Airbus’ A350 video
Airbus did something every aviation geek enjoys – they celebrated the end of their A350XWB flight test program with a special event. A formation flight by the program’s test aircraft. Spectacular and wonderful. Views: 26
admin
Cyber thoughts
It has been a while since we last addressed this issue. Our interest in cyber security within commercial aviation has not waned. The subject has become more obscure as the players in the industry close ranks. This is understandable. Industry…
SSJ reaches one year milestone at Interjet
Superjet celebrates its first anniversary of operations with Interjet. On September 18, 2013 the first SSJ100 entered into service with the Mexican airline. Up to the anniversary date, Interjet’s fleet logged over than 12,000 flight hours and 11,400 cycles. The…
CSeries Flight Test Update
Now that the flight test program is back flying we are tracking progress again. Although total hours appear to be just shy of 12% of target hours, we understand the program is getting credit for CIASTA hours. So ~12% of…
A350 Certified and Ready to Go
Airbus has received EASA certification for the A350, which is now approved for flight. The first delivery to Qatar Airways is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year. The A350 program had a much smoother development process than 787…
PREMIUM #139: COMPETITION AT THE HIGH END OF THE NARROW-BODY MARKET
This story is premium content for subscribers only. Sign in to your account. Sign up for Corporate account Sign up for Annual individual plan Sign up for a Monthly individual plan