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Bombardier gets federal exemption from sanctions on Russian titanium

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Bombardier is now the second large Canadian corporation known to have been granted an exemption from federal government sanctions on Russian titanium. The Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer, along with its European partner Airbus, can continue to use parts containing titanium produced by Russia’s VSMPO-AVISMA, based in Verkhnyaya Salda. During a conference call Thursday with reporters following the release of Bombardier’s quarterly results, CEO … Read more

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down at end of year amid plane-maker’s woes

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane-maker at the end of the year as part of a broader management shuffle, capping a tumultuous five-plus years that have shaken faith in one of the U.S.’s most-storied manufacturers. In a letter to employees announcing his departure, Calhoun wrote that the company is focused on returning Boeing “to … Read more

Planes, Runaway Trains, E-Bikes

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For more than 25 years, it was possible to fly from New York to London in under three hours, all while being pampered with first class luxury on the British Airways Concorde. Then, in November 2003, all that stopped. To try to recapture some of the luxury that came with flying Concorde, BA put on … Read more

Left with few options, major U.S. airlines are using Boeing’s safety crisis as leverage

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Airline executives are frustrated with Boeing as its safety crisis has upended their business plans. But in a tight market for large aircraft supplied by two companies, they have little choice but do business with the U.S. plane maker. Despite some public displays of alarm — United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby flew to France to … Read more

Headwinds facing China’s first airliner C919 in muscling into aviation market despite global debut at Singapore Airshow

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“From a timing perspective, given Boeing’s situation, airlines around the world are more keen these days to consider a third option when looking at narrow-body aircraft campaigns,” said Mr Sobie. TURBULENCE IN A GLOBAL TAKE-OFF That being said, China faces major headwinds in its ambitions to stamp its mark on global passenger aviation. Regulatory hurdles … Read more

Giant Paper Airplane, Amish Buggy Theft And Broken Planes In This Week’s Beyond Cars Roundup

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Screenshot: NBC 6 South Florida on YouTube In southern Florida, police are cracking down on a new environmental hazard: Derelict boats, left floating just offshore, that can leak pollutants into the local waterways. Yet, the focus of the effort doesn’t seem to be the boats themselves — instead, cops are more concerned about the unhoused … Read more

India’s first Airbus A350 takes wings with passengers from Bengaluru to Mumbai

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Airbus A350 Bengaluru: Air India on Monday launched its maiden scheduled commercial flight with the country’s first Airbus A350-900 — also the first aircraft in the new bold Air India livery — heralding a new era for Indian aviation. Flight AI 589 departed on time from Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, bound for Mumbai, carrying a … Read more

Airbus awards manufacturing contracts to TASL, Mahindra

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Hyderabad: Airplane maker Airbus has signed contracts with Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Mahindra Aerospace Structures Private Limited (MASPL) to procure commercial aircraft components. The announcement was made at Wings India 2024, Asia’s largest civil aviation event, that began in Hyderabad on Thursday. Under the contract, TASL and Mahindra Aerostructures will manufacture metallic detail … Read more

Burning Airliner Evacuated In 18 Minutes After Tokyo Haneda Airport Collision

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Japan Airlines stated that it took 18 minutes for Flight 516’s burning Airbus A350-900 to be fully evacuated after colliding with a Japanese Coast Guard Bombardier Dash 8 at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Those 18 minutes span from the point of impact until the final person left the aircraft. The recorded footage and accounts from … Read more

The unlikely return of the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet

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ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Airbus ended production of its A380 double decker plane in 2021. When the pandemic grounded most of the world’s passenger planes, some thought it was the end of the massive jet. But post-pandemic, the A380 superjumbo is experiencing a comeback. CNBC explores … Read more