Aircraft

24.02.2010 2:00

HELI-EXPO: Russian helicopter industry continues to chalk up rapid growth

Russian helicopter manufacturers continue to increase production despite the global economic downturn, which has forced nearly every western manufacturer. [Read more]

24.02.2010 2:00

Gulfstream outlines progress of G250 and G650 flight-test effort

Airframer confident both will achieve certification in 2011 as smaller model development appears to pull ahead. [Read more]

24.02.2010 2:00

Ocean models refined to aid new AF447 wreckage search

French investigators have detailed initial plans for a third attempt to find the wreckage and flight recorders from the Air France Airbus A330 lost over. [Read more]

24.02.2010 2:00

P&W and MTU harbour hopes for PW6000 revival

Pratt & Whitney and German partner MTU Aero Engines are holding out for a revival in the fortunes of the PW6000 despite having failed to attract any orders. [Read more]

24.02.2010 2:00

Business: Good week - Bad week

Russia's United Aircraft failed to seal a takeover last year, but president Alexei Fyodorov reckons this year could see a controlling-stake. [Read more]

24.02.2010 2:00

Cessna prepares first CJ4 for customer delivery

Cessna has flown the first Citation CJ4 to be built on its new assembly line in Wichita, Kansas. [Read more]

24.02.2010 2:00

ICAO to examine timeline for aircraft carbon dioxide standard

The International Civil Aviation Organisation will soon review a newly drafted timetable for developing a global carbon dioxide standard for new aircraft. [Read more]

23.02.2010 2:00

Aviation biofuels: the bumpy road to scale production

The aviation industry is embracing biofuels as the solution to its carbon concerns, but insists that governments must assist in their development. [Read more]