iscoverSources close to Airbus claim that it will only deliver 13 A380s this year, one fewer than planned as the program continues to face ongoing challenges, according to reports. CEO Louis Gallois has confirmed that the company “might” deliver 13 A380s this year, but has not yet confirmed that it will be below its latest
Turkish all-cargo operator MNG Airlines has ordered two additional Airbus A330-200Fs on top of the two it ordered in 2007. Assembly of the first A330-200F is complete, with first flight expected in the coming weeks ahead of service entry in the northern summer of 2010. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has announced that it has completed high altitude trials of the SuperJet 100, which were conducted at Gyumri in Armenia. The program of tests included continued take-off as well as OEI missed approach flights. The majority of the takeoffs were performed with one engine failure imitation at maximum take-off weight. Want to
The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued an emergency airworthiness directive for inspections of Goodrich supplied pitot tubes on Airbus A330s and A340s which may have manufacturing flaws, possibly leading to incorrect airspeed readings. “Several reports have recently been received of loose pneumatic quick disconnect unions on Goodrich pitot probes P/N 0851HL,” the AD reads.
Boeing’s vice president of sales Randy Tinseth wrote in his blog last week that modification work on the wing join of the first Boeing 787 is currently underway. “Modifications are indeed underway. We’ve begun installing the reinforcements on the area within the side-of-body section on Airplane #1 and on the static airframe,” Tinseth wrote. This
BAE Systems and UK based company Quest International have announced an agreement which will bring Quest’s AirManager active cabin air management system to the world airliner market. Through its Regional Aircraft arm, BAES has engineered and certified the AirManager system on its BAe 146/Avro RJ series of regional jets, and is also developing a Supplemental
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