Dassault Aviation has performed a maiden sortie of its new Falcon 6X, keeping the ultra-wide-cabin business jet on track for service entry next year. Dassault Aviation has performed a maiden sortie of its new Falcon 6X, keeping the ultra-wide-cabin business...
Leonardo is lining up a role as an aerostructures supplier for the CR929 widebody programme being developed by Russia and China under the CRAIC joint venture. Leonardo is lining up a role as an aerostructures supplier for the CR929 widebody...
Icelandair Group has reached a sale-and-leaseback agreement for a pair of Boeing 767-300ER which will be converted into freighters. The aircraft are being sold to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings’ associated joint venture Titan Aircraft Investments. Icelandair Group says the 767s...
The number of passengers travelling by air in Africa will not return to 2019 levels until at least the start of 2024 because of the lengthy rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, the leader of airline association AFRAA has warned. The...
The rotorcraft manufacturer’s chief executive explains his philosophy for the company, why recapturing a spirit of innovation is vital, and how he is looking beyond helicopers. Mitch Snyder seems relaxed, confident even. Of course, it is hard to be sure...
Cobham Mission Systems has been awarded a contract to upgrade part of the Boeing T-45 Goshawk jet trainer’s onboard oxygen generation system equipment for the US Navy (USN). Cobham Mission Systems has been awarded a contract to upgrade part of...
The rise of sustainability as a challenge for the airline industry has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, to the point where business success is inexorably linked to carriers significantly reducing their environmental footprints, in the view of Air France...
Pilots of a Peruvian Boeing 737-300 should have considered a go-around instead of proceeding with a landing in heavy rain and a crosswind at Iquitos where the jet experienced a runway excursion. The aircraft – with 121 passengers and seven...
Four months after the much-delayed Berlin Brandenburg airport opened, the chief of its operating company has requested to step down from his post. Engelbert Lutke Daldrup, who took over almost exactly four years ago, is seeking to terminate his contract...
Cratering civil aerospace demand has forced Leonardo to abandon a target to achieve break-even in its aerostructures operation this year. Cratering civil aerospace demand has forced Leonardo to abandon a target to achieve break-even for its aerostructures operation this year....