Boeing suspends operations of subsidiary NeXt
Boeing decided to halt the operations of NeXT, a subsidiary created in 2018 to develop futuristic aircraft such as flying taxis and unmanned electric...
September 18, 2020
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September 17, 2020
SuperJet 100 expected to get “Russian” version in 2023
Russian Defense Minister Yuri Borisov revealed to TASS that a new version of the SSJ 100 (SuperJet) regional jet is due to be completed...
September 16, 2020
ATR 72-600F turboprop aircraft takes the first flight
ATR announced the first flight of the ATR 72-600F, new purpose-built regional freighter aircraft, on Wednesday. The aircraft took off from the company’s headquarters...
September 16, 2020
Azul takes delivery slots of 18 A320neo and A321neo from BOC Aviation
Although it is still in the midst of a long and difficult recovery due to the drop in demand for passenger transport, Azul would...
September 15, 2020
Brazil’s first Gripen fighter seen on a ship en route to the country
The merchant ship that carries the first Gripen E fighter of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) should arrive in Brazil by the end of...
September 14, 2020
Greece to receive first Rafale fighters in 2021
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Friday an expansion plan for country’s armed forces that includes the purchase of four frigates, four...
September 13, 2020
CRJ regional jet program enters the final stretch
On September 7, the Swiss company RUAG posted on its social network that it was delivering the last tail section of a CRJ jet...
September 12, 2020
Airbus celebrates first flight of A320 serial number 10000 aircraft
Airbus quietly celebrated on its social networks the first flight of the serial number 10,000 jet of the A320 family. The aircraft, an A321neo,...
September 11, 2020
EASA completes test flights with the 737 Max
European civil aviation agency EASA announced on Friday that it had completed test flights with the 737 Max equipped with modifications carried out by...
September 11, 2020
Lufthansa mulls to retire all of its remaining Airbus A380s
Lufthansa is expected to further cut its long-range aircraft fleet. After announcing in April that it would take six of its 14 A380s out...
September 10, 2020
With a minimum bid of $10,000, Iran Air will auction A300, 727 and 747 jets
The crisis affecting world aviation is also affecting airlines in Iran, a country that lives under an economic embargo from the West and that...
September 9, 2020
Boeing gets new sales of 737 MAX and Airbus has fewer deliveries in August
Finally in August Boeing had something to celebrate. The U.S. planemaker won the first orders for the 737 Max since the grounding of the...
September 9, 2020
Sweden offers Saab Gripen C/D fighters again to Croatia
A member of NATO since 2009, Croatia has one of the smallest air forces in Europe. The country operates only a squadron of MiG-21...
September 8, 2020
Boom enters the race for the supersonic Air Force One
Boom Supersonic announced on Tuesday that it had been awarded a contract to participate in the U.S. Air Force program that studies a supersonic...
September 8, 2020
Boeing 787 structural problem could affect more aircraft
Structural flaws in the back of the fuselage of eight 787 Dreamliner aircraft could involve more aircraft, according to FAA insider information revealed by...
September 7, 2020
Brazilian Navy suspends sale of aircraft carrier São Paulo
Ex-Foch of the French Navy, the aircraft carrier São Paulo, of the Brazilian Navy, had its auction suspended last month. The Brazilian government plans...
September 6, 2020
Mitsubishi prepares to resume SpaceJet certification program
Mitsubishi Aircraft is reviewing data for nearly 4,000 flight hours performed with the SpaceJet M90 test aircraft to prepare for the resumption of the...
September 4, 2020
New carrier Ecuatoriana Airlines is launched in Ecuador
The name sounds familiar, but it has nothing to do with one of South America’s best-known carriers, Ecuatoriana de Aviácion, Ecuador’s largest aviation company...
September 3, 2020
Tokyo evaluates using the AW609 tiltrotor to connect Japanese archipelago
Leonardo, manufacturer of the AW609, the world’s first civilian tiltrotor, announced on Wednesday that the Tokyo metropolitan government is considering ordering the aircraft to...
September 2, 2020
USAF postpones B-21 stealth bomber first flight to 2022
The newest US stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, is only expected to fly for the first time in early 2022, Major General Mark Weatherington,...
