China and Russia’s candidate to challenge the Airbus and Boeing duopoly in the widebody passenger market will be an aircraft of similar length and slightly wider than the size of an Airbus A330-900, media reports suggest. The China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation (CRAIC) joint-venture recently unveiled further details of its proposed CR929 widebody. The details,
Bombardier Business Aircraft has launched two new jets aimed at the large category segment of the market. The announcement of the Global 5500 and Global 6500 programs was made at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva on Monday (European time). The Global 5500/6500 feature new @RollsRoyce Pearl engines, next-generation wings, a
The Qantas Founders Museum’s restoration of a Lockheed Super Constellation it purchased more than three years ago has reached a significant milestone, with the aircraft now standing under its own weight. The aircraft had its landing gear, wings and engines attached during May, having been painted in Qantas livery the previous month. The Qantas Founders
Matt Hall has stolen the show – and the championship lead – at the third stop of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Chiba, Japan, beating home America’s Michael Goulian and Czech pilot Martin Šonka in the process. The Aussie had his back against the wall at the beginning of the day, with
Captain David Lohse knows what it is like to take an aircraft to the edge of its operating limits. That’s because as head of flight technical services for Cathay Pacific, it is his and his team of test pilots and flight test engineers’ job to ensure all of the Hong Kong-based airline’s aircraft – from
Sydney Airport chief executive Geoff Culbert says the advancements in aircraft technology, particularly the development of ultra-long range (ULR) jets, will help unlock “significant latent demand”. Speaking to shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting for the first time since taking charge of Sydney Airport in earlier in 2018, Culbert talked up the prospects of
