News from Japan today highlights the struggles at Mitsubishi Aircraft. The parent company has taken a much firmer hand at the MRJ program. Even though customers have either kept quiet or made encouraging noises, the program is not in great…
Airlines know that fast turnarounds mean profits – Southwest advertised ten-minute turns back in 1982. While there have been various claims about turnaround times, there has been a shortage of data to help determine just how important this factor is…
The long awaited moment came today, COMAC got its new C919 in the air. Here is a video with a feed from the aircraft of that event. The weather conditions were not great, but the event went ahead and mission…
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China has scheduled this week to conduct the first C919 flight test. The C919 was built to meet world travel demand and challenge the dominance of Boeing and Airbus. China’s Commercial Aircraft Corporation (COMAC) has been set to take wing…
Pratt & Whitney Canada has reached another milestone, producing their 100,000th engine. Of those 100,000 engines, more than 60,000 remain in service with 12,300 operators in more than 200 countries. More than 750 million hours have been flown with P&WC…