iscoverAirbus’s board is aiming for a late April decision on a possible re-engining of the A320, according to chief operating officer – customers John Leahy. “If we do it, it will be just an engine option,” Leahy told AviationWeek following a meeting of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Traders in Orlando, Florida. He is
The second of three 747-8F flight test aircraft, RC522, successfully completed its first flight on the evening on March 14, taking off from Paine Field in Everett for a two-and-a-half-hour flight that landed at Boeing Field in Seattle. RC522, with Captain Kirk Vining, copilot Rick Braun and systems operator Joel Conard on board, reached an
Chinese airlines appear to be preparing to order up to 218 new aircraft this year to meet surging demand, according to the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). According to state media agency Xinhua, CAAC director Li Jiaxiang said the orders will range from regional jets up to very large airliners to
The FAA has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) to operators and owners of Boeing 737NGs to inspect the aircraft’s elevator tab control mechanisms following an incident on a Ryanair 737-800. The FAA says the AD originated from a reported “failure of aft attach lugs on the left elevator tab control mechanism, which resulted in
EADS has recorded a net loss of €763m (A$1.15bn) for the 2009 financial year as the European aerospace and defence conglomerate was again dragged down by the A400M and A380 programs, as well as currency losses. The company’s revenues declined by €500m (A$751m) to €42.8bn (A$64.3bn), which was buoyed by higher aircraft deliveries from Airbus
The fourth Boeing 787 to join the flight test program, ZA003 N787BX, made its first flight from Everett’s Paine Field on March 14. Captains Ray Craig and Mike Bryan were at the controls of ZA003 for the three hour, six minute flight, which took off from Paine Field at 10:55am local time and landed at
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