All Europe articles – Page 10
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NewsUK Falcon 20 pitch-jam incident traced to undrained frozen rainwater
Dassault has developed a modification for Falcon 20 business jets to increase aft-fuselage drainage after a flight-control icing incident involving a UK-registered aircraft. The aircraft’s crew found that pitch control became restricted at 19,000ft and could not be moved nose-up sufficiently to maintain level flight during turns, according to the ...
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NewsLufthansa Technik names Vittadini as supervisory board chairperson
Lufthansa Technik has named Lufthansa Group chief technology officer Grazia Vittadini as its new supervisory board chairperson.
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NewsZeroAvia looks to Scotland for manufacturing site as investment bank joins funding round
Scottish National Investment Bank has joined an investment round for advanced propulsion specialist ZeroAvia, with a £20 million ($26 million) commitment to take the overall figure to $150 million. ZeroAvia says the Series C investment “accelerates progress” towards certification of its hydrogen-electric powertrains. The company has been flight-testing its ZA600 ...
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NewsHeart unveils the HX-1, its first full-scale flight-test demonstrator
Sweden’s Heart Aerospace has unveiled its first full-scale flying demonstrator – the Heart Experimental 1 (HX-1) – a stepping-stone on the way to developing its hybrid-electric ES-30, an aircraft only announced two years ago.
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NewsAegean boosts first-half revenue during busy European summer travel season
Aegean Airlines boosted revenue for the first half of the year as both international and domestic networks delivered higher results during the European summer travel season.
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NewsSafran pursues acquisition of Ohio-based engine repair company
French aerospace firm Safran is looking at acquiring an Ohio-based firm specialising in aircraft engine parts repair this year.
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NewsIcelandair shows off initial Airbus as A321LR rolls out in carrier’s colours
Icelandair has shown off its first Airbus aircraft, an A321LR which has been painted in the carrier’s colours at Hamburg.
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NewsIran Air faces sanctions as three European states suspend Iranian air service bilaterals
France, Germany and the UK are suspending bilateral air services agreements with Iran, and looking to impose sanctions on Iran Air over the export of Iranian missiles to Russia. The measures are intended to pressure the Iranian government over its provision of weapons that will support Russia’s military campaign against ...
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NewsWizz Air to station initial A321XLRs in London and Milan to serve Middle East routes
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is to station its first pair of Airbus A321XLRs in London and Milan, and use the long-range jets to operate services to the Middle East next year. The airline will base its first XLR at London Gatwick and fly daily to the Saudi Arabian ...
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NewsAirbus sees no RISE surprises after early testing, as study highlights installation challenges
Airbus has hailed the success of an initial round of windtunnel testing using a scaled version of CFM International’s RISE open-rotor engine mounted to a section of wing as part of early aircraft integration studies.
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NewsGerman state must partially recover aid from Ryanair and Frankfurt Hahn
Germany’s government must recover public funds from Frankfurt Hahn airport, as well as budget carrier Ryanair, after the European Commission concluded that they received support contrary to state-aid rules. The Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the funding – two measures for the airport and four for Ryanair – in ...
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NewsNetherlands seeks $691m AIM-9X Sidewinder buy as it boosts support to Ukraine
The Netherlands has requested an almost $700 million purchase of Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II short-range air-to-air missiles.
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NewsZelensky presses allies over cruise missile targeting restrictions
Ukraine has repeated a call for its Western allies to allow it to begin using donated air-launched cruise missiles and other advanced weapons to strike military targets inside Russia.
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NewsSiberia’s IrAero and Aurora to modernise with MC-21s and SJ-100s
Siberian carriers IrAero and Aurora Airlines have each signed agreements covering the acquisition of domestically-built aircraft including the Yakovlev MC-21 and SJ-100. Irkutsk-based IrAero will take 37 aircraft, comprising seven MC-21s and 21 SJ-100s plus a batch of nine Tupolev Tu-214s. It signed an agreement of intent with Yakovlev during ...
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NewsRussian low-cost carrier Smartavia signs for 45 MC-21s
Russian carrier Smartavia has reached a preliminary agreement to take 45 Yakovlev MC-21 twinjets for fleet modernisation. The Arkhangelsk-based airline was formerly owned by Aeroflot before it was sold and rebranded as Nordavia, and subsequently evolved as a budget carrier under the Smartavia name. It operates Boeing 737s and Airbus ...
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NewsPrivate customer orders A350s and A320neos during August
Airbus has disclosed that a private customer ordered three A350-900s as well as three A320neos during August. The airframer has not identified the operator that signed for the six aircraft, but revealed the 21 August agreement in its latest backlog figures. Airbus formally listed orders for 40 other aircraft, including ...
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NewsBoeing pitches latest Chinook variant to Poland
Boeing formally offered its latest CH-47F Block II heavy-lift helicopter to Warsaw at the MSPO show in Kielce.
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In depthBraced for change: Clean Aviation plans radical reshaping of regional aircraft wings
An eventual successor to current regional turboprops could feature a strut-braced, high-aspect-ratio composite wing with morphing leading and trailing edges, depending on the outcome of an ongoing research and technology project.
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NewsUK investigates cause of Royal Navy Merlin helicopter loss
The UK Ministry of Defence is to investigate a fatal accident involving a Royal Navy-operated Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Merlin.
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NewsHungarian air force welcomes its first C-390 transport
Hungary has taken delivery its first Embraer C-390 tactical transport, becoming the second European NATO nation to field the Brazilian-built type.