Reading Time: < 1 minute The first flying prototype of Russia’s Irkut MC-21-300 single-aisle airliner has completed the first low-speed taxi trial in the run-up to the maiden flight. The tests are being conducted at Irkut Corporation’s Irkutsk Aviation Plant flight testing facility. Preparations for the first flight are on schedule, the company says. Ground checks are being run on […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing’s decision to assemble its T-X Air Force training jet at its St. Louis facility is expected to support approximately 1,800 jobs in the region. If the Air Force chooses Boeing to help train pilots for generations to come, T-X will be the newest project for a community that has produced some of the most […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Europe generated the most revenue for Emirates during the past year, the Dubai-based airline revealed on Thursday. In its 2016-17 annual report, in which Emirates Group posted an $670 million profit for the financial year ending March 31, it said European routes contributed $6.5 billion, unchanged from the previous year. It said revenue generated from […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lufthansa has put the ball squarely in the Abu Dhabi governments court, saying its ties with Etihad could grow ever closer, if the government wants. Germany’s biggest and Europe’s third biggest airline CEO was in Abu Dhabi last week, the second time in four months. This time he was part of the delegation visiting with […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, made history this afternoon when its first all-female flight and cabin crew took to the skies. The special flight, JU314, departed Belgrade for Paris at 5:05 pm, with Captain Vesna Aleksić and First Officer Mirjana Stojilković at the controls. Looking after guests on the flight […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes In 2016, the Russian economy continued crisis, complicated by low energy prices and the continuation of financial and economic sanctions. Key economic indicators (according to the Federal State Statistics Service) in relation to 2015: Gross domestic product – 99.3%, industrial production index – 101.1%, production index by type of activity “Manufacturing” – 100.1%. The production […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute After a dip in the market, The Aviation Maintenance Holding now predicts Russia will experience an upswing in the next five years. When will we see growth in the MRO sector and how soon? Igor Panshin, Deputy GD Sales & Planning, Engineering, for The Aviation Maintenance Holding, says, “I think you will see growth in […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the 9th prototype of a fifth-generation fighter T-50 (T-50-9), created as part of the program of the advanced aviation complex of front-line aviation (PAK FA), was launched into the air, Lenta.ru reported with ref to a source in Russian military structures. Ground tests of aircraft equipment began in autumn 2016. “The new fighter […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing has started construction of a new 737 completion and delivery in China, as part of a cooperation with domestic aircraft manufacturer Comac. The facility is Boeing’s first overseas and is scheduled to open 2018 in Zhoushan, situated in China’s Zhejiang Province. The center’s capabilities will include fitting the 737s with seating and inflight entertainment […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A tough year has taken its toll on Emirates despite the airline managing to keep profits in the black. The Group’s 2016-2017 results report a 29th year of profit but airline profits are down 81 percent to AED 1.3 billion ($340 million) from a record AED 7.2 billion ($1.9 billion) last year. Group profits, which […]