Engineering and leasing news

As reported last week, The Airbus A330-800, the shorter variant of new A330neo’s, is to take its first flight this week on Tuesday the 6th November. Weather permitting the A330-800 will take off from Toulouse around 09:30hrs on Tuesday morning for a flight expected to last a few hours. The [read more]

Sources close to Airbus have said that the Airbus A330-800neo could begin its certification program as early as next week after undergoing ground testing this week. The ground tests included testing the British made Rolls Royce Trent 7000 engines on the initial aircraft. The aircraft will need to carry out [read more]

On the 28th October 1972 Airbus flew its first commercial airliner, the Airbus A300. As well as being Airbus first aircraft, it was also the worlds first twin-engine wide-body aircraft. Developed in the 1960’s the A300 was the first aircraft to be designed and built by the newly created Airbus [read more]

Belgian aircraft materials manufacturer Solvay has said it plans to create up to 50 jobs in North Wales as it expands its adhesives, surfacing films and lightning strike protection operations. The state-of-the-art facility in Wrexham will manufacture aerospace structural adhesives and surfacing films at the new site which was inaugurated on the [read more]

Welsh wings made by Airbus in Broughton are helping the newly delivered Airbus A350-900ULR fly routes up to 9,700nm. The Ultra Long Range (ULR) variant of the ground breaking A350XWB range of aircraft has just entered service with Singapore Airlines, who have ordered 7 of the type. Aside from the [read more]

Regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) has become the latest airline to launch an initiative aimed at attracting women into aviation but FlyShe goes beyond the flight deck. FlyShe is being spearheaded by Flybe’s CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener, the UK’s only female airline CEO, and is aimed at inspiring the next generation of [read more]

European aerospace company Airbus has said it is planning to add its aeronautical expertise to an innovation that could revolutionize maritime transport. The SeaWing is a fully automated para-foil kite which is deployed from the front of the ship in order to “tow” the vessel through the water providing an [read more]

Transatlantic specialist Openskies (LV/BOS) ceased operations at the beginning of September 2018 and just days later, its last Boeing 767 took its final flight, to St Athan in South Wales. Openskies, sometimes called BA Openskies was set up in 2008 by International Airlines Group in an effort to reduce British [read more]