Category: Civil Aviation

Hawker Pacific expects the recently-launched Cessna Denali to prove particularly attractive for aeromedical service providers looking to upgrade from the Pilatus PC-12. Textron Aviation unveiled a mockup of its clean-sheet single-engine turboprop design, which is expected to make its first flight some time in 2018, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin this week. This

Bombardier’s clean-sheet CSeries has completed its maiden commercial flight with launch customer Swiss. The CS100, registration HB-JBA, operated flight LX638 on Friday (European time), taking off from Zurich at 1230 and touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle about two hours later. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

Budget carrier AirAsia has ordered 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft which are likely to be used for Australian flights shortly after their introduction. The order was announced by AirAsia Group chief executive Tony Fernandes and AirAsia chief executive Aireen Omar on Day Two of the Farnborough Air Show on Tuesday (European time). It is the largest

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