Reading Time: < 1 minute The first Boeing KC-46A tanker that will be delivered to the U.S. Air Force next year successfully completed its first flight and airborne tests, taking off from Paine Field at 10:32 a.m. PST and landing approximately three-and-one-half hours later. “Today’s flight is another milestone for the Air Force/Boeing team and helps move us closer to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Специалисты Центрального аэрогидродинамического института имени профессора Н.Е. Жуковского (входит в НИЦ “Институт имени Н.Е. Жуковского”) завершили очередной этап испытаний модели среднего военно-транспортного самолёта Ил-276, работы по которому проводились в трансзвуковой аэродинамической трубе ЦАГИ в рамках контракта с ПАО “Ил”, сообщается в пресс-релизе института. По данным пресс-службы, целью исследований стало изучение аэродинамических характеристик модели самолёта с […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Denver-based startup Boom Supersonic said on Tuesday Japan’s No. 2 carrier Japan Airlines Co Ltd has invested US$10 million in the company, which is building a supersonic passenger aircraft it claims will be faster, quieter and more affordable to fly than Concorde. Boom is developing a 55-seat plane that it says will be able to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for October showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 7.2% compared to the same month last year. Capacity grew 6.2% and load factor climbed 0.8 percentage points to 80.8%, which was a record for the month. October’s performance was a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The US Supreme Court issued stays Dec. 4 on two preliminary injunctions related to the Trump Administration’s third travel ban issued Sept. 24. The court’s orders effectively allow enforcement of the ban on individuals from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen—countries the US government had deemed uncooperative with stringent US entry security requirements announced […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing and Aerolíneas Argentinas celebrated the delivery and commercial debut of the first 737 MAX airplane for the airline and for Latin America. Aerolíneas took delivery of the airplane, a MAX 8, in late November and flew the first commercial flight about a week later from Buenos Aires to Mendoza, becoming the first in the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute After a glitch in the pilots’ rostering system which left many scheduled flights over the holiday season between December 17 and December 30 without a pilot, co-pilot or both, American Airlines has come to an agreement with the pilots’ union, the Allied Pilots Association, which it is believed will avoid the need to cancel any […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Аэропорт “Кольцово” побил исторический рекорд по пассажиропотоку. Сегодня в аэропорту Екатеринбурга обслужили пятимиллионного пассажира. До этого рекорд был поставлен в 1991 году, когда авиаузел обслужил 4,9 миллиона человек. Как рассказал сегодня на пресс-конференции исполнительный директор ПАО «Аэропорт Кольцово» Алексей Пискунов, к концу года прогнозируется принять 5,4 миллиона человек. На следующий год заявлена планка 5,7 миллиона. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The new airport in Rostov on Don will officially open on December 7, replacing the older airfield. By 1100L (0800Z) all airlines will switch to the new airport, its operator announced. Following the certification of the new airport Platov on December 1, both airports are currently being used on a temporary basis. The old airport, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute China Airlines of Taiwan has become the second airline to join a programme to use a blend of traditional and sustainable biofuels to power aircraft for delivery flights from Airbus. The aircraft involved is the tenth A350-900 for China Airlines, which left the manufacturer’s delivery centre in Toulouse for its new home in Taipei with […]