All News articles – Page 13
View all stories of the same content type.
-
NewsKenya Airways and SAA seal codeshare as partnership plans begin
Kenya Airways and South African Airways have struck a codeshare agreement, marking a first step in wider partnership plans between the two African carriers.
-
News
Eviation prepares for first flight of all-electric Alice in coming weeks
Eviation is tracking towards a first flight, likely next month, of its all-electric Alice aircraft and is running ground tests of the prototype at its Moses Lake test base.
-
News
UK/Japan radar pact will transform future fighter performance, Leonardo says
Leonardo has identified Mitsubishi Electric as its partner for the Jaguar advanced radar demonstrator project being advanced by the UK and Japan in support of their respective future manned fighter projects.
-
News
New F-35 engine can be flying by decade’s end: GE Aviation
Engine manufacturer says it has two working prototypes of the next-generation XA100 powerplant that can produce significant performance improvements for the fifth-generation fighter.
-
News
Qatar Airways rejigging Doha hub bank structure to free capacity for World Cup
Qatar Airways will cut back – or even cancel – services to more than 30 destinations during the period of the World Cup football tournament in Doha this year, in order to provide sufficient capacity for other operators. The aviation plan for the World Cup, which will take place in ...
-
News
ITA Airways set to welcome A220s and A320neos in Q4, A330neos in 2023
Italian carrier ITA Airways expects to receive its first Airbus A220s and A320neos in the fourth quarter, as it continues to ramp-up operations following its October 2021 launch. The Alitalia successor’s chief executive Fabio Lazzerini outlined the carrier’s fleet plans during a briefing at the Farnborough air show on 19 ...
-
News
ATR market outlook calls for 2,450 turboprops by 2041
ATR expects the aviation industry will require 2,450 turboprop aircraft over the next 20 years as demand for regional connections and lower-emissions air transport increases.
-
News
Phantom Works sees autonomy as a key combat enabler
Boeing’s Phantom Works believes autonomy will be an important force enabler in future conflicts, as it seeks to rapidly advance technology for military customers.
-
News
Certification ‘imminent’ for PW127XT engine, says P&WC
Certification of the updated XT variant of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 turboprop is “imminent”, the engine manufacturer says.
-
News
Qatar single-aisle renewal path complicated by A321neo and 737 Max uncertainty
Qatar Airways’ single-aisle fleet modernisation remains in limbo after group chief executive Akbar Al Baker confirmed that a tentative Boeing 737 Max order had lapsed, and the situation with Airbus – which cancelled the airline’s A321neo agreement – remains unresolved. Speaking during a briefing at the Farnborough air show, Al ...
-
News
Boeing-SIA Engineering joint venture to shut in August
Singapore-based Boeing Asia-Pacific Aviation Services (BAPAS), a services joint venture between Boeing and SIA Engineering (SIAEC), will cease operations in August, citing a “changing business environment”.
-
News
‘China is catching up’: HSBC report projects strong summer recovery for ‘Big Three’
Despite forecasting “historically high” losses for the first half of 2022, China’s three largest carriers are expected to see strong summer recovery, says a HSBC Global Research report.
-
News
Turkish Airlines taps ST Engineering for 787 component support
Turkish Airlines’ MRO unit has signed a multi-year agreement with ST Engineering for a maintenance-by-the-hour component support.
-
News
Jet trainer developer Aeralis welcomes Stirling Dynamics as engineering partner
Aeralis has added Stirling Dynamics to its team of partners involved in the design and development of a modular family of UK-developed light jets.
-
News
Vertical Aerospace closes on VX4 first flight with ground tests in progress
Vertical Aerospace is readying its VX4 prototype for a first flight later this summer, having begun ground tests of the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
-
News
Royal Air Force powers up hypersonic demonstrator plan
A UK project to explore the potential of hypersonic propulsion received a major boost at the Farnborough air show, with plans announced for a flight-test activity to take place later this decade.
-
News
Lockheed Martin reaches deal for new US F-35 purchases
The three-year agreement with the US Department of Defense for 375 jets will be worth an estimated $30 billion for F-35 maker Lockheed.
-
News
Gulfstream to flight test G500 software update this week with the FAA
Gulfstream expects to fly a G500 with the US Federal Aviation Administration this week as part of efforts to lift landing restrictions on that jet and its G600 sister stemming from two hard landings.
-
News
KAI eyes 1,000 international FA-50 sales in 10 years
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) aims to sell 1,000 FA-50 advanced jet trainer/light fighters over the next decade.
-
News
Boeing defense strategist outlines digital future
Boeing sees global tensions aiding defence spending over the coming decade, as it plans to double down on its digital strategy.
