Airbus A350-1000 successfully completed its first and unique 12 hours flight called the “Early Long Flight” #A350ELF
The A350-1000 completed successfully its first and unique “Early Long Flight” with 310 passengers on board, including 10 Airbus Flight Test crew members and...
Bombardier Global 7000 flight test program ramps up with maiden flight of third Flight Test Vehicle
Third flight test vehicle will join two Global 7000 test aircraft already flying
Global 7000 aircraft’s exceptionally smooth ride redefines the business aircraft...
Boeing grounds 737 MAX fleet on a LEAP-1B engine issue
CFM, a joint venture between General Electric (U.S.) and Safran (France), has notified Boeing of problems with the LEAP-1B engines that it manufactures for...
Airbus achieves automatic air-to-air refuelling contact
Automatic AAR contacts with boom performed for first time everAirbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated automatic air-to-air refuelling (AAR) contacts with a fighter...
Airbus begins production of first U.S.-built A320 in Mobile
All aircraft delivered from Mobile thus far have been A321 aircraftThe Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, has received the major component assemblies...
Welcome on board the most luxurious Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner BBJ
Welcome on board the most luxurious Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner! 2400 square-foot executive home from home. Operated by Chinese aviation company Deerjet (via Chinese HNA...
Third Gulfstream G600 joins flight test programme
Addition of third aircraft in five months marks maturity of aircraft’s developmentGulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that the third Gulfstream G600 test aircraft successfully...
Embraer delivers its 1,100th business jet
Embraer delivered today its 1,100th business jet. The milestone aircraft is the industry’s best-selling Phenom 300, and the customer is NetJets, the world’s largest...
Airbus A350-1000 successfully completes fuel test campaign in UK
Airbus’ A350-1000 test aircraft MSN071 has completed fuel system and engine tests in Cardiff, Wales between 3 and 4 May as part of its...
New Chinese airliner C919 completed maiden flight in Shanghai
The Comac C919, a single-aisle twin-engine jet with up to 180 seats in an all-economy configuration (thus a direct competitor of the Airbus A320...
Russian MC-21 aircraft rolls off assembly room floor
The first flying prototype of the Irkut MC-21, a Russian twin-engine short-mid-range jet airliner with a capacity of 150-211 passengers, has left the assembly...
Singapore Airlines starts operating “green” test flights with sustainable biofuels
SIA and CAAS partner to operate first 'Green Package' flights in the World
Featuring the use of sustainable biofuels, optimised flight operations and SIA's latest-generation...
From 4 June 2017 Brussels Airlines will serve Stockholm Bromma with a Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100
From 4 June 2017, the Brussels Airlines Avro RJ100 will be replaced by the Cityjet Sukhoi Superjet on the route between Brussels Airport and...
Another Boeing KC-46A tanker joins flight test programme
Newest aircraft is third for testing in full KC-46 configurationBoeing now has six aircraft in its KC-46 tanker test program, expanding its ability to...
New Guinness World Record for “Heaviest aircraft pulled by a production car”: Airbus A380 pulled by Porsche Cayenne
In a record-breaking achievement, a standard Porsche Cayenne has successfully towed a 285-tonne Air France Airbus A380 over 42 metres, setting a new Guinness...
Jambojet selects Q400 for fleet renewal and expansion
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft confirms that Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) has converted an option on one Q400 aircraft to a firm order. The Moscow-based leasing...
Transport Canada and EASA award “steep approach” certifications to Bombardier CS100 aircraft
Certifications follow the completion of steep approach demonstration flights at London City Airport in March
The CS100 aircraft will offer new opportunities to...
Boeing reports first-quarter results and raises EPS guidance
GAAP EPS of $2.34 and core EPS (non-GAAP)* of $2.01 on solid execution
Revenue of $21.0 billion reflecting 210 commercial and defense aircraft...
Airbus employees put a smile on the BelugaXL
Smile, it’s often said, and the world smiles with you. If true, the world will soon find itself grinning ear to ear, but it...
The genesis of a modern Belgian aeroplane: the Sonaca 200
This 25th of April, I had the honour to be invited for private tour of the Sonaca Aircraft plant. The aim was to introduce...