iscoverBoeing has reported its commercial and military deliveries for the second quarter of 2014 the calendar year. The manufacturer reports it delivered 124 737s, 30 787s, 24 777s, two 747s and one 767 in the three months to June 30, for a total of 181 commercial aircraft in the quarter, and 342 year to date.
Airbus has completed assembly of its first A320neo after the aircraft was painted in Airbus corporate colours and its Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines were fitted. Airbus says flight testing of the A320neo will commence in September, ahead of entry into service planned for the fourth quarter of 2015. This content is available exclusively to
Boeing has delivered the 1,500th 747 model, a 747-830i to Lufthansa. The aircraft was handed over to the airline in Seattle on June 28 and, after a low level flypast of Boeing’s Everett facilities at Payne Field, continued on its delivery flight to Frankfurt. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
The fifth Airbus A350 development aircraft has joined the manufacturer’s test fleet as the aircraft accelerates towards certification and service entry later this year. MSN005 made its first flight on June 20 from Toulouse, and will be tasked to conduct route proving and ETOPS validation for the test program. Airbus says the aircraft “embodies the
Nextant Aerospace’s Nextant 400XTi has become the latest business aircraft type on the Australian civil register after its recent certification by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Nextant specialises in remanufacturing Beech 400 business jets and recently announced it would soon release a remanufactured King Air G90XT turboprop (powered by General Electric H75 engines and
Australian Aviation was among the first media to take a close look at the A350, the first composite commercial aircraft by Airbus and one the manufacturer has pinned its long-range competitive hopes on. With the test flight team named, high-power engine runs undertaken and high-speed taxi and runway tests due in the coming days, the
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