EADS reaffirms its full commitment to deliver on the European A400M Military Transport Aircraft programme and welcomes the public support given by the French Senators on Febr. 10th towards making this exceptional aircraft a success
Sukhoi released that the flight test programme now consists of two Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototypes. Both aircraft have now completed over 90 flights, totaling 300 hours. On 24 December, the second Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype departed from the Komsomolsk factory runway and successfully flew 2h 30 min, reaching an altitude of 6.000m.
DAHER-SOCATA delivered its 500th TBM aircraft, marking a key program milestone and underscoring the continuing demand for this very high speed turboprop transport in today
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has successfully completed the first flight of its S-76D helicopter, the latest version of the S-76 helicopter, maneuvering the prototype aircraft through taxi, hover, hover turns, and forward flight to 40 knots in a test flight that lasted approximately 30 minutes.
Bombardier released that it has finalized the terms for and granted option rights to Colgan Air for 15 Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners. These option rights are additional to Colgan Air
Australia’s newest international airline, V Australia, has taken delivery of the first of seven brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft at a formal handover ceremony at the Boeing factory in Seattle. V Australia’s first Boeing 777-300ER will touch down on Australian soil for the first time next Monday, 9 February, in Sydney.
ECC Leasing Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Embraer, has sold a second ERJ 145 used jet to Brazil
TAM has added a new Airbus A321 to its operating fleet, which arrived directly from the manufacturer in Hamburg, Germany. Configured with 220 seats, the new aircraft is allowing TAM to offer two daily flights between Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul state) and Recife (Pernambuco state), with a stop at Guarulhos Airport in Sao
Korean Air has placed firm orders with Airbus for two more double-deck A380 aircraft. This latest purchase agreement brings the total number of A380s ordered by Korean Air to ten aircraft. The carrier will operate the aircraft in a three-class layout on routes linking Seoul to destinations in North America and Europe, including Los Angeles,
Pratt & Whitney has completed ground and flight testing of the PurePower PW1000G demonstrator engine. The final phase of testing was completed jointly with Airbus on an A340-600 flight test aircraft and included 27 flights and more than 75 hours of flight testing. The PW1000G engine features Pratt & Whitney’s patented Geared Turbofan technology and
