In a bid to counter French influence over the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM, the Dutch government has acquired a 12.7 percent stake. With the move highlighting the rising tension between the two countries, shares in Air-France KLM had fallen by 11.3 percent at 1612 GMT according to Reuters. Late on Tuesday, Dutch Finance Minister
96.8 percent of Brazil’s Embraer shareholders have voted in favour of the sale of 80 percent of the company’s commercial plane division to The Boeing Company (Boeing). The sale will now only require global antitrust regulator approval. According to Reuters, Boeing will pay US$4.2 billion, and the 20:80 joint venture between Embraer and Boeing will
Engineers at Rolls-Royce in Derby, UK, have successfully tested a key component of the UltraFan engine design. UltraFan will redefine the world of jet engines, delivering significant weight, noise and fuel burn reductions, and will be 25% more efficient than a first-generation Trent engine. For the first time, all composite elements of the Advanced Low
During the second test flight in a ten-week period, Virgin Galactic announced on February 22 that its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, reached space for the second time in its five test flights, achieving an apogee distance of 295,007ft and a speed of M3.04, beating both records from its previous flight into space. This was also
Delta TechOps leaders and employees officially cut the ribbon, opening the world’s largest jet engine test cell. The test cell, which is the first cell built by a U.S. airline in more than 20 years, is capable of running a mounted, stationary engine at full power with 150,000 pounds of thrust. To compare, the airline’s
Lufthansa Technik AG has confirmed its plans to open a new repair and overhaul facility for aircraft engine parts in Miskolc, Hungary. The operational site will extend to 20,000 square meters of production space, greatly benefiting customers of Lufthansa Technik´s Engine Parts & Accessories Repair (EPAR) network. Once fully operational, the facility will employ up
The Allegheny County Airport Authority Board of Directors has approved a visionary concept design for the US$1.1 billion Terminal Modernization Program at Pittsburgh International Airport. The concept design for the new terminal to be built adjacent to the current Airside facility between Concourses C and D and scheduled to open in 2023, was unveiled to
Safran Aircraft Engines is to invest €36 million (US$41 million) in the creation of a 13,000 square meter plant, including 8,000 square meters of workshops, to make parts tor the LEAP turbofan engine from CMF International. CMF International is a 50/50 joint company between Safran Aircraft Engines and GE. Construction is due to commence mid-June
Pratt & Whitney has delivered the GTF™ PW1900G production engines for the E195-E2 aircraft at Embraer’s E2 final assembly line in Brazil. The E195-E2 is expected to enter into service in the second half of 2019 with Azul Brazilian Airlines. Embraer’s E190-E2 aircraft, which is also powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW1900G engine, entered
East Midlands, U.K.- based low-cost carrier flybmi has filed for administration, citing ‘Brexit uncertainty’ as a principal reason for the company’s demise, along with spiking “fuel and carbon costs.” The airline ceased trading on Saturday, cancelling all flights without warning and leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded. According to a flybmi spokesperson: “It is with a
