Category: Civil Aviation

Airbus considering extra range for A321LR: reports
Civil Aviation

Airbus is considering enhancements to its A321neo LR narrowbody that would increase the fuel carrying capacity and add extra range to the aircraft, news reports says. The Reuters news agency reported on June 18 the potential new aircraft had the working title A321XLR and would be of the same size as the existing A321neoLR. This

Airbus opens fourth A320 assembly line
Civil Aviation

  Airbus has cut the ribbon on a new A320 family aircraft production line at its Hamburg, Germany facility. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this device.

Airbus floats ultra long range A350-1000 for Qantas’s Project Sunrise
Airlines

Airbus chief commercial officer Eric Schulz says there could be an ultra long range variant of the A350-1000 widebody developed as the manufacturer works towards meeting Qantas’s Project Sunrise challenge. The Australian flag carrier is seeking an aircraft capable of operating nonstop from Australia’s east coast to London and New York and has indicated previously

Boeing close to finalising design for Project Sunrise contender 777-8X
Airlines

Boeing says it is close to finalising the design work on the 777-8X long range widebody that will be the contender for Qantas’s Project Sunrise challenge. Qantas is seeking an aircraft capable of operating nonstop from Australia’s east coast to London and New York and has indicated previously it would look to issue a request

New details emerge on proposed China-Russia widebody
Civil Aviation

China and Russia’s candidate to challenge the Airbus and Boeing duopoly in the widebody passenger market will be an aircraft of similar length and slightly wider than the size of an Airbus A330-900, media reports suggest. The China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation (CRAIC) joint-venture recently unveiled further details of its proposed CR929 widebody. This content

Bombardier launches two new business jets
Aviator

Bombardier Business Aircraft has launched two new jets aimed at the large category segment of the market. The announcement of the Global 5500 and Global 6500 programs was made at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva on Monday (European time). This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

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