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Airbus unveils new cabin concepts as sustainability shapes 2035 vision
Airbus has unveiled the central pillars for shaping future aircraft cabin interiors from 2035, focusing on achieving sustainability through smart systems and biomimicry, while not compromising on passenger comfort.
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China Eastern schedules C919 commercial debut on 28 May
China Eastern Airlines appears set to operate the first commercial flight of the Comac C919 twinjet in the coming days, some five months after taking delivery of the aircraft.
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Challenge Group lands investment package for 767 conversions
Maltese-based air freight and logistics specialist Challenge Group is receiving investment supporting its acquisition and cargo conversion of a batch of Boeing 767-300ERs.

Electric air taxi developer Wisk becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing

Embraer eyes restoring E-Jet shipments to above 100 per year as demand climbs

Natilus picks ZeroAvia to provide hydrogen-propulsion option for ‘Kona’ concept

Ryanair 737 Max 8-200-c-MarcelX42 Creative Commons

Boeing now delivering some reworked 737s following fuselage issue

Boeing 737 production final assembly line in Renton

Boeing safety revamp is ‘journey’, will take time

Electric air taxi developer Wisk becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing
Embraer eyes restoring E-Jet shipments to above 100 per year as demand climbs
Natilus picks ZeroAvia to provide hydrogen-propulsion option for ‘Kona’ concept
Boeing now delivering some reworked 737s following fuselage issue
Boeing safety revamp is ‘journey’, will take time

Embraer eyes restoring E-Jet shipments to above 100 per year as demand climbs

After delivering just 57 commercial aircraft in 2022, Embraer anticipates recovering output to a pre-pandemic-era level of around 100 jets annually by about 2026.

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Ten years after its debut flight, A350 widebody is flying high

With a decade having passed since the first flight of its A350 twinjet, Airbus is regaining production momentum after the pandemic ravaged demand for widebody capacity.

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Rolls-Royce readies for first flight of Pearl 10X

Rolls-Royce is gearing up for the first flight later this year of its Pearl 10X engine for the Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X having racked up more than 1,500h of ground runs to date using a variety of test assets.

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Lessor BOC Aviation to order more Airbus A320neo-family jets
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has agreed to purchase seven Airbus A320neo-family jets, with deliveries commencing this year.
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Private customer to take single A330-800
Airbus recorded an order from a private customer for a single A330-800 in April, during an otherwise relatively quiet month of activity.
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Ryanair settles for higher price to secure 737 Max 10 slots
Slot scarcity helped push Ryanair into reaching a deal with Boeing for 737 Max 10s, as group chief Michael O’Leary admits that the airline had to settle for a higher price than it sought.

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Shifting crosswinds preceded Cargolux 747’s double engine pod-strike

Investigators have disclosed that a Cargolux Boeing 747-400ERF experienced shifting winds before suffering a double engine pod-strike during an aborted landing attempt at Luxembourg.

SAS positive over demand recovery despite persisting losses

Scandinavian carrier SAS turned in a lower pre-tax loss of SKr3.8 billion ($350 million) for the first half of the year, including a SKr1.4 billion loss for the second quarter.

United Nigeria ERJ-145 suffers excursion during Lagos landing

Nigerian investigators are probing an incident in which an Embraer ERJ-145 suffered a runway excursion during landing at Lagos.

Electric air taxi developer Wisk becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing

California-based electric air taxi developer Wisk Aero is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, which previously had been one of two shareholders of the start-up.

Embraer eyes restoring E-Jet shipments to above 100 per year as demand climbs

After delivering just 57 commercial aircraft in 2022, Embraer anticipates recovering output to a pre-pandemic-era level of around 100 jets annually by about 2026.

SAS to offer seats on first ES-30 flights but dates and destinations remain unclear

SAS is to offer passengers the chance of reserving seats on its inaugural commercial services of the Heart Aerospace ES-30 hybrid-electric aircraft, despite the milestone being five years away and with most of the important flight details still vague.

Israir Group records strong surge in first-quarter revenues

Israeli leisure operator Israir Group is attributing a strong first-quarter performance to increased demand and the expansion of its Airbus fleet.

Air Canada turns to regional carrier PAL to operate Dash 8s amid pilot crunch

Air Canada is to introduce up to six De Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprops from regional operator PAL Airlines, to help ease capacity pressure from pilot shortages.

Airbus unveils new cabin concepts as sustainability shapes 2035 vision

Airbus has unveiled the central pillars for shaping future aircraft cabin interiors from 2035, focusing on achieving sustainability through smart systems and biomimicry, while not compromising on passenger comfort.

Absence of information scuppers probe into An-124’s undershot landing at Riyadh

Investigators have disclosed that attempts to probe an Antonov An-124’s short landing at Riyadh reached a dead end owing to an absence of information.

China Eastern schedules C919 commercial debut on 28 May

China Eastern Airlines appears set to operate the first commercial flight of the Comac C919 twinjet in the coming days, some five months after taking delivery of the aircraft.

An-12 suffered wing damage a month before fatal in-flight engine fire

Investigators probing the fatal loss of an Antonov An-12 freighter in Greece last July have disclosed that the aircraft sustained wing damage during a ground collision with a lighting mast less than a month before.

Asiana passenger reportedly opens A321 emergency exit during approach to Daegu

One of Asiana Airlines’ Airbus A321s has apparently been involved in an in-flight incident during which a passenger exit door was opened just prior to touchdown at Daegu.

An-124 aborted take-off after pitot-static covers left on

Investigators have determined that an Antonov An-124 aborted its take-off run from Leipzig, after protective covers were inadvertently left on the pitot-static tubes.

Natilus picks ZeroAvia to provide hydrogen-propulsion option for ‘Kona’ concept

California start-up Natilus is now offering its blended-wing-body conceptual autonomous aircraft with optional hydrogen-electric powerplants produced by ZeroAvia.

Boeing now delivering some reworked 737s following fuselage issue

Boeing has started the process of delivering 737s that have been fixed to address a recently disclosed manufacturing quality problem involving fuselage clips.

Artificial intelligence engaged in effort to relieve pilots’ NOTAM burden

Artificial intelligence has been mobilised by a collective industry effort to address the long-running issue of NOTAM complexity, and lies at the heart of a model developed to simplify them.

Challenge Group lands investment package for 767 conversions

Maltese-based air freight and logistics specialist Challenge Group is receiving investment supporting its acquisition and cargo conversion of a batch of Boeing 767-300ERs.

EU court rejects approval of Italian airline pandemic aid over absence of explanation

Approval of an Italian government provision of €130 million ($140 million) in pandemic support to certain carriers in the country has been struck down by the European Union’s General Court.

El Al 737 freighter introduction held up by regulatory hitch

Israel’s El Al is yet to introduce the Boeing 737-800 freighter it had been planning to use from April, owing to a regulatory issue.