The UK’s aerospace sector is in ‘good health’ as data from ADS, the UK trade organisation representing the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space sectors, shows orders continue to come in for airliners. July saw 112 airliners being ordered bringing the first half of the year total to 1,179 helped by [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has joined forces with the Met Office and FLYHT to carry out revolutionary sustainable aviation research to reduce the environmental impact of flying. The partnership will work together to improve the accuracy of aviation weather forecasts and reduce flight emissions by operating flights in the [read more]
Airbus has formally opened a brand new A321XLR equipment installation hangar in Hamburg, Germany to help it ramp up production. The automated equipping facility, which was opened by Hamburg’s First Mayor Peter Tschentscher and German Aerospace Coordinator Anna Christmann, will be able to work on eight A321XLR rear fuselage sections [read more]
Monday’s Air Traffic Control failure of its flight planning system continues to have an effect three days later with cancellations hitting almost 2000 now according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. The worst hit day was Monday which saw 27% of flights from the UK cancelled, some 799 and [read more]
Flights to and from the UK faced delays earlier as the UK’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems experienced a “technical issue”. Airlines warned passengers of delays until the problem is resolved. In a statement, UK Airpsace provider NATs said: “Engineers are working to find and the fix the fault. We [read more]
Australian flag carrier Qantas has placed an order for 12 more Boeing 787 Dreamliners, almost doubling its Dreamliner fleet. The order consists of four Boeing 787-9 and eight 787-10 Dreamliners which will be utilised on its long-haul network. “This is another multi-billion-dollar investment in the national carrier, and it’s great [read more]
Travel companies have written to the UK Government to ask them to give the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) more powers to fine airlines that don’t fulfil their obligations to passengers when flights are delayed or cancelled. The joint letter was sent by loveholidays, On the Beach, Riviera Travel, and Thomas [read more]
Something interesting happened yesterday whilst the rest of us were talking about MD90s and Jumbo Jets being scrapped three people made a move that has raised a few eyebrows in this office, and seemingly gone largely unnoticed except by an eagle-eyed few on social media. What was it? A relatively [read more]
In the ever-evolving world of aviation, manufacturers are constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation to create more efficient, eco-friendly, and high-performance aircraft. Two major players in this industry, Airbus and Boeing, have recently unveiled their respective advancements in wing technology: the Airbus “Wing of Tomorrow” and the Boeing “Transonic Truss [read more]
US planemaker Boeing has taken delivery of MD90 N931TB which will be modified to become X66A, a flying test bed for the Transonic Trust Braced Wing (TTBW) programme as part of NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. The aircraft will now undergo extensive modification in order to be fitted with ultrathin [read more]
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