Boeing expects the market for financing new aircraft to remain strong as airline customers continue to demand for new, fuel-efficient airplanes. "Globally the liquidity balance looks good as the industry rebalances itself to move away from export credit support, with its more expensive pricing, and more toward reliance on the commercial...

Following on from flight trials in 2012, Airbus’ A320 ‘MSN001’ flight-test aircraft has undertaken the second “initial 4D” (i4D) trajectory flight trial as part of a joint project with its members in the EU-funded Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking (SJU). These members include: Thales, NORACON1, Maastricht...

Final assembly of the initial A320neo flight test aircraft began this week in Toulouse, France. According to Klaus Roewe, Airbus' Senior Vice President A320neo Family, the NEO jetliner’s industrial maturity is high – aided by its 95 per cent airframe commonality with the A320ceo. To meet the unprecedented demand for NEO – the first...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that its technologically advanced Q400 NextGen regional airliner departs this weekend on a three-week, multi-country demonstration tour of the Latin American region, including planned stops in Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Panama and Mexico. The tour will also include stops in the Caribbean – the Cayman Islands and...

Boeing kicked off expansion of its 737 Commercial Delivery Center (CDC) at Boeing Field in Seattle. The project more than doubles the space that will be available for customers and groups supporting increased 737 deliveries. "Our customers expect and deserve a first-class facility when they come to pick up their airplanes, and we think these...

India’s newest airline, AirAsia India, has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an Airbus A320 equipped with Sharklets, becoming the newest operator of the type. Chennai-based AirAsia India will take delivery of an additional nine aircraft for its initial fleet of 10 A320s, to serve India’s rapidly growing domestic air traffic. Powered by CFM...

Boeing and Comair Limited announced an order for eight 737 MAX 8s, valued at $830 million at list prices. It is the first 737 MAX order announcement for an African operator. The order was booked in December 2013 and was previously unidentified on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website. "We're proud to be the first African operator to...

Airbus, the world’s leading aircraft manufacturer, has been voted “most attractive company” by the French general public in 2014 according to the fifth Randstad Awards survey in France. Airbus has a strong employer brand image and an excellent reputation: 67 % of the people surveyed declared that they would like to work for the aircraft...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing have completed a comprehensive review of the 787's critical systems. The joint review, initiated in January 2013, included an examination of the processes for the design, certification and production of the 787-8. The review's findings validate the integrity of the airplane's design and...

Rotorsim, the joint venture owned equally by CAE and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, today announced that a joint team from ENAC (the Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has certified the world's first AW189 full-flight simulator (FFS) to Level D, the highest qualification for flight...

Boeing and Turkish Airlines are marking the delivery of the first commercial airplane – a Next-Generation 737-800 – outfitted with galleys manufactured by Turkish Cabin Interiors (TCI). Turkish Airlines will receive nine more 737s this year equipped with TCI galleys. TCI is the first Turkish aerospace manufacturing company to design,...

CAE announced that it has won a series of contracts valued at more than C$140 million to provide a range of training systems and services for global defence customers. These include four P-8A simulators sold to Boeing for the United States Navy, a contract to provide an SW4 helicopter simulator for the Polish Air Force, various contracts to...

Bell Helicopter has announced its show plans for the 18th edition of the International Air and Space Fair, FIDAE 2014 in Santiago, Chile, March 25-30.  The company will showcase the Bell 407GT and Bell 429WLG, both introduced in 2013, in both static display as well as via demonstration flights. The newly introduced Bell 505 Jet Ranger X™...

Thai Airways International (THAI) has signed a letter of intent with Airbus for the development of Airbus Smarter Fuel Efficiency and Smarter Mobility solutions. This commitment underscores THAI’s requirement to have a fully integrated solution capable of handling ‘big data’ from all aircraft. The Smarter Fuel Efficiency will...

According to Airbus’ latest market forecast, Indian carriers will require 1,290 new passenger aircraft valued at US$190 billion between now and 2032 to satisfy surging annual demand. Indian annual passenger traffic growth rates of 8.6 per cent are well above the regional Asia Pacific average growth rate of 6.1 per cent and the world...