Hapag-Lloyd's deal last week for 10 more Boeing 737-800s is part of a plan to phase out its Airbus A310s and switch to a 40-strong, all-737 operation. Deliveries are to begin next year. The TUI-owned airline says its six 271-seat General Electric CF6-powered A310s will be withdrawn as the 189-seat 737s arrive.
Source: Flight International
GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s wings and other structures.
Developing novel propulsion technologies has proven more challenging than expected, leaving Embraer’s chief engineer now predicting his team would need until 2040 to bring a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft to market.
German turboprop manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft is justifying an ambitious outlook for its D328eco, arguing that there are fewer rival manufacturers pursuing the primary markets. Deutsche Aircraft, in its latest full-year financial statement, says its planning for the D328eco “assumes” sales of 1,000 aircraft, based on various market studies – a ...
