Airbus, Bombardier announce partnership on C Series
Bombardier’s C Series has received a huge boost with Airbus to become a partner and majority shareholder in the aircraft program. Under the terms of the deal announced on Monday night (European time), Airbus would acquire a 50.1 per cent stake in the C Series program, with Bombardier to hold 31 per cent and Investissement
Boeing pitches 777-8X for Qantas’s Project Sunrise
Boeing Commercial Airplanes managing director for product marketing and analysis Jim Freitas says the manufacturer is working hard to understand Qantas’s requirements for “Project Sunrise” as it pitches the in-development 777-8X widebody to operate the proposed ultra-long haul routes. Project Sunrise – the name is a nod to the “Double Sunrise” flights Qantas operated between
UNSW Women in Engineering programme named runner up in GEDS Airbus Diversity Award
The University of NSW Women In Engineering (WIE) Programme has finished runner up in the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award. The 2017 winner, announced at the recently-concluded GEDC conference in Niagra Falls, Ontario, was the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan for its BIRDS Satellite Project, which trains graduate students from developing
Qantas “very keen” on proposed Boeing NMA widebody
Qantas says it is very interested in Boeing’s New Mid-sized Airplane (NMA) project to develop a new small widebody airliner. Chief executive Alan Joyce revealed on Monday (US time) that Qantas is “very keen” on the prospects of the NMA, which he described as “a fantastic transcontinental and maybe [to] Asia aircraft”. “The economics of
787 to “revolutionise” Qantas long-haul network
Qantas is on the cusp of a new era in long-haul travel as it prepares to take delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on Monday. The first of eight 787-9s the airline has on firm order is due to be formally handed over to Qantas at Boeing’s Everett facilities on Monday (US time) before
Canada formally declares interest in buying RAAF Hornets
Canada has formally expressed its interest in acquiring soon-to-retired Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 ‘classic’ Hornets as it explores options to supplement its ageing CF-18 fleet. According to a statement from Public Services and Procurement Canada dated October 9, Canada entered discussions with the Australian Government in late August to assess the potential purchase of
