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
A Gulfstream G650ER business jet has claimed a new speed record for a flight between Sydney and Los Angeles with a time of 12 hours and 40 minutes. The record, ratified by the US National Aeronautic Association and now pending approval by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in Switzerland as a world record, saw a G650ER depart
Bombardier’s CSeries has received its first order from a US carrier, with Delta Air Lines to purchase 75 CS100s and hold options over a further 50 aircraft. The order is the latest show of confidence in the CSeries program in 2016, after Air Canada ended a year-long order drought in February when it signed a
Airbus is banking on a big second half of calendar 2016 after production issues delayed aircraft deliveries and dragged down profitability in the first quarter of the current year. The company reported net profit of EUR365 million euros for the three months to March 31 2016, down 50 per cent from EUR792 million in the
Boeing has reaffirmed its 2016 forecast for revenue and aircraft deliveries after posting a nine per cent drop in net profit in the first quarter, when it delivered fewer aircraft and took a one-off change on its KC-46 tanker project. The manufacturing giant said net earnings (or net profit) fell nine per cent to US$1.2
Airbus’s newest final assembly line has delivered its first aircraft, with US carrier Jetblue accepting an A321 –named BluesMobile – from the manufacturer’s new Mobile, Alabama facility on Monday. Mobile is one of four Airbus final assembly lines alongside Toulouse, Hamburg and Tianjin, China. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a