Transport Canada has awarded aircraft type certification to the Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet, with the US Federal Aviation Administration and European Joint Airworthiness Authorities expected to follow shortly. This will clear the way for the first 70-seat jet to enter service with launch customer Brit Air by the end of March. Firm orders total 174 aircraft.
Source: Flight International
Airbus intends to finalise readiness of jigs and tools on its A350 final assembly line over the next six months in order to handle the manufacture of the freighter variant of the twinjet type. Designated the A350-1000F, the freighter is sized between the -900 and -1000 passenger versions and this, ...
Sweden’s Heart Aerospace has selected Plattsburgh International airport in upstate New York as the location for the maiden sortie of its HX-1 demonstrator – a flight that will take place with a pilot on board.
Virgin Atlantic is marking what chief executive Shai Weiss describes as a “10-year cycle” of issues with its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787-9
