An Air New Zealand aircraft was forced to return to Wellington International Airport shortly after take-off when the crew smelled smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely with no injuries. Engin...
Following the onboard fire on a test flight, Boeing is making minor design changes to the power distribution panels on the 787 and is updating the systems software that manages and protects power dist...
GKN Aerospace starts start composite aircraft wing production next year at its new facility in Bristol, UK and Dark Matter Composites has launched new training courses to support the production proces...
Kaman Aerostructures, a division of Kaman Aerospace Corporation, has opened a new manufacturing facility in the city of Chihuahua in Mexico. The new facility will manufacture extrusions and sheet meta...
Problems with a planned upgrade of its systems forced Spirit Airlines to check in passengers without computers at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. However the airline has confirmed...
Jetairfly took delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior. Jetairfly, part of TUI Travel, is the first European-based airline to fly a 737 with the new interior, which inclu...
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has selected Honeywell to provide four aircraft systems for the new C919 airliner: fly-by-wire flight controls; the wheel and brake system; the aux...
Airbus has entered into a research partnership with the University of Cape Town (UCT). The European aircraft manufacturer hopes the partnership will help it gain an edge in the aerospace industry whil...
Private equity firm 3i Group has announced it plans to buy Stork Materials Technology, the materials testing business from Dutch company Stork for £130 million ($205 million). Stork Materials Technolo...
French aerospace supplier Zodiac wants to cooperate with Safran now its local rival is no longer seeking to take over the company. Olivier Zarrouati, chief executive of Zodiac, said Safran had identif...
Air China has ordered Rolls-Royce engines worth $1.8 billion to power its order for 10 Airbus A330s and 10 Airbus A350s. The UK engine manufacturer will provide Trent XWB engines to 10 Airbus A350 XWB...
Air China confirmed it has ordered 10 Airbus A350s and 10 A330s. China Airlines stated that it had received “a large discount from Airbus” on the order but Aviation News understands that this is due t...
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