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Aviastar ships fuselage panels for second MC-21

Russian aerostructures supplier Aviastar has shipped fuselage panels for the second prototype MC-21 to the aircraft's developer Irkut. Production of the panels for the third example, and of the auxiliary power unit (APU) cover for the second, is also under way, says Aviastar....

Uber and Airbus are working together on a new trial helicopter service

Uber is partnering with Airbus. The on-demand ride service will be offering stylish, swift, and costly helicopter rides around Utah during the Sundance Film Festival this month, and none other than European aerospace giant Airbus will be providing the choppers. In an interview with The Wall Stree...

Aviation giants fly high even as airliner orders go into freefall

Year after year, Airbus and Boeing seem to have been able to declare record orders, flying high on the back of an apparently never-ending boom. Reporting on their annual sales and delivery performances recently, however, the two global giants of commercial aviation appeared to signal that a hard landing is near. Seattle-based Boeing announced a net 768 orders in 2015, almost halving the...

1 Big Way the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo Backlogs Differ

Much ink has been spilled in recent years about Airbus' lead overBoeing in the enormous market for single-aisle jets. Airbus ended 2015 with 5,535 firm orders for its A320 family of jets (including the new A320neo). Meanwhile, Boeing ended the year with 4,392 firm orders for its competing 737 family (including the new 737 MAX). THE A320NEO AND 737 MAX HAVE HUGE ORDER BACK...

Iran agrees to buy 114 aircraft from Airbus

Iran has agreed to buy 114 civil aircraft from European aircraft maker Airbus, the transport minister was quoted as saying on Saturday, ahead of the anticipated lifting of international sanctions on Iran. "We have taken the first step in agreeing with Airbus to buy 114 planes," Abbas Akhoondi was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency. Airbus said it was not engaging in commerc...

Rockwell Collins sees GX feed as natural fit in tracking evolution

Airlines aren’t necessarily scrambling to ensure all aircraft can be tracked, even after the tragic disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370, and resulting tracking mandates from ICAO and the European Union. “As a carrier, what you’re interested in is ‘how does this benefit my operations’, so going into a carrier, having them sign a contract and start delivering...

Inside NASA’s Plan To Radically Redesign How We Fly

It’s probably been a long time since flying amazed you. Air travel tends to feel like an inconvenience these days—not a miracle of engineering. This is partially due to market forces and security theater. It's also the fact that aircraft design itself hasn’t changed dramatically in decades. But for the past six years, 130 NASA employees have been hard at work on a laundry...

Airbus' Venture Capital Arm Lands in Silicon Valley

Its first investment is in a startup that wants to build open-source aircraft and cars. Airbus has opened a new Silicon Valley venture capital arm whose first investment is in a company that wants to build cars, helicopters, and airplanes using open source designs. The fund, Airbus Ventures, opened Friday with $150 million to plow into startups focused on aerospace, data analytics, drones, s...

Russian Helicopters could go private this year — minister

Russian Helicopters could be partly privatized this year; an option to sell 25% stake to a strategic investor is being considered, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said Thursday. "25%. It all depends on the situation, but we hope that it will happen this year," he said, answering a question about the possibility of privatization of the company. Russian President Vladimir...

A350-1000 to enter final assembly next month

Airbus is expecting the first A350-1000 to enter the final assembly line in February, with first flight set to take place by the end of this year. The aircraft is at the pre-final assembly stage and chief operating officer Tom Williams says its development is progressing relatively smoothly. “It’s coming together really well, probably better than the -900,” he told Flightgl...

Got a spare US$432 million? Walk this way, your A380 awaits…

It always boggles the mind to look over the price-tags of new airliners whenever Airbus or Boeing update their list prices. Earlier this week Airbus released its average list prices for 2016, updated after a “price adjustment” of 1.1 per cent across its range. Not surprisingly the four-engine, double-decker A380 tops the table with a list price now at US$432.6 million...

Bombardier Appoints New Vice President, Investor Relations

Bombardier Inc. announced today the appointment of Patrick Ghoche as Vice President, Investor Relations, effective January 18, 2016. Mr. Ghoche will manage Bombardier’s relations with investors and analysts globally. He succeeds Shirley Chénier, who retired last year. “Patrick Ghoche is a highly dynamic executive with more than 15 years of experience in finance and accounting...

Citation Longitude To Be Built Alongside King Airs

Textron Aviation’s new Cessna Citation Longitude will be built at the former Beechcraft campus—Wichita Beech Field—in the same plant that produces King Airs, Barons and Bonanzas, company executives told AIN. The move to build the first Citation on what is now referred to as “East Campus” in Wichita comes as Textron Aviation further integrates Cessna Aircraft...

Embraer delivers 33 commercial and 45 business jets during Q4 of 2015

Embraer has delivered 33 commercial and 45 business jets, 25 of which are light jets and 20 are large, during the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15). The company ended the full year with 101 aircraft delivered to the commercial airline market and 120 to the executive aviation market, totalling 82 light and 38 large business jets. The total of 221 aircraft for both markets represents the highest volu...

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