CommercialAirbus Technical Data Management Solution Coming This Month Airbus is launching a new technical data management tool this month called airnavX. Airbus touts the new tool as a cost saver which will expedite research and information distribution and optimize workflow…
ConnectivityAir Esurfing Taps Astronics for Chinese Connectivity STC Contract Astronics Corp. will equip up to 300 Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s for Chinese airlines, developing an STC for antennae and a Validation STC for the cabin distribution system as part of…
Business & GABombardier's 2017 Earnings Report Looks to 2018 for Growth Bombardier has released its fourth quarter and full year 2017 results. The results across 2017 weren’t great in terms of revenue, but the company indicated that it has a lot to be…
CommercialDrone Demos Delivery in Airbus' Singapore Skyways Project An Airbus vehicle has successfully left its dock to be loaded with a package, navigated to its destination and deposited the parcel at the designated drop-off point. If this sounds commonplace so…
CommercialAirbus Testing Unmanned Package Delivery in Singapore Airbus plans to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to test unmanned package delivery in Singapore in the first half of 2018. The project, called Skyways, is being conducted in partnership with the…
CommercialAirbus Poised for Dominance in Asia-Pacific off Strong 2017 Airbus delivered 367 aircraft to 50 operators across the Asia-Pacific in 2017. The company reports that figure to be two-thirds of new business in the region, and the deliveries account for more…
CommercialAirbus Appoints New Execs in China Succeeding Laurence Barron as chairman of Airbus China is Eric Chen, and George Xu as been appointed its CEO. “It’s my privilege to have been working with Airbus for more than 20…
CommercialA New Airplane for Airplanes: Airbus Rolls Out First BelugaXL A whale has rolled out from its assembly hangar in Toulouse, France. Airbus has finished the first structurally complete airframe for its aptly named BelugaXL. Claimed by Airbus to be “one of…
CommercialAirbus Finishes Building First A321neo ACF Assembly of the first Airbus A321neo Airbus Cabin Flex (ACF) has been completed. The manufacturer said Friday it wouldn’t be too long before it takes it first flight. Next for the newly…
RegulationBoeing: Bombardier C Series Conduct Has Caused 'Severe Harm' Are aspects of the Airbus-Bombardier C Series partnership illegal? Boeing thinks so. The manufacturer petitioned for a lawsuit against Bombardier, leading the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Commission (ITC) to make a…