Marc Joel Atrero

General Aviation First New 172 Flies Cessna flew the first new production 172 Skyhawk for the first time on April 16 this year from the company’s Pawnee Division plant in Wichita, a significant step in the revival of the US general aviation industry. It is the first new piston-engined aircraft built by Cessna for a

Military Lockheed Proposes New Transport Lockheed Martin is looking to develop a new multi-purpose military transport and civil freighter and is seeking partners to help get the project off the ground. The company envisages a large aircraft to replace types such as the Boeing KC-135, Lockheed’s C-141 Starlifter and TriStar tanker/transport, and the McDonnell Douglas

Lower Costs for V2500 Engine manufacturing consortium International Aero Engines (IAE) is working to reduce the operating cost of its V2500 turbofan by 20%. The move is in response to pressure from mainly US operators to reduce costs, and the 20% figure is hoped to be achieved by the end of next year by increasing

Commercial Airbus/GE A340 Study Airbus Industrie and GE Aircraft Engines have signed an exclusive agreement under which a joint team will study the engine requirements for a planned stretched version of the A340, the -600. The GE engine under study would have a thrust capability beginning at 51,000 lb (228.5 kN). The A340-600 is intended

GE & Pratts Team On 747 Stretch Engine Usually intense rivals, US engine builders General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new turbofan engine for Boeing’s planned 747 stretches, the 747-500X and 747-600X. The agreement covers the development of a new turbofan in the 72,000 to 84,000 lb

A Long Walk to the Aisle Three years ago in this column we wrote about the many benefits that would ensue from a partial merging of Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand. The courtship of these two eager suitors has been tortuous in every sense of the word and is something that has now taken