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Mitsubishi to reassess SpaceJet restart
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will reassess a possible program restart of the SpaceJet during the current financial year 2021, which runs until...
Will GE Aviation and lose a large arrow from its quiver?
Reports this weekend indicate that GE may merge its aircraft leasing unit with AerCap, as GE continues its corporate restructuring. That would...
What is Mitsubishi going to do next?
Insight: Friday 10 July 2020: Rolls-Royce signals 7 years until full recovery
News: The financial picture at Rolls-Royce, as with every other commercial aviation entity, has turned bleak amidst the current global pandemic. The...
Trent 1000 updates on track, but Covid hurts Rolls-Royce
Has Mitsubishi just killed the SpaceJet?
It was hailed at last year’s Paris Airshow as a clean sheet regional aircraft design particularly attractive to the US market, but the future of...
Industry Briefing: Engine Manufacturers – A Look Ahead
https://youtu.be/zqmDPTUVdhw
Looking into a murky crystal ball
There is surely no disputing the fact that the future of commercial aviation is murky. That said, the consensus among those we have been speaking...
Re-Engine the BUFF
In 2018 the USAF began looking at a re-engine program (again) for the Boeing B52H, named “Commercial Engine Re-engining Program (CERP)”. It is aimed...
Final spec M90 makes first flight
Mitsubishi performed the maiden flight of the first M90 with all the latest modifications on March 18. It has been a major milestone, as Flight Test...
Podcast – An Update with Rolls-Royce
Worst of cash-drainage Trent 1000 seems over
Rolls-Royce is confident its cash costs on the Trent 1000 have peaked last year and that costs and issues with the large turbofan engine are fully...
Safran records solid year despite MAX-effect
Major aircraft propulsion and equipment maker Safran recorded a solid 2019, with a net income up 26.4 percent to EUR 3.820 billion, it reported on...
Mitsubishi confirms 6th delay for Spacejet
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has confirmed on February 6 that the first delivery of the Spacejet M90 to ANA has been delayed until 2021 at the...
Sanad grows engine alliances with GE and Emirates
The 2019 Dubai Air Show has seen some significant news from local and regional players in maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO). For instance from...
Pratt & Whitney Canada launches another PT6 Upgrade
About a month ago, Pratt & Whitney Canada announced yet another upgrade on their venerable PT6. This engine powers the Pilatus PC-12NGX. It is...
Conversation with Rolls-Royce at Dubai Airshow
Phil Curnock is Chief engineer Civil future programs. At Dubai Air Show he gave a presentation on future programs like UltraFan, and the options for...
Insight:Monday 18 November 2019: Is the MRJ in trouble?
News Mitsubishi has begun to lose long-term suppliers for its MRJ program, which began in 2008 and was initially schedule to enter service in...
New Trent 1000 TEN-blades not ready until 2021
Rolls-Royce needs more time to fix the problem with Trent 1000 TEN high-pressure turbine (HPT) blades. On November 7, the company said it has...
Interview with Paul Corkery, GE Aviation at NBAA
We had an opportunity to inteview Paul Corkery of GE Aviation at NBAA. The video follows: https://youtu.be/Y7AUkK8AwWs
