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Sep 17, 2020

Top 10 Aerospace companies in the world

The year 2019, proven to be highly profitable for most of the aerospace companies. Both Boeing and Airbus, continue to dominate the global aerospace industry in 2020. However, Airbus has taken the first spot in the 2019-2020FY list, pushing its rival Boeing for the first time in decades. Boeing̵More

Sep 14, 2020

Boeing delivered the first MH-47G Block II Chinook

Boeing delivered new technologies and performance improvements to U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) with the Block II Chinook helicopter. Boeing’s Philadelphia team recently delivered the first MH-47G Block II Chinook to SOCOM on time. The company is on contract for 23 more MH-47G Block II C More

Sep 13, 2020

Airbus military airplanes training facility…

Airbus military airplanes training facility located in Seville, Spain., this modern facility provides training for the Airbus-built military airplanes customer nations that fly such aircraft as the A400M airlifter, the A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) and the C295/CN235 tactical transporters.More

Sep 12, 2020

Airbus has delivered the first of 16 new H125 heli

Airbus has delivered the first of 16 new H125 helicopters uniquely configured for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO). The first helicopter for the new configuration was tested and delivered from Airbus Helicopters, Inc.’s facility in Grand Prairie, Texas. The More

Sep 12, 2020

Airbus joined by European partners to demonstrate

Airbus has signed agreements with two airline customers; Frenchbee and SAS Scandinavian Airlines, as well as three Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP); France’s DSNA (Direction des Services de la Navigation Aérienne), the UK’s NATS and EUROCONTROL to demonstrate the operational feasibility More

Sep 11, 2020

Transport Canada Extends Approvals for De Havillan

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (“De Havilland Canada”) announced that Transport Canada has confirmed the extension of approvals that permit the conversion of Dash 8 Series aircraft into Simplified Package Freighters (SPF) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The approvals which now ext More

Aug 30, 2020

Rolls-Royce reported a massive £5.4bn loss and pl

Rolls-Royce reported a massive £5.4bn loss for the first half of the year, 2020. The Aircraft engine maker does not expect orders to recover to pre-Covid levels until 2025., as it plans to deliver only 250 engines this year instead of originally expected 450 engines. The slump in demand resulted Ro More

Jul 20, 2020

Airbus begin deliveries of aircraft powered by sus

Airbus delivered aircraft powered by sustainable aviation fuel from its Hamburg facility in Germany. Air Transat took delivery of two brand new A321LR on lease from AerCap. Both used a 10 per cent sustainable aviation fuel blend to fly the aircraft from Hamburg to Montreal, Canada, non-stop. Airbus More

Jul 02, 2020

Embraer delivered its 1,600th E-Jet…

Embraer delivered its 1,600th E-Jet, an E190-E2 to Helvetic Airways of Switzerland. Airlines and leasing companies from some 50 countries have added Embraer E-Jets to their fleets since the first-generation jets entered revenue service in 2004. The new, highly fuel-efficient second-generation E-Jets More

Europe Jun 30, 2020

Airbus said to cut 15,000 jobs…

Airbus said Tuesday, it will be laying off around 15,000 employees, mostly in Europe, and warned of more thin years ahead. “With air traffic not expected to recover to pre-COVID levels before 2023 and potentially as late as 2025, Airbus now needs to take additional measures,” the company said in More

Germany Jun 29, 2020

Airbus has successfully concluded Autonomous Taxi,

Following an extensive two-year flight test programme, Airbus has successfully concluded its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project. In completing this project, Airbus has achieved autonomous taxiing, take-off and landing of a commercial aircraft through fully automatic vision-based f More

America Jun 29, 2020

Boeing delivered the first two F/A-18 Block III Su

Boeing delivered the first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to the U.S. Navy for flight testing. One jet is a single-seat E model and the other is a two-seat F model. “The aircraft will be used for carrier suitability and integration testing of all Block III mission system components,” said St More

U.S.A Jun 29, 2020

FAA said to begin a three-day certification test c

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing are preparing to begin a three-day certification test campaign for the 737 MAX starting today (29 June) The FAA test pilots and technical test crew members will carryout three-day test campaign on a 737 MAX 7 outfitted with test equipment at Boeing Fie More

China Jun 28, 2020

COMAC, has delivered 3 ARJ21 to the big 3 airlines

The Assembly Manufacturing Center of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) has delivered three ARJ21 aircraft to Chengdu Airlines, Genghis Khan Airlines and Jiangxi Air. ARJ21 aircraft is a new turbofan regional jet independently developed by China and having independent intellectua More

America Jun 15, 2020

AirShield – A concept design to stop spread

A leading Seattle based design company, Teague, has unveiled a design concept of redirecting overhead passenger air flow to help stop spread Coronavirus. The company claims that the device will create an invisible barrier around each passenger. Currently the passenger unit supply air stream from abo More

