Despite pulling out of its involvement with Aerion, a startup developing a supersonic airliner, Lockheed Martin remains bullish on the prospect of high-speed air travel, pointing to its involvement developing NASA s X-59. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
One of KLM s former Boeing 747-400s has been transported to a hotel just outside Amsterdam Schiphol, where it will be converted into an exhibit about the iconic aircraft. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
Two Kenya Airways Embraer 190s have been badly damaged during a ground collision following a mishap during maintenance. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
The US Coast Guard has rescued one person from the Atlantic Ocean after a Conquest Air Convair C-131B aircraft crashed east of Miami on 8 February. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
Russian carrier Yamal is blaming an untreated icy surface for a Moscow taxiing accident in which a Sukhoi Superjet 100 collided with a lighting mast. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
The US Air Force continues to struggle to keep and replace sufficient numbers of experienced and highly skilled aircraft maintainers. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
Thirty years after its transition from one of the UK s last aircraft builders into a unit of Bombardier, the one-time Shorts factory in Belfast may be about to reinvent itself again. The flagship of the Canadian firm s aerostructures business which includes facilities in Canada, Mexico, Morocco and Wichita Belfast is Airbus s only...Continue Reading
Northern Ireland has less than 3% of the population of the UK, yet of the four companies with the highest rating in a nationwide scheme to improve quality and competitiveness in the aerospace supply chain, two of them are in this corner of the British Isles. Investment agency Invest NI likes to point to this...Continue Reading
Spirit AeroSystems views Airbus’s effort to trim A220 manufacturing costs as a chance land new contracts by beating out existing competitors. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
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