Category: Commercial Aircraft

Civil Aviation

Airbus predicts 33,000 commercial aircraft will be required, while Boeing’s crystal ball suggests a market of nearly 40,000 new commercial aircraft — valued at, Airbus reckons, US$5.2 trillion, while Boeing estimates US$5.9 trillion — over the next 20 years, the airframers said at the 2016 Farnborough Air Show on Monday (European time). These regular commercial market

Civil Aviation

Bombarier has delivered the first CSeries CS100 to launch customer Swiss, with the newest entrant into the 100-149-seat market due to enter commercial service in mid-July. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password?

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After years of delays, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China’s (COMAC) ARJ21-700 regional jet has entered service with launch customer Chengdu Airlines. The low-cost carrier’s first flight with the aircraft, registration B-3321, took place on Tuesday, with service from Chengdu to Shanghai. Local media reported the maiden flight took off from Chengdu Shuangliu Airport just before

Civil Aviation

Airbus has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its A320neo (new engine option) powered with CFM LEAP-1A engines. Certification of the A320neo with CFM powerplants comes about six months after regulators approved the Pratt & Whitney’s Pure Power PW1100G-JM engine variant of the updated

Civil Aviation

  Airbus has reaffirmed its forecast of delivering 50 of its A350-900s in calendar 2016, despite the “challenges” of delays to cabin equipment. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed

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Embraer’s new E2 family of jets has successfully completed its maiden flight ahead of schedule at the company’s Sao Jose dos Campos facility. The first E190-E2, powered by two Pratt & Whitney PurePower geared turbofan engines, took off at 1306 local time on Monday and flew for three hours and 20 minutes with Captain Mozart

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