Category: Civil Aviation

Civil Aviation

Boeing has forecast that 12,820 new airliners valued at US$1.9tr (A$2.1tr) will be required in the Asia-Pacific region over the next two decades as strong economic and passenger growth drives demand. The forecast shows that 36 per cent of the world’s new airliner deliveries will be in the region in that period, and 69 per

Business Aviation

Boeing says it has delivered two 787-8 Boeing Business Jets (BBJs) in the past week. The deliveries, to undisclosed customers but believed to include Michael Dell from Dell Computers, are the second and third 787 BBJs out of 13 currently on order through to 2018. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

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  The Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) TaxiBot narrow-body aircraft tug has set a record of 23 knots (41kmh) during taxi trials with a 74 tonne Airbus 320 at its Chateauroux test site in France. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,

Business Aviation

Airbus has announced that Benoit Defforge has been appointed Managing Director, Airbus Corporate Jets. The appointment, effective from January 1 will see Defforge head up Airbus’s corporate jet business globally, and will be combined with his previous role as Head of the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC). This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Civil Aviation

An Airbus A350 flight test aircraft has made a stop in Doha, Qatar on its way to next week’s Singapore Airshow. The aircraft, MSN 3 which is painted in a hybrid Qatar Airways and Airbus scheme, made the visit as part of its entry-into-service (EIS) preparations for Qatar Airways which is the aircraft’s launch customer,

Civil Aviation

Boeing has announced it will commence assembly on Wednesday of the first 737 to be built at the new production rate of 42 aircraft per month. The move comes at a time where the manufacturer is trying to clear a large backlog of 737NGs and prepare for the introduction of the 737MAX from 2017. The

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