Category: Civil Aviation

Airbus has denied claims that it plans to outsource up to 20 per cent of its engineering work to India by 2012, but maintains that its long term plan is to seek more global partnerships. The speculation came after Indian newspaper The Mint reported that Airbus would move one fifth of its engineering and design

Embraer’s vice president airline market Mauro Kern says that the company is considering establishing a second E-Jet final assembly line in China. Kern told Aviation Daily at the European Regions Airline Association’s annual meeting at Interlaken that the manufacturer was expected to have a firm view on whether to assemble E-Jets in China in the

Boeing has delayed first flight of the 747-8 from the last quarter of this year to early next year, and taken a US$1bn (A$1.1bn) pre-tax charge against its third quarter profit result due to “increased production costs and difficult market conditions affecting the 747-8 program”. “As the program assembled major components of initial 747-8 Freighters

Hawker Beechcraft Company has announced that it is taking pre-orders for an upgrade package on the Beechcraft 1900D Airliner which will be available from the third quarter of 2010. The upgrade allows for the replacement of legacy avionics with a Rockwell Collins ProLine 21 Integrated Display System which helps to reduce weight and increase reliability.