All Airframers news – Page 132
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Boeing earns $1.2bil profit by relying on defence & services
Boeing squeaked out $1.2 billion in net earnings for the third quarter of 2019, despite a $40 million loss from operations in its commercial airplanes division.
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Boeing profit plummets as 737 Max crisis deepens
Boeing’s profit in the third quarter fell by more than half as the company continues to suffer from fallout following the global 737 Max grounding.
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Druk Air takes first ATR 42-600
Bhutan flag carrier Druk Air has taken delivery of its first ATR 42-600, which has been fitted with a new enhanced vision system.
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Boeing’s Kevin McAllister resigns amid growing 737 Max crisis
Kevin McAllister, Boeing’s commercial aircraft chief since 2016, has become the first management casualty of the ongoing 737 Max drama which has grounded all of the next-generation aircraft for the past eight months after two accidents killed 346 people.
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Bombardier brings big data to business aviation
Bombardier is to offer to install a health monitoring unit (HMU) in every Global and Challenger free of charge, as part of an initiative to bring the growing world of big data to business aviation.
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P&W Q3 profit rises 15% on aftermarket sales
Pratt & Whitney's third-quarter operating profit rose 15% year-on-year to $471 million on growth in its military and commercial aftermarket as well as due to cost reduction for its geared turbofan (GTF) engine programme and favorable commercial OEM mix.
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Reports say SpaceJet programme facing fresh delays
First delivery of the Mitsubishi Aircraft SpaceJet M90 may be facing further delay - the programme's sixth so far - according to reports in the Japanese media.
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Gulfstream raises the stakes with G700 launch
Gulfstream rocked the business jet industry on 21 October by launching a new 19-passenger business jet called the G700 – a 7,500nm (13,900km)-range, Rolls-Royce Pearl 700-powered behemoth with specs that align closely with Bombardier's Global 7500.
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After G500/G600, next Gulfstream move comes into question
This year’s NBAA comes shortly after Gulfstream delivered the first G600, a milestone that has brought the type into service alongside its sibling, the G500, capping the development project for the two aircraft.
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Textron delays Denali's first flight due to ongoing Catalyst engine testing
Textron Aviation has pushed back the first flight of its Cessna Denali turboprop to an unspecified time due to slower-than-expected testing of the aircraft's GE Aviation Catalyst engine.
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Bombardier advances with Global certification, Learjet refresh
Bombardier enters this year's NBAA on a roll, having recently received Canadian certification for its Global 5500 and 6500 while ramping up deliveries of its flagship 7500.
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Textron upbeat after Longitude certification
Textron Aviation officials are upbeat ahead of this year’s NBAA, as the company’s new super midsize jet, the Cessna Citation Longitude, makes its official post-certification debut at an international airshow.
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NewsBombardier bumps up 5500's range
Bombardier marked NBAA’s opening with the announcement that the Global 5500 large-cabin business jet has 200nm (370km) more range than previously advertised, bringing the Rolls-Royce-Pearl 15-powered 5500’s reach to 5,900nm.
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Europe’s regulator targets January return for Max, Reuters reports
European regulators say that the earliest date they may be able to certify the Boeing 737 Max to return to service would likely be in January 2020 following flight tests independent of the Federal Aviation Administration, Reuters news service reports on 21 October.
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Tecnam welcomes P2012 Traveller to Las Vegas
Tecnam has welcomed its first P2012 Traveller to NBAA, and the Italian company's executives are talking up future VIP and cargo variants of the new piston-engined twin.
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Boeing says text messages between pilots were misinterpreted
Boeing says instant text messages between company pilots suggesting that it may have had prior understanding of the flaws in its Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) on 737 Max aircraft have been misinterpreted, and it was “unfortunate” that they were released without “meaningful explanation”.
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Honeywell's 10-year business jet delivery forecast slips to 7,600
Honeywell has adjusted downwards its ten-year new business jet delivery forecast, although it still expects a bump in 2019 deliveries thanks to entry into service of new models.
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Boeing asked FAA in 2017 to strip MCAS from Max training report
Former Boeing chief 737 technical pilot Mark Forkner asked the Federal Aviation Administration in 2017 to remove mention of the 737 Max's MCAS system from a report used to develop training standards for 737 Max pilots, according to newly-disclosed emails.
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Textron Q3 deliveries flat as defence drags
Deliveries at Textron’s aircraft manufacturers were stable in the third quarter, helping the parent company raise its earnings per share and operating margins during the time frame even as defence products continued to drag on the company’s income.
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Embraer hopes E175-E2 jet efficiency helps modify scope clauses
Embraer executives hope the efficiency and performance of its new E175-E2 regional jet, the third and final member of the company’s E2 family, will convince major US airlines to change the contractual “scope clauses” that currently create a barrier for operating the new aircraft in the United States.