5 November 2014
Cheung Kong signs deals to purchase $2bn worth aircraft
Hong Kong-based conglomerate Cheung Kong has entered into a series of agreements to buy aircraft worth around $2bn to enter the aircraft leasing market.
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5 November 2014
Boeing plans to develop replacement for 737 MAX by 2030
Boeing is planning to develop a new aircraft with carbon-fibre composite materials by 2030, to replace its narrow-body 737 MAX aircraft.
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4 November 2014
Logos Technologies UAV completes test flight in New York, US
Griffiss International Airport has partnered with Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) Alliance to conduct an experimental test flight of a Logos Technologies unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
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4 November 2014
Alcoa to expand Iowa plant to broaden offerings to aerospace industry
Alcoa is planning to install a new manufacturing technology for aluminium and aluminium-lithium plates at its rolling mill in Davenport Works, Iowa, US, with an investment of $190m.
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4 November 2014
Rolls-Royce to slash 2,600 jobs
Rolls-Royce has unveiled plans to cut 2,600 jobs across its operations in the next 18 months, with the majority from its aerospace division.
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3 November 2014
Monarch Airlines finalises $3.2bn Boeing 737 MAX 8 order
Monarch Airlines has finalised an order with Boeing for 30 737 MAX 8 aircraft in a deal worth more than $3.2bn at list prices.
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3 November 2014
Russia plans to increase aircraft production by 2025
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia has announced that the country’s aviation industry is planning to boost its passenger aircraft production by five-fold to around 160 aeroplanes a...
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3 November 2014
UK completes expansion of National Composites Centre
The UK Government has completed £28m expansion at the National Composites Centre (NCC) near Bristol.
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2 November 2014
ISRO plans second mission to Mars in 2018
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch second mission to Mars with a lander and rover to carry out more experiments on the red planet.
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2 November 2014
NTSB points to early deployment of feathering system for Virgin Galactic crash
Early deployment of feathering function is suspected as being a possible cause for in-flight crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2) in Mojave Desert, California, according to the National Transportation Safety...