Programmes – Page 167
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NewsPARIS: Ilyushin Finance navigates choppy domestic waters
Only a year ago Ilyushin Finance seemed in a very different position. A longstanding debate about its mixed ownership structure was finally poised for resolution. Negotiations remained active last summer with Bombardier about a proposal to buy 100 locally-built Q400 turboprops, as the Russian lessor waited for CSeries deliveries to ...
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PARIS: Sukhoi banks on Russian-Chinese lessor for Superjet sales
Signing of a shareholder agreement to set up a new China-based lessor for Sukhoi Superjet 100s is scheduled for Moscow's MAKS air show in August, the Russian airframer has disclosed.
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PARIS: Elbit talks up benefits of its BrightNite solution
Elbit Systems’ new BrightNite solution will enable utility helicopters to perform degraded visual environment (DVE) missions on more than 90% of night flights, says the Israeli company.
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NewsANNOUNCEMENT: Flight International recognised as best publication at Aerospace Media Awards
Members of the editorial team from Flight International were present at the annual Aerospace Media Awards to accept the award for Best International Publication.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Revamped production line allows ATR to ramp up
It is possibly not a problem ATR thought it would ever have to face when its annual output languished in single figures a decade ago. But buoyant demand for the Toulouse-based airframer’s twin turboprops – it took a record 160 orders in 2014 – meant it has had to find ...
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NewsPARIS: Comac nears C919 roll-out but pushes back first flight
Comac has confirmed that the first-flight schedule for its C919 narrowbody has been pushed back to at least next year.
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PARIS: Rafael reveals latest air-to-air missile
Rafael has unveiled its longest range air-to-air missile, the I-Derby ER.
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NewsPARIS: CSeries package to deliver 4% performance boost from 2018
Bombardier is aiming to build on the "better than brochure" CSeries performance disclosed at the Paris air show by delivering a further 4% gain in 2018 through a package of improvements currently in development.
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NewsPARIS: Irkut president sets out MC-21 ambitions
Do not question Oleg Demchenko’s ambition. As the president of Irkut, the chain-smoking 71-year-old executive is leading a Russian company with little track record in the commercial market into a direct sales confrontation against Airbus and Boeing, which, Demchenko notes, will do “anything they can” to stop a new competitor.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus in early talks over moderate A380 stretch
Airbus has strongly hinted that it is considering a moderate stretch of the A380 as part of a modernisation package tied to a potential engine upgrade on the type.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Comparing the Superjet and CSeries cockpits and cabins
The debut of the Bombardier CSeries at the Paris air show provides the opportunity for the 110-160-seater to be compared with a contemporary twinjet at the lower end of its size scale – the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
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NewsPARIS: New Chinese air show launched
A new air show is to be launched in China in 2017 in an attempt to tap into the country's burgeoning commercial aviation market.
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PARIS: Elbit launches pilot health-monitoring system
Elbit Systems has unveiled a new system that will monitor a pilot’s body condition in extreme phases of flight.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus wrangled with A320neo display options
Airbus had been discussing options for a fly-past of the A320neo at the Paris air show but scaled back its plans after technical snags halted testing with the Pratt & Whitney-powered variant.
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NewsPARIS: Bombardier still considering stretched 'CS500'
Bombardier continues to consider developing a third, larger variant of its CSeries aircraft, though the Canadian manufacturer's prime focus remains certification of its CS100 and CS300, an executive disclosed at the Paris air show today.
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OpinionOPINION: How feasible is a 757 replacement?
There would have to be a market of at least 2,000 aircraft to prompt one of the big airframers to launch a product to fill the middle-of-the-market gap between their largest narrowbodies and smallest twin-aisles, Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy concludes in a new white paper.
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NewsPARIS: CSeries ferry flight operated 'typical airliner' profile
Bombardier's CSeries operated at "typical airliner" cruise speeds for its first transatlantic flights to make its appearance at Le Bourget, test pilot Mark Elliott has revealed.
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NewsPARIS: Bombardier unveils improved CSeries performance
Executives at Bombardier took the offensive on the Sunday before the 2015 Paris Air Show, announcing that the company’s flagship CSeries aircraft will have even better performance than the company had previously predicted.
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NewsPARIS: CFM prepares for first Leap deliveries to Comac
CFM International president Jean-Paul Ebanga has confirmed that the manufacturer will in the next few weeks deliver the first two engines to China's Comac for the C919 flight-test programme.
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OpinionOPINION: Rate 60 – a narrowbody rate too far?
Airline traffic will need to keep growing aggressively to the end of the decade to absorb production rates of 60 narrowbodies a month by each of the big two manufacturers.