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GE Aviation’s Coup
Last month’s announcement that GE Aviation will work together with the Boeing company to retrofit Southwest Airlines 737 classic cockpit avionics has significant ramifications for the avionics...
View ArticleA400M: Persisting Cancellation Rumors
The rumor mill has plenty to say about the much troubled A400M these days. According to several sources, Airbus management has been studying a possible cancellation of the program. Air & Cosmos...
View ArticleFrench Media Reports: A400M delayed until 2012-2014
Quoting sources close to the program, Le Figaro newspaper reports this morning that the A400M airlift aicraft will suffer further delays. First flight is scheduled for 2010 and selected deliveries...
View ArticleKorean Airlines buys A330s: Forward Thinking Move
KAL has chosen to invest in additional, currently unneeded capacity and this reflects a very wise strategic move on the part of the Korean airline. Bloomberg’ Susanna Ray confirms that “The Seoul-based...
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Open Rotors: Think Before You Spend
It is clear that the technological leap envisaged by both Boeing and Airbus for their next generation narrowbody aircraft will be significant. Of interest this morning is the request for...
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A330 Tanker Tests New Hose and Drogue System
Airbus Military has started dry contacts with its A330 tanker using a new Cobham-designed hose and drogue refueling pod… From Ares on Defense EADS EADS
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India reportedly prepared to finally sign contract for six A330 MRTT
Various sources report that the Indian government is ready to give its approval for the purchase of six A330 MRTT aircraft for the Indian Air Force. This follows this year’s earlier decision to drop...
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A400M facing huge bill
Approximately $10 Billion according to French newspaper Liberation this morning. France alone would have to assume $3.5 Billion of that amount and is categorically opposed to a program cancellation....
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A350 starts here…
The always excellent Guy Norris reports: Here are some of the first parts for the first Airbus A350. But these parts weren’t photographed in France, Germany, Spain or the UK, or anywhere in Europe for...
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Airbus confirms A400M first flight this Friday
It will be early for us on the US West Coast unfortunately… Airbus Military has confirmed that its A400M transport is scheduled to make its first flight on 11 December, with aircraft MSN001 due to lift...
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A400M First Flight
Deliveries are now scheduled to take place in early 2013. Stephen Trimble: EADS builds case for A400M sale to USAF Robert Wall and Douglas Barrie:A400M Completes First Flight
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AvWeek: Indian Refuelers Cancellation Concerns Industry
NEW DELHI — India’s cancellation of the contract for six A330 inflight refuelers on Dec. 30 is worrying international companies, which complain that transparency is decidedly lacking in Indian defense...
View ArticleAvWeek: US-Europe trade war looms in wake of air tanker decision
The specter of a US-Europe, Boeing/Airbus trade war has risen its ugly head again in the wake of the decision by Northrop-Grumann and EADS to pull out of the US Air Force tanker competition. Senior...
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A330 MRTT Appears In Royal Australian Air Force Colours
One of the two Airbus Military A330 MRTT Multi Role Transport Tankers scheduled to be delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force this year has now been painted in the service’s colours. The aircraft,...
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus ministers keep the heat on WTO
European ministers representing the nations behind Airbus joined the attack on the delay in the World Trade Organisation’s verdict on alleged subsidies for Boeing commercial aircraft. Last month, the...
View ArticleFARNBOROUGH: Udvar-Hazy returns with 51-aircraft A320 deal
Industry legend Steven Udvar-Hazy has signalled his return, signing for 51 Airbus A320 family aircraft for his new venture Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The new venture aims to increase its portfolio to...
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Royal Aeronautical Society: Qantas QF32 flight from the cockpit
On 4 November Qantas flight QF32, an Airbus A380 outbound from Singapore, ran into serious problems when a turbine on its Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine suffered an uncontained failure. We caught up with...
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