Civil Aviation

Hamburg. Airbus’ first A321XLR (Xtra Long Range) has successfully accomplished its first flight. The aircraft, MSN 11000, took off from Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport at 11:05 hrs CEST  for a a test flight which lasted approximately four hours and 35 ...

Marignane. NHIndustries has signed an innovative NH90 support contract with the NATO agency NAHEMA, acting as the contracting authority on behalf of the  Direction générale de l'armement (the French Armament General Directorate) and the Direction...

  NEW DELHI. This week American Airlines launched its codeshare agreement with India’s leading airline, IndiGo, adding new options for customers traveling to India. American’s customers are now able to book travel beyond Delhi on two...

  A report, earlier this year, noted that the TATA Group is in talks with the European plane manufacturer, Airbus, for the procurement of its wide-bodied A350XWB planes. The TATAs now have four entities under a...

  Filton. Airbus is strengthening its presence in the UK with the launch of a Zero Emission Development Centre (ZEDC) for hydrogen technologies. A priority for the UK ZEDC will be the development of a...

  Grand Prairie, Texas.  Airbus has signed a follow-on Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) contract with the U.S. Army to provide spare parts, material, and engineering support for the Army’s entire UH-72A and UH-72 B Lakota...

LONGUEUIL, Quebec. Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), a business unit of Pratt & Whitney, today announced that H55 S.A. has been selected to supply battery systems for P&WC’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator program. The development of...

BENGALURU: Designed and developed by CSIR-NAL, 'HANSA-NG', a two-seater flying trainer aircraft, successfully completed in-flight engine relight test at DRDO's Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) facility at Challakere on May 17. The flight test was carried...

  The successful partnership began with the Falcon family of Business Jets back in the seventies starting with the Falcon 50 followed by the Falcon 200, Falcon 900 and Falcon 2000, and most recently the...

  Tel Aviv: With a backlog of 60 orders for the conversion of Boeing 777-300ER to cargo configuration, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) plans to open two new conversion sites in South Korea and Abu Dhabi. IAI...

Rome. ITA Airways, Italy’s new national carrier, has taken delivery of its first A350, becoming the 40th operator of the type. The aircraft, which is on lease from ALAFCO, landed for the first time...

Dallas. Airbus has selected MAGicALL to supply the motors of the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft CityAirbus NextGen. Airbus’ eVTOL prototype will be equipped with a tailored version of the MAGiDRIVE, the...

  TEL AVIV. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and 2Excel Aviation successfully completed a demonstration of IAI's Maritime Heron UAS in a series of live, Beyond Visual Line of Sight maritime search and ISR scenarios. The demonstration...