iscoverBoeing and CSIRO have launched a year-long study on the potential for growing new feedstocks in northern Queensland that could be turned into sustainable aviation biofuels. The first phase of the study will focus on current and potential biomass production systems based on grasses and fast growing trees that would not disrupt current grazing and
What Airbus describes as “minor cracks” have been discovered in the wings of several of its flagship A380 superjumbo jets. The affected aircraft include the Qantas aircraft, VH-OQA, that suffered a mid-air engine explosion after taking off from Singapore in November 2010. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member
A series of record aircraft orders gave Boeing a late year rally against arch-rival Airbus, but the US planemaker still trailed its European rival in both orders and deliveries for 2011. According to figures released by the company on Thursday, Boeing tallied gross orders of 921 aircraft, led by 625 orders for its single aisle
US leasing company GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has announced an order for two ATR 72-600 turboprops with two options. The announcement builds on an order placed at the Paris Airshow in June last year and brings GECAS’s ATR orders to 17 with 17 options. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
Tanzanian carrier Precision Air Services has ordered four ATR 42-600s and one ATR 72-600 in a deal valued at US$98 million. Deliveries of the 50 seat 42-600s will begin late this year, with the 74 seat 72-600 scheduled for delivery in 2014. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member
Airbus has delivered a front fuselage section for its A350 XWB to the aircraft’s Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France, the first major airframe section to reach that milestone. The 21 metre long section was delivered on December 23 via Beluga aircraft from Airbus’s facility in Saint-Nazaire. This content is available exclusively to Australian
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