Boeing has completed detailed design for the 787-10 Dreamliner, achieving another major milestone in the development of the newest and longest member of the 787 family. Boeing engineers reached the key milestone nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. The milestone is critical to every development program because it means the information needed to build parts
Faulty equipment has been given as “major factor” leading to the crash of AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, 2014 killing all 162 people on board, according to Indonesian officials. The Airbus A320-200 was travelling from Surabaya to Singapore and while investigators initially indicated that stormy weather was likely
CommutAir’s first jet aircraft arrived at its Albany maintenance base earlier this week. It will be used for FAA certification and training before being placed into service early next year. The first aircraft is one of 40 ERJ145 aircraft that CommutAir will operate under a previously announced operating contract with United Airlines.
A Trent 7000 demonstrator engine has run for the first time, marking another programme milestone for the latest member of the Rolls-Royce Trent family. The demonstrator, which will prove the key technical features of the engine, successfully completed an initial power run, on schedule, on a test bed in Derby, UK. The Trent 7000, the
Bahamasair, the national flag carrier of the Bahamas, took delivery of its first ATR 72-600 on November 27th. The airline and ATR inked a deal for two ATR 72-600s and three ATR 42-600s at the last Paris Air Show. With the arrival of this new aircraft, Bahamasair becomes a new operator of ATR. The introduction
The release of a report from Juniper Research based in Hampshire, England, has shown that the adoption of in-flight Wi-Fi by budget airlines will boost the connected IFE (in-flight entertainment) market, increasing the number of connected commercial aircraft from the current level of 3,200 to over 10,400 by 2020. This new research, titled In-Flight Entertainment
After the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, which killed 130 people, it has now been revealed that despite early indications to the contrary, passenger traffic at the city’s two principal airports has fallen. “We are seeing an impact on traffic today, but it is too soon to say whether there is a longer-term trend,”
According to the Washington Post 700 close calls with drones have been reported by pilots this year, a figure which is double that of 2014, while in 2013 the reports were virtually non-existent. For some time the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been preparing recommendations for the registration of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
Austrian Airlines has concluded an agreement with the Australian leading provider of fly-in, fly-out transportation, Alliance Aviation Services, to sell its entire fleet of Fokker aircraft. The Austrian Airlines Fokker fleet consists of 15 Fokker 100 and six Fokker 70 planes, a total of 21 aircraft. The sale of the Fokker aircraft will rejuvenate the
Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines signed the airline’s first direct-purchase agreement for a Next-Generation 737-800 as part of the country’s national airline’s fleet modernization plan. As part of the first phase of its fleet modernization plan, the Dhaka-based airline currently operates a total of six Boeing 777s and two Next-Generation 737-800s. With this delivery, Biman
