The French government is considering helping Airbus Helicopters, which has been hit hard by order cancellations. Two ministries have begun to study the recovery of aircraft affected by these cancellations.
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To allow sufficient time to implement stringent health and safety conditions in terms of hygiene, cleaning and self-distancing.
"Safran is committed to an industry that treats the environment with greater respect."
Saab offers Gripen E to Canada’s request for proposal for the country’s future fighter requirement of 88 new aircraft.
During the presentation of Spirit AeroSystems’ results, Tom Gentile, President and CEO, announced an agreement with Boeing. Production of the 737 MAX fuselages will be resumed in March and 216 will be manufactured in 2020.
Despite the problems it encountered, the new Trent 1000 TEN will enter service in the first half of 2021. This was confirmed by Warren East, CEO of Rolls-Royce, during the presentation of the results of the year 2019 from the British engine manufacturer.
Lufthansa Technik sets up 5G networks to perform maintenance operations in its Hamburg base.
In 2020, CFMI will produce ten Leap-1B engines per week, with the possibility of readjustment at Boeing request. Returning to normal could take some time, according to Philippe Petitcolin, CEO of Safran.
Key players from the European aviation industry met in Oslo to set the framework for a unique program that will transform Norwegian air transportation and serve as a learning ground for sustainable aviation on a regional scale.
The governments of France and Germany award the initial framework contract for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) and Airbus further strengthens its partnership with Thales and MBDA.
Bombardier announced its strategic decision to focus on business aviation selling the transportation division to Alstom. This will accelerate deleveraging but only in part since its debt amounts to $9.3 billion.
The Airbus A330-800 receives joint EASA and FAA type certification at the end of a program including 132 missions and 370 flight hours.
Willis Lease Finance Corporation launch a global MRO Blockchain Alliance with several key industry partners to trace, track and record aircraft parts.
The first Tupolev Tu-160M, M as modernized, flew on February 2, 2020. The four-jet engine took off from the Kazan aeronautical plant airport for a flight lasting 34 minutes.
The Trump administration is increasing the additional duty rate imposed on aircraft imported from the EU to 15% from 10%, effective March 18, 2020
Bombardier has just sold its shares in the A220 airliner program to Airbus and the government of Quebec.
This projection, over the next twenty years, represents more than a third of that concerning the world market for air services valued at 4.9 trillion dollars.
Charles Wemaëre is the new Vice President of Worldwide Spares, with responsibility for spare parts strategy and logistics efforts for the global Falcon fleet.
The Mitsubishi SpaceJet program will experience another major delay. The parent company of Mitsubishi Aircraft has announced the first delivery of the SpaceJet in fiscal year 2021... or later.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed every contract necessary for Tupolev to start the production of the Perspektivni Aviatsionni Kompleks Dalneï Aviatsii or PAK DA, to replace the Tu-95 Bear.
Bombardier continues to try to pay off its debts, which currently amount to $9 billion (about €8.16 billion). The Canadian company plans to leave the Airbus A220 program... but also to sell its business aircraft division to Textron. This would generate a deep change in the "bizjets" landscape.
After airlines, it is now the aeronautics industry’s turn to be impacted, and especially Airbus’ Chinese facility in Tianjin.
CFM International will support the LEAP-1A engines that power the Jazeera Airways’ fleet of Airbus A320neo aircraft and provide spare engines.
Leonardo shakes up the Heli-Expo 2020 helicopter show by unveiling the acquisition of the Swiss Kopter in order to “further strengthen its worldwide leadership and position in the rotorcraft sector”.
BAE Systems intends to buy Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System business for $1.9 billion and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios division for $275 million, to be sold for antitrust clearances.
Liebherr-Aerospace supplies components for the folding wing tip system as well as electronic components of the main gear steering system, the power drive unit and the hydraulic motor of the Boeing 777X.
Saab starts to produce the aft fuselage section of the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft, the advanced trainer developed and produced together with Boeing for the United States Air Force.
