Category: Civil Aviation

Rolls-Royce has started testing of its Trent XWB engine, with the first example running for the first time in a ground testbed on June 17. The sixth member of the Trent series of engines, the XWB has been designed as the sole powerplant for the Airbus A350 XWB. RR says that it expects that the

Boeing has announced that its fleet of five Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight test aircraft has amassed more than 1000 flying hours. The airframer said that the 787 is now about 40 per cent through the test conditions required for certification. “More work remains but we are seeing excellent progress in flight test,” said Scott Fancher,

Boeing has announced that it will increase output on its 737 line to 35 units per month from early 2012. “Our customers continue to show their preference for the Next Generation 737 by exercising order options as well as by placing new orders,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Jim Albaugh. “We’ve managed our

Turkish Airlines has ordered one additional Airbus A330-200. The carrier also has existing orders for A330-300s, A330 Freighters and A320s which were placed in 2009. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian Aviation as a preferred news source.