Reading Time: 2 minutes The world’s first four-seat passenger plane powered solely by hydrogen has taken to the sky from Stuttgart Airport in Germany. The HY4 aircraft, developed by a team from the German Aerospace Center, uses electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell system to power an electrical motor. The only waste product is water and as long as […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Morocco has signed an agreement that Boeing will seek to attract its suppliers to boost the kingdom’s aeronautics industry. The “Boeing ecosystem” project aims to bring around 120 suppliers of the company to help raise Morocco’s aeronautics exports by US$1 billion and create 8,700 jobs. Boeing already has a joint venture with France’s Safran in […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it has sold the last Gulfstream G150, marking the end of the mid-size aircraft’s more than 10-year production run. The final G150 will be delivered to a customer in mid-2017. “The G150 has had a distinguished history, spanning more than a decade,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream, “and it remains […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute KLM UK Engineering is Delighted to Announce the Addition of the Embraer 170/190 Approval to its Base Maintenance Portfolio from October 2016. Paris, Amstelveen, Norwich – 27 September, 2016 – A European leader in the regional jets & narrow body aircraft market and having an internationally acknowledged expertise on the BAe146/Avro RJ, Fokker 70/100, Boeing […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Airbus has commenced the final assembly of its first A330neo, an A330-900, at its Final Assembly Line in Toulouse with the joining of the wings to the centre fuselage at station 40. As the newest member of the world’s most popular A330 wide-body family the A330neo builds on the Family’s proven economics, versatility and reliability, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ largest airline , today took delivery of the very first ATR 72-600 High Capacity. Configured with 78 seats, this brand new option of the ATR 72 has ten additional seats compared to the standard configuration of the aircraft. It therefore combines reduced seat mile costs for airlines and world class comfort […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Airbus and Boeing have received permission from the US government to sell aircraft to Iran, part of landmark deals potentially worth some US$50 billion in total following last year’s nuclear accord. The announcements came as Iranian and US leaders are in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and show that the outgoing administration […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia’s Technodinamika, a part of state-owned Rostec, plans to open an aviation service center branch in Africa to provide local operators with parts and components for Russian- and Soviet-built aircraft, ATWonline reported. The local representative office, which is scheduled to open in 2018, will also perform parts and components repair. Technodinamika did not disclose the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air has confirmed it will open a new aircraft maintenance facility in Little Rock, Arkansas later this year to service its fleet of Embraer E175s. As part of a $2m investment, the MRO said it will create up to 60 new jobs in the area over the next five years. Jay […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The aircraft bearing the airline’s distinctive livery will now enter the final phase of production, including further ground and flight tests. This first A350-900 for China Airlines is scheduled for delivery in the coming weeks. China Airlines has 14 A350-900s on order. The aircraft is expected to be deployed on the carrier’s long-haul routes to […]