The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services concluded the 12th Conference on European Space Policy. A much awaited speech.
Boeing has just announced to its customers and suppliers that the 737 MAX would not return to service before mid-2020. This postpones both return to service and deliveries of aircraft stored for the fall.
A consortium of thirty-three aviation research and industry partners led by ONERA officially launches the IMOTHEP project, an ambitious research initiative on hybrid electric propulsion funded by the European Commission under Horizon 2020.
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group provide €200 million for the Ariane 6 program and SMEs in the space sector.
Meeting in Dublin, the plane lessors are worried about the risks of sales and leasing of the Boeing 737 MAX at rock-bottom prices.
Airbus has successfully performed 8 take-offs with an Airbus A350-1000 test aircraft using a fully automatic vision-based system.
Latécoère and Bombardier agree on the condition of the acquisition of the Electrical Wiring Interconnection System assets in Querétaro, Mexico, under which the French company will supply Bombardier with EWIS.
Whilst the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX continues, the Russian Irkut MC-21-300 and Chinese Comac C919 medium-haul aircraft are methodically continuing their flight test programs.
The audit carried out by Boeing about its 737 MAX, at the request of the FAA, revealed a potential risk due to the proximity between two bundles of wires playing an important role in the control of aircraft tail.
The future sixth-generation British combat aircraft, Tempest, intended to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon within the RAF, will benefit from additional electrical systems, including an embedded turbine engine starting device developed by Rolls-Royce.
Spirit Airlines having decided to confirm its 100 Airbus A320neos in 2020, Airbus did not near 900 net sales in 2019 but rather 800 thanks to the A321XLR and the A330neo.
On December 30, Maxar announced the sale its Canadian commercial unit MDA to Northern Private Capital, a private investment company based in Toronto.
Piaggio Aerospace ends 2019 with three new contracts worth €246 million. The Italian Ministry of Defense signs contract for nine copies of Avanti EVO turboprop aircraft as well as the modernization of the 18 copies in service within the Italian Armed Forces and technical-logistic support for Chinook.
Leonardo and Federico II, University of Naples, Italy, institute the Aerotech Academy, an advanced training course on leading engineering issues, to start in March 2020.
On December 12, 2019, EME Aero — a 50/50 joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines — obtains EASA 145 certification as a maintenance organization.
A Sukhoi Su-57 crashed into the taiga, in Khabarovsk Krai territory. The pilot managed to eject. According to the preliminary investigation, the cause is due to a malfunction of the tail flight controls.
Dennis Muilenburg, Chief Executive Officer and Board director of Boeing, resigns. He will be replaced by David Calhoun, currently Chairman of the Board of Directors. Greg Smith, CFO, will take over the interim.
An ASD Communication study shows the crucial place of the aeronautical and defense industry in Europe.
MTU Aero Engines and Lisi Aerospace sign a major contract to supply high pressure compressor blades for the Pratt & Whitney GTF, whose variants equip the Airbus A220 as well as the A320neo and Embraer E2 families.
According to the U.S. investment bank Jefferies, deliveries of the Boeing 737 MAX should start from the second quarter of 2020. Delivery of stored aircraft won’t end before the end of 2020.
Boeing has decided to suspend production of the 737 MAX from January 2020. Faced with a longer than expected re-certification, Boeing had no other choice.
The future strategic transport aircraft to succeed the Antonov An-124 Ruslan is currently undergoing a wind tunnel testing campaign at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in Zhukovsky, Russia.
Gulfstream moves the European Customer Support Parts Distribution Center from the London area to near Amsterdam, in preparation for Brexit.
Boeing drops Embraer
MRO: Airbus cancels its center project in Thailand
The State to the rescue of Airbus Helicopters
Airbus decided to temporarily pause production and assembly activities at its French and Spanish sites across the Company for the next four days
Maiden Flight of FOC Standard LCA Tejas
Noting continuation of the COVID-19 crisis, Air France-KLM takes exceptional measures
IATA Welcomes EU Suspension of Slot Use Rules
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