Commercial Aviation Boeing says has no plans to change name of 737 MAX – source: Reuters This isn’t Boeing to end well – source: The Register Airbus is ready for pilotless jets – are you? – source: Detroit News Airbus…
Mitsubishi Aircraft gave a wide-ranging briefing at the Paris Air Show today, with three of their US-based executives each providing a presentation. Pardon the dark room and the airshow flight demo noise in the background. Alex Bellamy, Chief Development Officer,…
Today, with much-deserved fanfare, Airbus launched the A321XLR. The new aircraft has as its launch customer, ALC, whose top bosses were on hand to sing the praises of the aircraft and its siblings the A321LR and A321neo. Lost in the…
There were no big announcements from Boeing today on the commercial aircraft front, reflecting the current problems with the MAX, the week-end 787 fire suppression controversy, delays for the GE9X powering the 777X, and continued study of business case for…
Normally, the first day of a major European Airshow, Paris in odd years and Farnborough in even years, brings a spate of new aircraft orders, with the second day typically a bit larger, the third similar to the first, and…
The Airbus A330-900 order by Virgin Atlantic will be powered by the Trent 7000 engines from Rolls Royce. Despite the issues with the Trent 1000 on the Boeing 787, Airbus and Virgin Atlantic have confidence in Rolls Royce, which is…