As we monitor the industry’s activities, it is apparent that while growth is important, so is the replacement. Commercial aircraft are worked hard (some might say abused). Despite the industry’s high safety record and remarkable ability to move literally millions…
Today, at ILA, Rolls-Royce and Airbus announced a collaboration agreement for the integration of Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan demonstrator for flight testing. The integration solutions demonstration will be co-funded by Clean Sky 2, the European Union research programme focused on developing technology…
We have been working on improving our understanding of this new aircraft. The MC-21 is the second aircraft to emerge from Russia’s UAC after the Superjet. The Superjet has made a niche for itself in western markets, specifically Europe and…
The Ultra Long Range version of the A350 XWB, MSN 216, has successfully completed its first flight. The latest variant of the A350 XWB Family will be able to fly further than any other commercial airliner and will enter service…
In the wake of last week’s fatal incident, the FAA has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive. Southwest Airlines flight 1380 last Tuesday from New York to Dallas experienced an uncontained engine failure of a CFM-56 engine during which shrapnel penetrated…
Today Airbus announced that this Himalayan airline has ordered an A320neo (LEAP). The airline also has three A319s in service. this airline operates in a challenging environment as the image below shows. Airbus notes the “CFM Leap-1A26E1 engines optimized for…