News This story from the New York Times expounds in detail the nature of the regulatory approval processes from the FAA the tacitly endorsed Boeing’s failure to disclose a new system to pilots during transition training. It appears that a…
Commercial Aviation New Robot Can Climb On Aircraft To Perform Structural Inspection – Source: Wonderful Engineering My comments on the Lion Air Accident posted in The New York Times – Source: Cpt. Amid Singh Boeing machinists get bonuses – Source:…
Ryanair blames 6 percent lower fares due to excessive capacity in Europe for its Q3 FY2019 loss of €19.6m, down from a €105.6m profit the previous year. The Irish low-cost carrier expects HY2 fares to be on average 7 percent…
Qantas tries to re-shape the Australian domestic market by purchasing a 19.9% share of Alliance Airlines, the Eagle Farm (Queensland) based airline. The purchase was announced on February 1 and has caught out the Alliance board, which has sought legal…
News Boeing is using bionics and advanced manufacturing technologies to increase the efficiency of its 787 production facilities. Analysis Improving the throughput of 787 production as the rate increases to 14 per month will help Boeing reduce the massive costs…
It would appear that Air France is considering beginning the phasing out its relatively young 787 fleet as early as this summer in favor of A350s. This rationalization strategy would see the 787s likely being transferred to KLM. Views: 42