Aviation engineering news

Following on from the first day massive order for 255 aircraft, Airbus has maintained momentum with more orders on days two and three. Monday saw a Letter of Intent (LoI) signed by Air Lease Corportation (ALC) for 111 aircraft from across Airbus’ current product catalogue. The list is made up [read more]

Airbus says it foresees the need for around 39,000 new airliners and cargo aircraft by 2040 to meet the industries needs of meeting carbon emissions targets and replace retiring aircraft. Speaking in Dubai, Airbus says it expects that air travel will continue to grow in the next 20 years, mainly [read more]

European airframer Airbus has delivered a total of 36 aircraft to 23 customers in October 2021 including one of the final two Airbus A380 super-jumbos. In October Airbus delivered 30x A320neo family aircraft. This was made up of 1 A319neo, 17 A320neo and 12 A321neo aircraft to airlines including Air [read more]

A new early years aviation careers portal has been launched today to help employers find talent ahead of the expected rise in air travel in early 2022. Talentview Aviation is backed by the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Aviation Skills Retention Platform (ASRP) and is free to use platform [read more]

Airbus has reached a major milestone in its “Wing of Tomorrow” programme with the completion of the first full-size prototype. The composite wing cover and was produced at the National Composite Centre in Bristol before being assembled by a team at Airbus’ Filton site. The wing cover was then shipped [read more]

Airbus, along with partners Air France, DSNA, and french air navigation provider ANSP is working towards the development of more efficient gate to gate flying as an interim measure ahead of more efficient aircraft. The project is part of the Albatross initiative and will demonstrate the feasibility of implementing more [read more]

Guernsey based airline Aurigny has said that it could operate all of its routes with efficient ATR turboprop aircraft as part of its fleet simplification process. The airline currently operates a mixed fleet of Embraer regional jets along with Dornier and ATR turboprops but the airline is seeking to cut [read more]

British Airways has teamed up with Airbus to launch a specially liveried Airbus A320neo aircraft as part of its Better World campaign. The campaign showcases British Airways’ plans to fly greener and it came with the announcement that the airline had secured enough sustainable aircraft fuel (SAF) from BP to [read more]