27 April 2011

The second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, RC021, successfully made its first flight on April 26th. The airplane completes the two-airplane test fleet for the 747-8 Intercontinental. RC021 will be used primarily for testing the various interior systems that will be on the Intercontinental, such as heating, venting and air conditioning, smoke detection and galleys. In addition, […]

Boeing delivered the first Next-Generation 737-900ER (extended range) with the Boeing Sky Interior to United Continental Holdings, subsidiary Continental Airlines. The carrier is the first U.S. airline to operate the 737-800 and 737-900ER featuring the all-new interior. Boeing also announced that Continental converted existing 2012 orders for Next-Generation 737s to 737-900ERs and will now be

Russian Helicopters, JSC and French Turbomeca (Safran group), have signed contracts for the supply of at least 308 Turbomeca Ardiden 3G turbo shaft engines to be installed on the updated Ka-62 helicopter. This announcement follows the