About 40% of the titanium for Boeing jets is currently sourced from Russia and VSMPO. VSMPO (???????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????????) is the largest titanium producer in the world, and has extensive relationships with Boeing and other aerospace manufacturers, as outlined…
At this weeks Abu Dhabi air show, Falcon Aviation Services ordered one firm and optioned one Bombardier CS300, which will be the first of that model to be configured for executive travel. Aircraft interior configuration and completion arrangements have not…
Airbus is building hours on the A350 flight test program at a remarkable rate. We estimate that by month end, the program will be around 45% of its test hours in approximately 40% of the test schedule. The test program…
Reuters reported today that Rolls-Royce announced two new engines; the “Advance” which is expected to be 6% more fuel efficient than the Trent XWB (Rolls’ latest engine) and the “UltaFan” which is expected to be 10% more fuel efficient than…
There is an increasing amount of news flow on the question of the replacement for the 757. Aviation Week’s Guy Norris put out a good story on the challenges this process has to go through. Of course the decision on…
Airbus is the European aerospace success story. Quietly, the company met a requirement for a medium range twin when Boeing and Douglas were uninterested. There is a story that American’s CEO CR Smith had asked Douglas for a twin DC-10,…