme-weather testing
Boeing has undertaken a series of hot and cold extreme weather tests on 787 ZA003 in a special hangar at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin AFB in Florida.
-
News
Airbus makes headway on A350 catalogue
Airbus's catalogue for the A350 XWB is taking shape, with the airframer having completed the selection on the majority of suppliers for its initial book.
-
News
Saab names new chief executive
Saab has appointed a new chief executive to replace Åke Svensson, who will leave the Swedish company later this year.
-
News
Lufthansa to operate first A380 flights to Tokyo and Beijing
Lufthansa plans to operate its first Airbus A380 flights to Tokyo Narita and Beijing. The Star Alliance carrier, which will take delivery of its first...
-
News
PICTURES: Boeing flies re-engined F-15K for South Korea
Boeing has performed the first flight of a Pratt & Whitney F100-229EEP-equipped F-15K for South Korea ...
-
News
Alenia Aermacchi, EADS tighten pact on M-346
EADS and Finmeccanica have strengthened their relationship for a European military training deal ...
-
News
US Airways plans formal Gogo launch in June
Even as roughly 75% of the 51 Airbus A321s in the US Airways fleet now feature the Aircell Gogo Wi-fi offering, the carrier is opting to commence its full...
-
News
Icelandair shifts volcano-hit hub operation back to Reykjavik
Icelandair is relocating its hub operation back to Reykjavik today having decamped to the Scottish city of Glasgow after its base was closed by volcanic...
-
News
Airbus to flight-test XWB carbonfibre skin panel on A340 this year
Airbus will fly a carbonfibre fuselage panel on its A340-300 testbed this year as part of its investigation of acoustic transmission within the A350 XWB's composite cabin.
-
News
Embraer machines first Legacy 500 metal
Embraer has produced its first part for the $18.4 million Legacy 500 midsize business jet - a plate to which the 12-passenger twinjet's radome, radar and glideslope components will be attached.
-
News
India's DGCA analyses recorders from Emirates turbulence incident
Indian civil aviation authorities are analysing the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the Emirates Boeing 777-200ER that was involved in a severe turbulence incident
-
News
Dugan to start second round of MD-80 reverser tests
Dugan Kinetics will start the second phase of testing for its new EP-80 ejector thrust reverser designed for the Boeing MD-80 in May as it targets certification...
-
News
Kenya 737 crash probe highlights disparity between pilots
Pairing of a dominant captain and a reserved first officer on the crashed Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 in Cameroon appears to have contributed to their poor...
-
News
Airbus focuses on family commonality as it begins A350-800 detailed design
Airbus is about to begin the detailed design effort of the next XWB iteration, the A350-800 shrink, in parallel with its efforts to begin the industrial...
-
News
ATK gains new work on F-35 structures
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) will continue building skins and start supplying inlet ducts for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter under two new contracts...
-
News
NH Industries outlines delivery plan for naval NH90
NH Industries has handed over the Netherlands' first NH90 naval frigate helicopter in the "meaningful operational capability" (MOC) configuration, and will soon also start deliveries to three more of its customers for the type.
-
News
India's DGCA analyses recorders from Emirates turbulence incident
Indian civil aviation authorities are analysing the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Emirates aircraft involved in a...
-
News
JAL to drop 45 routes in drastic cuts to network
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to stop operations on 15 international routes, as the loss-making carrier reveals drastic cuts to its route network this year.
-
News
Kenya 737 crash: Poor airmanship led to disorientation
Investigators have concluded that poor airmanship, notably the failure to recognise and correct an excessive bank after take-off, led to the loss of a Kenya...
-
News
GE, Rolls sweeten offer on F-35 alternate engine price
A transatlantic team has sweetened its price offer to the US Department of Defense seeking to keep alive a threatened alternate engine for the F-35 Joint...