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Latest Superjet schedule shows first flight next month
April 11, 2008
Russia’s Sukhoi expects its Superjet 100 regional jet to fly for the first time next month and likely not enter domestic airline service for at least another year, program officials told AIN this week. That puts the troubled program some six months behind the schedule Sukhoi published last fall. Paolo Revelli Beaumont, commercial senior vice president of...
moreBoeing Delays 787…Again
April 09, 2008
Boeing will delay first flight of the 787, this time by as much as six more months, as it continues to grapple with slower-than-expected completion of work originally meant for suppliers, the company said today. It now expects to fly the first airplane some time during this year’s fourth quarter–at least 14 months later than originally planned. Last...
moreFAA: long-term outlook rosy for business aviation
April 01, 2008
While the FAA is calling for “significant” continued growth “over time” for commercial aviation, it sees “strong growth in business aviation demand continuing, driven by a growing U.S. and world economy as well as a growing fleet of very light jets (VLJs).”In releasing its “FAA Aerospace Forecast” for Fiscal Years 2008-2025, the agency acknowledged that...
moreBoeing To Buy Vought’s Interest in Global Aeronautica
March 28, 2008
Boeing announced today it has agreed to acquire Vought Aircraft Industries’ interest in Global Aeronautica, the South Carolina fuselage subassembly facility for the 787 Dreamliner. Upon completion of the transaction, Global Aeronautica will become a 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Italy’s Alenia Aeronautica–a...
moreFAA Forecast: Bizav To Continue Climbing
March 13, 2008
In its aerospace forecast released on Tuesday, the FAA predicts that the active general aviation fleet will increase by an average 1.3 percent annually, growing from an estimated 225,007 aircraft last year to 286,500 by 2025. Turboprop and turbine helicopter fleets are expected to increase by 3.7 percent annually over the 18-year forecast period, while the...
moreIn 2007, deliveries of business aircraft surged
March 01, 2008
General aviation manufacturers enjoyed another record-breaking year last year, with billings totaling $21.9 billion, up 16.5 percent from the previous year, and worldwide shipments reaching 4,272 airplanes, up 5.4 percent. For the first time ever, shipments of jets exceeded the 1,000-per-year milestone, climbing to 1,138 last year. Turboprops were also a...
moreThis show will shatter all records, predicts Zuccaro
February 25, 2008
“This year’s Heli-Expo is a rousing success before we even open the doors,” said HAI president Matt Zuccaro at a press conference just before the ribbon-cutting here yesterday morning. More than 600 HAI members enrolled in the two days of educational sessions held before the show opened to general attendance. “We’re furthering the depth of knowledge in the...
moreForecasts see helo demand close to OEM capacity
February 24, 2008
With a new generation of light single-engine helicopters on the horizon, continued strong demand for twins and aggressive fleet replacement plans worldwide, the rarefied rotorcraft market is “approaching capacity,” according to the annual new helicopter delivery forecasts being released here today by Honeywell (Booth No. 2137) and Rolls-Royce (Booth No....
moreExhibitors give organizers good grades in most subjects
February 21, 2008
The day after the opening of the first international airshow in Singapore since the migration of Asian Aerospace to Hong Kong, exhibitors here seemed more than happy with the new site and with the event’s organization. According to the companies AIN has surveyed, everything has gone quite smoothly during the setup process, except perhaps for an odd glitch...
moreBA609 certification effort shifts into a higher gear
February 21, 2008
Bell/Agusta Aerospace engineers working on the BA609 Tiltrotor have stepped up their certification efforts and now plan more than 100 hours of flight testing this year–a major acceleration over the 300 hours logged since 2003. However, the first flight of the third prototype faces yet another delay. Bell/Agusta now expects certification of the hybrid...
moreEADS advances research in Singapore
February 21, 2008
Two years ago EADS decided to tap Singapore’s strengths in science and technology by shifting part of its research and development effort here. Today, its investment in the Singapore Research and Technology Center (SRTC) appears to be reaping dividends, and the facility is now conducting work in four scientific areas, having reached a staff of 15 and an...
more‘Global’ R-R keeps home fires burning
February 21, 2008
At face value, Rolls-Royce’s recent establishment of new facilities in Singapore, the U.S. and Germany might be construed as the group’s snubbing its UK home and a possible indictment of successive British governments that some say have failed to nurture the country’s aerospace industry. But that’s not how Ian Godden, chief executive of the Society of...
moreBAE outsources some spares inventory
February 21, 2008
As part of a wide-ranging rationalization of its global spares support business, BAE Systems Regional Aircraft (BAERA) has transferred all its Jetstream 31/32 spares to Saywell International, and factory-surplus BAe 146/Avro RJ inventory to Ansett Spares & Service. For both fleets, however, BAE will continue to provide full technical and airworthiness...
moreVolvo shows commitment to ‘Clean Sky’
February 21, 2008
The environment is everything these days for engine manufacturers and suppliers, as initiatives such as the recently launched European Commission Clean Sky program drive ever more advanced ideas on reducing emissions and noise. Volvo Aero (Stand No. Q35) manufactures components for 90 percent of the world’s large commercial engines and the Swedish company...
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