Boeing’s Big Loss Boeing released its results for the full 2019 year on 29 January. Gross operating loss was $US1.975 billion and an operating loss of $US6.657 billion was recorded by its Commercial Airplanes division. This reflects the severity of the financial hit of the 737 Max groundings. Other divisions were profitable. Total Boeing revenue […]
RAAF 4 Squadron welcomes first Pilatus PC-21 aircraft Taking training to new heights, Air Force Number 4 Squadron based at RAAF Base Williamtown has today welcomed its first three Pilatus PC-21 aircraft to their new home. Regarded as ‘the world’s most advanced pilot training aircraft’, the PC-21’s arrival on Friday, 24 January, at 4SQN demonstrates […]
Boeing 777X Flies After some delays, the first Boeing 777X widebody twin (WH001/N779XW) recorded its maiden flight from Paine Field near Seattle on 25 January 2020. Flown by 777X chief test pilot Captain Van Chaney and Boeing chief pilot Craig Bomben, the 3hr 51min flight was conducted over Washington State before returning to Seattle’s Boeing […]
Toulouse, 13 January 2020 Airbus BelugaXL enters service, adding XL capacity to the fleet The Airbus BelugaXL has entered into service, providing Airbus with 30% extra transport capacity in order to support the on-going production ramp-up of commercial aircraft programmes. The aircraft, which is an integral part of Airbus’ industrial system, made its first operational […]
Toulouse, 10 January 2020 Airbus delivers strong 2019 commercial aircraft performance Airbus SE (Stock exchange symbol: AIR) delivered 863 commercial aircraft to 99 customers in 2019, outpacing its previous output record set in 2018 by eight percent. In the 17th yearly production increase in a row, Airbus progressed on the transition to all NEO variants […]
Saint-Cloud, 14 January 2020 Falcon 8X Archange to serve French Air Force On 30 December 2019 the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) ordered the Archange airborne strategic intelligence program, comprising three Dassault Aviation Falcon 8X aircraft equipped with the Thales new-generation payload CUGE (universal electronic warfare capability). A contract has been awarded for the first […]