China Eastern Airlines will conduct private share placements that will see Juneyao Airlines and two other entities become shareholders. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Oklahoma-based structures supplier Nordam has suspended production of nacelle systems for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800 engines due to a contractual dispute. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

An experimental aircraft designed to demonstrate a radical new concept in modern air warfare will enter flight testing this autumn, says Maj Gen William Cooley, commander of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

JetBlue Airways has ordered up to 120 Airbus A220-300s to replace its Embraer E190 fleet, and will convert orders for 25 A320neos to the larger A321neo. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

The hard landing of a Jazz Aviation Bombardier Q400 in 2017 substantially damaged the aircraft and generated enough load to trigger a switch designed to activate only after a crash, according to a report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

US Air Force officials have taken the first concrete step towards defining a new class of adaptive jet engines to power the next generation of combat aircraft that come after the Lockheed Martin F-35. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

BAE Systems said it started work transitioning its Compass Call electronic warfare system from the Lockheed EC-130H to a modified Gulfstream G550, an EC-37B aircraft. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

In a move described as an escalation of US efforts to combat companies that support terrorist activities, the US government has slapped sanctions on a Malaysian company that provides flight services to Iranian airline Mahan Air. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Airbus aircraft once used to begin life inside a Boeing, of sorts. Specifically the structures of Airbus jets would be ferried in a heavily modified version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, adapted by US specialist Aero Spacelines into the Super Guppy turboprop transporter. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Boeing and Airbus has been building aluminium aircraft for decades when they switched to composite designs for their respective 787 and A350 programmes. Whether that material change can be replicated for next-generation medium-haul aircraft, however, is unclear. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading