Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Cargolux Airlines are celebrating the 30th direct delivery of a 747 Freighter to the Luxembourg-based cargo carrier. To mark the occasion, Cargolux’s latest 747-8 Freighter carries a special decal of the “Father of the Boeing 747,” Joe Sutter, the Boeing engineer who led the team that designed the airplane. “We have … Dowiedz się więcej
Xiamen Airlines has indicated that it will fly from Xiamen to Amsterdam this summer. Xiamen Airlines is a subsidiary of KLM’s partner, China Southern Airlines, China’s largest airline. Xiamen Airlines operates the largest all Boeing fleet in China and has been profitable for 28 consecutive years, which is a unique record. Similar to KLM, both … Dowiedz się więcej
The Whitcraft Group announced last week that it has signed a 10-year $234 million contract to supply parts and assemblies to United Technologies’ (UTC) Pratt & Whitney division for their next generation PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engine family. „This is a significant milestone for our company” said Colin Cooper, chief executive officer, Whitcraft. „Companies all … Dowiedz się więcej
The IKEA superstore in Toulouse, France isn’t the obvious starting place for an innovative approach to one of aviation’s most intensively technical areas. Nevertheless, it was this home retailer’s ready-to-assemble furniture that gave Airbus systems designer Raphael Andre an idea that already is proving its value: the flat-pack cockpit kit. Andre, whose work at the … Dowiedz się więcej
Bristow Group today raised its total firm orders for Airbus Helicopters’ H175 to 17, and also signed a comprehensive support services agreement for its new seven-metric- ton-category rotorcraft. H175 is the new name of the twin-engine EC175. Airbus Helicopters announced at the Heli-Expo 2015 helicopter industry trade show in Orlando, Florida, the renaming of its … Dowiedz się więcej
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), introduced today (03.03)at Heli-Expo 2015 the new Bell 407GXP. The new aircraft incorporates the reliability and advanced technology of the Bell 407GX platform, and introduces performance improvement, payload increase and pilot workload reduction. “The Bell 407GXP enhances customer value with improvements in mission capability,” said Matt Hasik, … Dowiedz się więcej