iscoverEADS CEO Louis Gallois says that Airbus is on track to meet its goal of delivering 20 A380s this year, with production unlikely to fall below that level in 2011. According to a report by Reuters, Gallois said that A380 production was on track after Airbus made “significant progress” in reducing outstanding work following earlier
Boeing has begun assembly work on the 1000th 767 with the placement of the aircraft’s wing spar into its assembly tool. “This is an important milestone for the 767, which has continued to evolve and improve since entering service nearly 30 years ago,” said Kim Pastega, vice president and general manager of the 767 program.
Four of the five Boeing 787s currently being used on its flight test program were involved in a number of tests away from their base at Everett over the last week. Boeing announced on September 3 that ZA001 was taking a break from operations from Edwards Air Force Base, with the aircraft positioning to Roswell,
Boeing has announced that it will add a further two 787s to its flight test program for the type after announcing recently that delivery of the first aircraft will be delayed until the middle for the first quarter of 2011. Unlike the six aircraft originally identified as being involved in the flight test program, the
US lessor Willis Lease Finance Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase four Sukhoi SuperJet 100s and four options. The agreement is valued at US$300m (A$330m), with the first aircraft expected to be delivered in 2012. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on
Rolls-Royce says that there is no link between the uncontained failure of a Trent 1000 during ground testing and the delay in delivering the first 787. The engine manufacturer said in a statement to Australian Aviation that the failure of the engine during a test run in early August “caused no disruption to the Boeing
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