iscoverCessna parent company Textron has reached agreement to acquire Beechcraft under a US$1.5 billion deal that comes 10 months after the latter exited from bankruptcy protection. The acquisition, to be completed over the next few months, will bring together two of general aviation’s iconic brands within the one company. Of primary interest to Textron is
Boeing says it experienced a record year for commercial aircraft deliveries in 2013, handing over 648 airliners and finishing the year with a 5,080 strong aircraft order backlog. 2013 was also the company’s second biggest year for new orders, booking 1,532 new orders (and net orders of 1,355 after cancellations). The 737, 777 and 787
A350 XWB flight test aircraft MSN2 has rolled out of the paint shop from Airbus’s Toulouse, France facilities wearing a distinctive paint scheme to highlight the aircraft’s carbon fibre composite construction. MSN2 will be the third A530 test aircraft to fly, and is due to join the flight test program “in coming weeks”, Airbus says.
The second of three Boeing 787-9 flight test aircraft, ZB002, touched down in Auckland on Saturday evening en route to Alice Springs for week-long hot weather testing. ZB002 landed at Auckland after a 13 hour, 49 minute direct flight from Seattle, with Boeing taking advantage of the 787-9’s first trip outside the US to show
EADS’s rebranding as ‘Airbus Group’ took effect on January 1 under CEO Tom Enders’ strategy to unite the disparate divisions of the European aerospace and defence company into a single entity with a common branding and identity. Under the rebrand the Airbus Group now comprises three divisions, Airbus – focusing on commercial aircraft, Airbus Defence
Emirates Airline has signed a contract for the 50 additional Airbus A380s it announced it was acquiring at the Dubai Airshow last month. “The A380 is our flagship aircraft. It is popular with our customers and delivers results for us in terms of operational performance,” Emirates Airline president Tim Clark, who was in Toulouse to
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