All Airframers news – Page 264

  • Emirates A380
    News

    ILA: A380 remains a ‘customer magnet’ for Emirates

    2014-05-21T12:55:00Z

    ​The Airbus A380 continues to be Emirates’ most in-demand product seven years after entering service with the carrier, says Hubert Frach, the carrier’s divisional senior vice-president, commercial operations west, responsible for sales in the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Russian Federation.

  • V2500
    News

    IAE ships first KC-390 engines to Embraer

    2014-05-20T17:38:43Z

    ​International Aero Engines has shipped to Embraer the first six prototypes of its V2500-E5 engines, which will power Embraer's KC-390 multi-role tanker and transport.

  • News

    ILA: Airbus pushes for radical propulsion leap

    2014-05-20T16:17:28Z

    ​Airbus is literally powering ahead with its vision of a hybrid-electric regional transport aircraft – by preparing to begin serious development of the radical propulsion system on a Munich testbed that will be fully functioning within two years.

  • GE Aviation
    News

    EBACE: GE prepares to take on PT6A with new engines

    2014-05-20T15:22:00Z

    GE Aviation plans to take on rival Pratt & Whitney’s market-leading PT6A with new engines in the 1,100-1,200 shaft horsepower and 1,800-2,000shp class, by developing a turboprop “centre of excellence” in Prague – the former Walter Aircraft Engines business it acquired in 2008.

  • P&W PW1100G
    News

    Pratt & Whitney increases thrust on PurePower geared turbofan

    2014-05-20T14:40:17Z

    Pratt & Whitney is developing a PurePower geared turbofan engine with a higher thrust of up to 35,000lb, the company announced.

  • News

    Russia and China to submit joint long-haul jet plan

    2014-05-20T14:30:00Z

    ​Russia’s United Aircraft and China’s Comac are to submit a feasibility study on a jointly-developed long-haul passenger aircraft to their respective governments this summer.

  • News

    EBACE: Honda reveals first production HondaJet

    2014-05-19T16:10:21Z

    ​Honda Aircraft revealed the first production HondaJet at the show. The aircraft is in final assembly with the first set of production GE Honda HF120 engines ­installed.

  • Premium Aerotec
    News

    ILA: Premium Aerotec gears up to meet the demands of parent Airbus

    2014-05-19T11:31:00Z

    It was a very European compromise. Back in 2007, reeling from a feeble dollar, the A380 debacle and the need to fund development of the A350, bosses of the then-EADS launched a drive to cut costs and streamline the Franco-German group’s cumbersome vertically-integrated organisation. Part of the solution involved divesting ...

  • 737 Max
    News

    Re-launched Eastern Air Lines orders up to 20 737s

    2014-05-15T16:35:57Z

    ​Miami-based start-up Eastern Air Lines Group has signed an “initial” order for 10 Boeing 737-800s and with purchase rights for 10 more 737 Max 8 in a deal with potential combined value of $1.95 billion at list prices.

  • News

    Aerolia names new chief executive

    2014-05-15T15:00:12Z

    Cedric Gautier has succeeded Christian Cornille as chief executive of Airbus Group’s French aerostructures subsidiary Aerolia.

  • A330 thumb
    News

    Airbus 'needs to do homework' on re-engined A330

    2014-05-13T14:03:00Z

    ​Airbus Group’s finance head has reiterated that the airframer will reach a decision this year on whether to develop a re-engined version of its A330.

  • A350
    News

    Airbus expects to sell some of A350 test fleet

    2014-05-13T10:52:00Z

    ​Airbus expects eventually to sell part of the A350-900 test fleet to customers, although it has not indicated how many of the five jets could be transferred.

  • Boeing 767
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Is the passenger-carrying 767 really dead?

    2014-05-12T15:59:00Z

    Although passenger-carrying 767 orders have largely dried up, Seattle is convinced there's still a potential market out there for the ageing type in a role other than special military applications

  • Airbus table
    News

    IN FOCUS: German fallout of Airbus restructuring remains in flux

    2014-05-12T11:14:43Z

    Two years after a failed merger with BAE Systems, the newly restructured Airbus Group is finally getting back to the status quo – but some of the long-term ramifications of the strategy are yet to come to light

  • ADAT CF6 engine MRO
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: ADAT sale signals strategic change for Mubadala

    2014-05-08T16:10:25Z

    Abu Dhabi’s investment house Mubadala has signalled a major switch in its ambitious aerospace strategy, offloading its maintenance, repair and overhaul unit ADAT to Etihad Airways while taking full control of specialist Italian airframer Piaggio Aero.

  • News

    Mitsubishi remains uncommitted on 100-seat regional jet

    2014-05-08T10:29:52Z

    Mitsubishi Aircraft is studying the market potential for a 100-seat stretch of the MRJ regional jet, but maintains that its focus remains on first executing the baseline MRJ90.

  • Etihad
    News

    Etihad takes over Abu Dhabi MRO firm ADAT

    2014-05-08T09:04:00Z

    ​Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways is to acquire maintenance operation Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies, owned by investor Mubadala.

  • News

    Lufthansa Technik opens third aircraft inspection site in USA

    2014-05-07T17:46:34Z

    ​Lufthansa Technik has opened a new location for aircraft production inspection in North Charleston, South Carolina.

  • News

    Saab seals E-Jet MRO pact with Liebherr

    2014-05-07T11:02:00Z

    ​Saab is to provide landing-gear maintenance services for the Embraer E-Jet family under an agreement with German manufacturer Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg.

  • News

    Israeli cabinet approves ‘Air Force One’ investment

    2014-05-06T10:20:23Z

    ​The Israeli cabinet has approved the proposed investment in a dedicated aircraft that will serve the nation's prime minister and president on official trips. Reached on 4 May, the decision – which approved the recommendations of a professional committee – was made after years of debating the issue.