Archive for December 2017
Brazil’s Temer Says Embraer Will Remain Under Brazilian Control
Brazil’s government would welcome new investment in Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer SA, but won’t permit a change in control of the company, Brazilian President Michel Temer said Friday. Embraer and Boeing BA 0.02% confirmed Thursday that they have discussed a plan for the U.S. company to buy the smaller Brazilian aircraft maker. The combination would…
Read MoreSky’s the limit for 25-year-old Airbus pilot
Aged just 25, Alex Warburton is flying high with a new post at United Arab Emirates (UAE) airline Emirates, where he’ll soon be piloting the huge A380 Airbus making him the youngest pilot to do so. Alex, who will be responsible for the safe take-off, flight, and landing of up to 525 people on the…
Read MoreBoeing Is in Talks to Acquire Embraer, WSJ Reports
Boeing Co. has held talks to acquire Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer SA , the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Embraer would get a substantial premium over its $3.7 billion market value, the newspaper said Thursday. The companies are awaiting word from the Brazilian government, which has veto power over…
Read MoreAirbus and Boeing Delivery increased in November by 15%, dcombined 144 aircraft
Airbus and Boeing delivered a combined 144 aircraft during November, 25 more than the 119 units that the duo delivered in the previous month, and 19 (15%) more than the two manufacturers achieved in the same month of 2016. By handing over 144 aircraft, November becomes the most productive month this year so far for…
Read MoreSecond prototype of China’s C919 passenger jet conducts test flight
A second prototype of China’s home-built C919 passenger jet took off for a test flight in Shanghai on Sunday, state television reported, another step forward in the country’s ambitions to muscle in to the global jet market. A total of six prototypes will eventually conduct test flights, China Central Television reported, with engine tests to…
Read MoreDelta Chooses Airbus Over Boeing in $12.7 Billion Jet Deal
Delta Air Lines Inc. ordered 100 of Airbus SE ’s A321neo jetliners, a deal with a list value of $12.7 billion, in a major victory for the European planemaker over Boeing Co. Deliveries of the single-aisle planes will begin in early 2020 and the transaction includes options for an additional 100 aircraft, Delta said in…
Read MoreIran Air Looks For New Ways To Fund Orders For $44B Of Boeing And Airbus Jets
Iran’s largest airline may be forced to turn to domestic banks to finance the large number of new planes it is buying from Airbus and Boeing, amid continued reluctance by international banks to enter the Iranian market. Some Iranian carriers had previously looked to secure financing deals through international leasing firms to support the purchase…
Read MoreAirbus considers cuts to A380 aircraft production
Airbus is considering cutting production of its A380 superjumbo to six or seven planes a year, but has made no final decision on the matter, a top executive said on Thursday amid growing question marks over the future of the double-decker jet. The A380 has battled against sluggish sales, squeezed by smaller, more efficient twin-engined…
Read MoreEmbraer delivers 1,400th E-Jet to American Airlines
Embraer celebrates the delivery of its 1,400th E-Jet, an E175, during a ceremony at Embraer’s industrial facilities in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. American Airlines took delivery of this milestone aircraft and selected Envoy Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group Inc., to operate the aircraft. Since American Airlines has been a customer…
Read MoreWizz Air Wins Aviation 100 European Airline of the Year
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, last week won the Aviation 100 ‘European Airline of the Year’. The award was received by Owain Jones, Wizz Air’s Chief Corporate Officer, at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers London 2017 conference gala dinner in London. Aviation 100 praised Wizz Air for its outstanding…
Read MoreC919 expected to be delivered to customer in 2021
The Chinese-produced C919 passenger jet, produced by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), has made at least seven test flights at the Aviation Industry Test Center in Yanliang, Shaanxi Province, since November 23, officially embarking on its airworthiness certification phase. Yuan Wenfeng, Director of the C919 Project Office, said COMAC is speeding up to…
Read MoreBoeing to study 777-8X tweaks to meet Qantas’s Project Sunrise challenge
Boeing says it is studying some potential “tweaks” to its 777-8X in order to meet Qantas’s ultra-long haul needs. Qantas has laid down the challenge to Airbus and Boeing to have an aircraft capable of operating nonstop from Austrlia’s east coast to London and New York by 2022. The challenge, first announced in August, is…
Read MoreBoeing Forecasts Stable Growth, Diversified Funding in 2018
According to a Boeing forecast, the plane-maker anticipates diverse markets and participants will continue the upward trend in availability of efficient financing for record new aircraft deliveries in the next year. Boeing says approximately $139 billion in new aircraft funding will be needed in 2018, up $17 billion from 2017. Innovations in aircraft finance will…
Read MoreDreamliner engine ‘abnormalities’ ground ‘limited number’ of Air New Zealand Boeing 787s
Transport authorities have launched a probe after Air New Zealand was forced to ground part of its fleet, cancelling and rescheduling flights after the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines that power its Boeing 787 Dreamliners malfunctioned twice this week. On Tuesday morning, the airline’s Boeing 787 bound for Narita, Japan, suffered “abnormalities” in flight and had…
Read MoreEmbraer delivers 1,400th E-Jet to American Airlines
Embraer celebrated the delivery of its 1,400th E-Jet, an E175, during a ceremony at Embraer’s industrial facilities in São José dos Campos, Brazil. American Airlines took delivery of this milestone aircraft and selected Envoy Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Combining orders in 2013 and 2017, American Airlines has ordered 74 Embraer E175s. Embraer…
Read MoreBoeing comfortable with slower pace of 777X sales
Boeing is comfortable with the relatively slower sales of the 777X series this year given the state of the large aircraft market. Speaking to reporters in a briefing on the development of the new widebody, vice-president and general manager 777X programme Eric Lindblad says that the 340 orders from seven customers for the new jets…
Read MoreHow a Boeing jet no one wanted became most sought after
Boeing 717 The Boeing 717-200 went out of production in 2006. Only 156 of the planes have been built. A decade later, the airlines that operate the 717 want more of them. On May 23, 2006, Boeing delivered the last two 717-200 jetliners to customers at its Long Beach, California factory. It marked to the…
Read MoreQantas CEO: Airbus Boeing Working on Ultra Long-Range Planes
Boeing Co. and Airbus SE are locked in battle to provide Qantas Airways Ltd. with a plane to allow the Australian carrier to fly ultra-long range routes and connect cities such as Sydney with New York and London, Qantas Airways’s chief executive said. Qantas this year challenged the plane makers to devise an aircraft that…
Read MoreAirbus, Rolls, Siemens Teamed for Electric Aircraft
Airbus E Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator aircraft The E-Fan X concept involves a turboshaft engine running on jet fuel, powering a generator that fuels an electric engine — and stores surplus energy in a series of batteries that provide reserve power for take-offs and landings. Partnership aims to develop E-Fan X — a flight demonstrator…
Read MoreWashington must work to land Boeing’s 797
Washington state and the aerospace industry are eagerly awaiting Boeing’s decision on whether to build a new midmarket plane that some have dubbed the 797. The region’s leaders should not wait, however, to begin a full-court press to be sure that plane is built in the Puget Sound area. If built, the plane could enter…
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