All Airframers news – Page 229
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NewsPICTURES: Comac targets 2016 first flight for C919
Comac has set a 2016 timeline for its C919 narrowbody to take its maiden sortie.
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NewsPICTURES: Comac rolls out first C919 prototype
Comac has rolled out the first flight test aircraft for the C919 programme, a significant milestone towards China’s push to become a major player in aircraft manufacturing.
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A320 rate hike based on robust backlog: finance chief
Airbus Group is basing its latest planned A320-family production rate hike on a robust backlog, having assessed the risks to orders as well as the capabilities of the supply chain.
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Airbus to take A320 rate to 60 with new Hamburg line
Airbus is to raise its monthly production rate of A320-family aircraft to 60 jets in mid-2019, by opening a new line at Hamburg.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: CSeries finances to be reset for production ramp-up
Bombardier is to initiate a financial overhaul of the CSeries programme, with its latest plan including a $3.2 billion writedown on the development of the new twinjet, while pushing out the unit breakeven milestone to 2020.
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Quebec government buys 49.5% stake in CSeries
Quebec's provincial government will invest $1 billion and take a 49.5% stake in the Bombardier CSeries programme, officials disclosed today.
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MRJ gains Japanese approval for first flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft has gained approval from Japan’s transport ministry for the MRJ regional jet to take its first flight, following the replacement of the aircraft's rudder pedals.
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A320neo doubtful for Dubai and no decision yet on CSeries
Airbus looks unlikely to bring the A320neo to next month's Dubai air show, while Bombardier is set to make a final decision imminently on whether a CSeries can be spared to participate.
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NewsBoeing completes 737 Max 8 power-on
Boeing has completed the power-on milestone for the first 737 Max 8 as the re-engined and updated single-aisle aircraft is pieced together on a new assembly line in Renton, Washington.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Is CityJet deal the breakthrough that SuperJet International needs?
Nazario Cauceglia has a wish: to look out of his office window next to Venice’s airport and see a Sukhoi Superjet in service. For eight years, the SuperJet International joint venture he heads has been offering the 100-seater in the Western hemisphere – its only success a 30-aircraft deal with ...
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OpinionOPINION: How Superjet can stay in the game
The Sukhoi Superjet has achieved much - but not sold in sufficient number to be counted a success
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ATR happy for lessors' backlog share to stay at one-third
ATR chief executive Patrick de Castelbajac does not expect growth in the turboprop manufacturer's backlog to be accompanied by a rise in the share of orders accounted for by lessors, which is circa one-third.
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NewsMRJ first flight pushed back by two weeks
Mitsubishi Aircraft has announced a two-week delay to the MRJ regional jet's first flight, citing issues with the aircraft's rudder pedals.
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NewsPICTURE: A350-1000 engine fitted to A380 testbed
Airbus is preparing to commence flight-testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine designed to power the A350-1000.
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Qatar to show four aircraft in Dubai but no big orders planned
Qatar Airways plans to exhibit four aircraft at next month's Dubai air show, but the signs are it will not be making any major order announcements.
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NewsLong-range Superjet starts fatigue-testing programme
Russia’s Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute has commenced fatigue testing on the long-range version of Sukhoi’s Superjet 100.
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NewsBoeing acknowledges possibility of 777 rate cut
Boeing executives acknowledged on 21 October that the current 777 production rate may not not sustainable over a four-year bridge period until a re-engined and re-winged version of the 20-year-old widebody hits the market in 2020.
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NewsBoeing slows 787 deferred cost growth rate in Q3
Boeing decelerated the growth of deferred production and tooling costs on the 787 programme in the third quarter.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Dream Chaser spaceplane not just wishful thinking
When NASA chose seven-seat capsule concepts from Boeing and SpaceX for full development funding in 2015 – in its bid to restore a US manned spaceflight capability lost with the 2011 retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet – it looked like the end of the runway for the Dream Chaser, ...
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NewsPICTURES: E190-E2 takes shape in Brazil
Embraer has released pictures of the first prototype of its E190-E2, which is in final assembly at the manufacturer’s headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.