iscoverAustralian composites manufacturer Quickstep has opened its Bankstown production facility, and also announced that it has secured a second long term agreement to manufacture parts for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program. The Bankstown facility was formerly used by Boeing Australia, and comprises a 4000 square metre hangar with $15 million of equipment,
Russia’s second largest airline Transaero has firmed up an order for four Airbus A380s. Transaero had signed a memorandum of understanding for the four aircraft in October 2011. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password
The European Aviation Safety Authority has granted type certification for the ATR 42-600, clearing the way for the first customer deliveries of the 50-seat turboprop. The certification of the smaller aircraft comes after the larger ATR 72-600 received its type certification in May 2011, and effectively ends the development program for the -600 ATR variants.
Bombardier Aerospace has lowered its forecast for the commercial aircraft market, but is expecting that the business aircraft market will return to growth from 2013. The Canadian airframer said in releasing its latest 20 year market forecast that in both the business and commercial (20-140 seat airliners) segments that while there were mixed indicators, trends
An Air Canada Airbus A319 has performed the first ‘perfect flight’ in North America, which Airbus says has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 40 per cent. The flight, AC991 from Toronto to Mexico City, was powered by a 50 per cent blend of biofuel, and also employed advanced air traffic
Norwegian has firmed up its order for up to 100 Airbus A320neo aircraft which it committed to in January this year. Norwegian also has ordered 100 Boeing 737-MAX aircraft. It currently operates a fleet of 737NGs and Classics. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the
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