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Rolls-Royce facing fresh troubles with 787 engine faults

07/12/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

Air New Zealand is the latest airline that has been forced to cancel flights due to what it described as “engine events” in their Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powered Dreamliners have been involved in a raft of recent engine issues which started with issues reported [read more]

Supersonic Airliner gets backing from 2nd airline

05/12/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

A proposed supersonic airliner has received backing in the form of investment and options from Japan Airlines (JL/JAL), the 2nd airline to do so. The Japanese flag carrier is investing $10m in Colorado based Boom which is planning to build the first commercial supersonic airliner since Concorde, a plane that [read more]

Airbus appoints sales chief to replace John Leahy

29/11/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

European airframer Airbus has appointed Eric Shulz to replace John Leahy as Chief of Sales, Marketing & Contracts for the company’s Commercial Aircraft business. Mr Shulz, who joins the company from Rolls-Royce, will take over the role in January 2018 and will report directly to Airbus CEO Tom Enders. Eric Schulz [read more]

Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce team up for hybrid aircraft

28/11/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce have teamed up to develop a hybrid aircraft featuring an electric engine as part of a move towards cleaner aviation. The groundbreaking collaboration will see the firms put an electric engine alongside 3 conventional jet engines on a BAe146 flying test bed. Airbus is no stranger to [read more]

Virgin Atlantic A330 clips wings with a 777 at JFK

28/11/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 suffered damage to its wing yesterday after it’s wing was clipped by an Egypt Air Boeing 777 at New York’s JFK airport. The Virgin Atlantic aircraft, Airbus A330-300 G-VRAY, was departing New York’s John F Kennedy Airport (JFK/KJFK) operating flight VS4 to London Heathrow when [read more]

Airbus A350-1000 certified by the FAA & EASA

27/11/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Rhys Hutchings

On the 25th November 2017 the Airbus A350-1000 officially got its certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Airbus’ biggest variant of the A350 got its type rating last Tuesday after a extensive flight test program carried out by the Airbus team over [read more]

Boeing 797 gets Chief Project Engineer

21/11/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

The Boeing 797 project took a step closer to becoming reality this week when a Chief Project Engineer (CPE) was appointed. The brand new airliner, designed to fit between the 737 and 787 family will be the first all-new airliner from Boeing since the 787 Dreamliner. Former 777X chief project engineer [read more]

Virgin jumbos to operate Heathrow to New York service

17/11/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

November will see the return of Virgin Jumbo-Jets on the Heathrow to New York flights. Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is currently phasing out Boeing 747’s from its fleet but still has 8 of the type on its books. The airline officially retired the Jumbo Jet from Heathrow in 2015 however it [read more]

Luton Airport sees 43rd consecutive month of growth

13/11/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has recorded its 43rd consecutive month of growth with another 3% rise in October. The mid-autumn month saw over 1.4m passengers use Luton Airport to fly off to the 130 destinations now served by the airport. In order to meet continued demand from passengers, London Luton [read more]

Airbus setback as Boeing wins big orders

12/11/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

European airframer Airbus has suffered a setback on day one of the Dubai Airshow with a planned announcement for an A380 deal failing to materialise as Boeing wins big orders instead. Emirates (EK/UAE) was expected to give the Airbus A380 a lifeline but instead has chosen to delay that deal [read more]