Bombardier faces bribery probe in UK
Canadian planemaker is currently being investigated by the UK Serious Fraud Office over suspected bribery and corruption involved in a deal made with Indonesian flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia nearly a decade ago. According to the Financial Times, the probe is being made in relation to Bombardier’s sale of six regional CRJ1000 aircraft to Garuda in 2011.
Spain unveils plans for flying taxis in Barcelona
ENAIRE, Spain’s air traffic management authority, has officially announced plans to begin demonstrating flying taxis throughout the cities of Barcelona and Santiago de Compostela in 2022. Spain hopes to be the first to see its returned tourists offered a new and novel opportunity to explore the city from above, while removing congestion for the streets
Japan spills details on future fighter development program
With mounting regional tensions, Japan has revealed more details on the nation’s in-development, next-generation fighter aircraft, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries the lead contractor and international collaboration on the table once again. The current global and regional transition from fourth to fifth-generation fighter aircraft, like the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter platforms, is reshaping
Etihad moves A380 to long-term storage in Tarbes
Etihad has officially moved one of its Airbus A380s into long-term storage in Tarbes, France, joining a long line of airlines pressing pause on their four-engine fleets. The six-year-old aircraft, registration A6-APA msn 166, was the first A380 to have been delivered to Etihad, back in 2014. Now, it has been transported to the infamous
Is Boeing building a new jet?
After rumours swelled that Boeing is working on its next mid-sized jet to compete with the Airbus A321neo, suppliers believe that the prospect of a brand-new Boeing aircraft is unlikely to eventuate in the near future. However, the timeline of future Boeing jet development will be largely defined by how successfully the grounded Boeing 737
Mitsubishi to push pause on SpaceJet development
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced its intention to freeze development on Japan’s first regional passenger aircraft in decades, the SpaceJet, for the foreseeable future. It comes after the company sunk over US$9.55 billion and 12 years into the development of Japan’s newest homegrown passenger aircraft, the first of its kind in decades. Japan’s biggest aerospace
