Airbus has formally redesignated the Bombardier CSeries as the A220, complementing its larger A320 single-aisle range.
A former CS300 – now known as the A220-300 – has touched down in Toulouse, painted in its new Airbus colour scheme.
Its smaller sister aircraft, previously known as the CS100, will be called the A220-100.
Airbus took over the CSeries programme from Bombardier on 1 July.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Shareholders in Italian carrier ITA Airways have approved a capital increase of €325 million ($338 million) enabling Lufthansa Group to take a shareholding in the operator. ITA Airways says Lufthansa Group will be offered the capital, adding that it needs to subscribe by 15 January. This will enable the German ...
Investigators believe a damaged retaining pin within the overhead fire-control panel on a TAP Portugal Airbus A321neo led to an uncommanded in-flight engine shutdown, when it released a fire push-button during turbulence. Portuguese investigation authority GPIAAF says the aircraft (CS-TJL) had been cruising at 37,000ft en route from Milan to ...
The US government has cleared nearly $1 billion in potential sales of air-launched weapons to Egypt and Morocco.
Bankrupt battery maker Northvolt had relationships with some of the best-known electric aviation start-ups but whether its financial troubles will impact its aerospace ambitions remains unclear.
ATR has ended its effort to develop a short take-off and landing (STOL) variant of the ATR 42-600 after failing to secure as many orders as it had hoped.
Comac has also officially renamed its ARJ21 regional jet programme to the C909, in line with the naming convention of its other two programmes the C919 and C929.
