Qantas has chosen the Airbus A321XLR to play a major role on its future domestic and Australia/Asia network. The airline announced on June 19 it had converted 26 A321neo’s to the new extra long range-version, while ordering 10 additional XLRs.…
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC) didn’t wait until its scheduled Paris Air Show press conference on June 17 to unveil the re-badged SpaceJet, instead already giving away major details a few days earlier. The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) is dead, long…
Boeing is finding itself in new trouble after it and the FAA have identified potentially faulty parts fitted on 312 737NGs and MAX aircraft. Following a Service Bulletin by Boeing the FAA will issue an Airworthiness Directive for inspection and…
US/China trade tensions, weaking worldwide trade and higher (fuel) costs will eat into airlines’ profits in 2019, reducing them to $28 billion from $35.5 billion forecasted last December, the world’s airlines’ expect. The latest outlook has been announced on June…
Rolls-Royce has been dealt a serious blow with the announcement by Air New Zealand on May 27 that it has selected the General Electric GEnx-1B to power its 8 Boeing 787-10s. Ahead of the deal announced on the airline’s investors…
The days of nuts and bolts in aircraft manufacturing are unlikely to disappear completely but the way airliners are built is certainly going to change in the very near future. At least at Airbus, where at last week’s Innovation Days…