Japan Jun 15, 2020

Mitsubishi Aircraft announced a new operational pl

Mitsubishi Aircraft announced a new operational plan amid the current COVID-19 crisis. The company’s priority will be on obtaining type certification for the SpaceJet M90. In order to maximize the efficiency of type certification flight tests in the future, this fiscal year, Mitsubishi Aircraf More

Jun 13, 2020

Third Airbus BelugaXL has rolled out of the paint-

Third Airbus BelugaXL has rolled out of the Airbus paint-shop in Toulouse. Three more to come for the BelugaXL team to be complete. Airbus is building six of the A330-200 based transporters which will eventually replace the now 20-year-old Beluga ST fleet. The new larger BelugaXL has been designed t More

America Jun 12, 2020

Boeing directed Spirit to pause production on 737M

Boeing directed Spirit AeroSystems to pause production on Boeing 737MAX fuselages, resulting 900 workers were on unpaid leave for three weeks. Spirit said, it received a letter from Boeing directing it to pause additional work on four 737 MAX shipsets and avoid starting production on sixteen 737 MAX More

Norway Jun 08, 2020

Helitrans of Norway has taken delivery of new Airb

Helitrans of Norway has become the first customer to take delivery of new Airbus helicopters using the e-Delivery process devised to enable deliveries while ensuring compliance with COVID-19 health and safety restrictions. Trondheim-based Helitrans formally accepted the latest two H125s into its fle More

Germany Jun 06, 2020

Airbus threatens to sue airlines….

Airbus threatens to sue airlines if they don’t honour the contract and take deliveries of aircraft on time. Due to COVID issue, many airlines deferred the deliveries from platemakers and aircraft lessors. As the stand off over undelivered passenger jets is intensifying Airbus Chief Executive G More

May 29, 2020

The world’s “largest all electric commercial a

The world’s “largest all electric commercial aircraft” has completed its maiden flight at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, on Thursday. The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan powered by a 750-horsepower all-electric magni500 propulsion system took off from AeroTEC Flight Te More

Germany May 29, 2020

Airbus A400M achieves Automatic Low Level Flight c

The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has achieved a new decisive milestone after the certification of its Automatic Low Level Flight capability, offering a unique in its class capability for a military transport aircraft. The certification campaign, performed in April above the Pyrenees and cen More

American May 29, 2020

Boeing slashes 13000 jobs….

Boeing began involuntary layoffs by notifying the first 6,770 of Boeing staff at U.S. facilities that this week they will be affected. Nearly 13,000 employees of Boeing will be losing their jobs in coming weeks. The reductions had been expected since Boeing revealed plans last month to slash its glo More

America May 28, 2020

Boeing has resumed 737MAX production…

Boeing has resumed production of the troubled 737 MAX at the company’s Renton, Washington factory. The 737 program began building airplanes at a low rate. “We’ve been on a continuous journey to evolve our production system and make it even stronger,” said Walt Odisho, vice president and gene More

U.K May 27, 2020

Rolls Royce announced to cut 9000 jobs…

Rolls Royce announced to cut at least 9,000 jobs from its global workforce of 52,000 as part of restructuring program. The Aircraft engine maker said “the proposed reorganisation is expected to generate annualised savings of more than £1.3bn, of which we expect headcount to contribute around More

AMERICA May 13, 2020

Boeing customers cancelled 108 more 737MAX aircraf

Boeing said Tuesday that customers cancelled 108 more B737MAX aircraft in April. Orders of 10 aircraft were cancelled by unidentified customers while 29 jets were cancelled by China Development Bank Financial Leasing and 69 aircraft were canceled by General Electric’s aircraft leasing arm, known a More

america May 13, 2020

Boeing burnt almost $20 billion due to multiple cr

Boeing reported $1.7 billion loss from its core operations in the first quarter, 2020,and announced plans to cut 16,000 jobs, about 10% of its staff. According to business analysts, the company has burnt more than $20 billion due to issues such as 737MAX crisis, delay in deliveries, production cut o More

america May 12, 2020

Boeing presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman

A Boeing led Australian industry team has presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force. The aircraft, which uses artificial intelligence to extend the capabilities of manned and unmanned platforms, is the first to be designed, engineered and manufactured in A More

america May 07, 2020

Airbus to modify A330 and A350 family aircraft to

Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto the cabin floor seat tracks, after removal of the economy-class seats. This solution will help with the airlines’ own business continuity, and also alleviate th More

australia Mar 13, 2020

Norwegian Air

Norwegian Air said Thursday it will suspend around 4,000 flights and temporarily layoff of up to 50 percent of employees as Coronavirus disrupts daily lives of millions. “Due to the extraordinary market situation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and thus a dramatic drop in customers and subse More

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