Tag: Airplanes & airplane parts
Plane crashed with 133 people on board
China Eastern plane A plane belonging to the Chinese airline China Eastern Airlines has crashed. (Photo: dpa) Beijing A plane belonging to the Chinese airline China Eastern Airlines has crashed.…
Russia’s aviation under pressure from sanctions
Aircraft of the Russian company Aeroflot With Western airspace closed to Russian airlines, domestic traffic could soon face problems as well. In addition to approvals, there is also a lack…
Bermuda deprives Russian planes of airworthiness
Aeroflot Boeing 777 A large part of the aircraft of many Russian airlines is registered on the Caribbean island of Bermuda. (Photo: Reuters) Saint George’s The Bermuda Air Traffic Control…
The consequences of the Ukraine war for Airbus
Frankfurt On February 24, an A350 left the delivery airport of the manufacturer Airbus in Toulouse for Moscow. At this point, the wide-body jet is already fully owned by Aeroflot…
Dirk Hoke to run air taxi company
Frankfurt, Dusseldorf The German air taxi start-up Volocopter from Karlsruhe is bringing a former Airbus manager to the top of the company. Dirk Hoke, former head of Airbus Defense &…
Lilium wants to simplify high-flyers significantly
Frankfurt The German air taxi company Lilium wants to simplify its planned electric VTOL aircraft. “By designing a slightly larger and more powerful engine, we will reduce the number of…
Leasing companies have to fear for their aircraft
Frankfurt After the pandemic, the big leasing companies in aviation are threatened with the next serious crisis. Because of the Ukraine war and sanctions, more than 500 aircraft leased to…
Airbus puts pressure on the hydrogen jet
Airbus concept jet The European aviation group wants to bring the first hydrogen aircraft onto the market by 2035. (Photo: Airbus) Frankfurt Airbus has launched a new partnership to allay…
Airbus share: Aircraft manufacturer surprises with record profit
Frankfurt Record numbers in the second year of the pandemic, a bulging order book – Airbus boss Guillaume Faury is satisfied. “2021 was really remarkable,” said the manager on Thursday…
Airbus share: Aircraft manufacturer surprises with record profit
toulouse The world’s largest aircraft manufacturer Airbus made the highest profit in its history in the second Corona year 2021. Thanks to an increased number of deliveries and savings, the…
Will Airbus build its own engines in the future? – MTU remains calm
But Reiner Winkler, CEO of MTU Aero Engines, remains calm. “I don’t think that’s dramatic now,” he said on Wednesday morning at the presentation of the first key data for…
Herbert Weirather delivers by drone right up to the balcony
Frankfurt Common delivery drones often drop their goods with a parachute over the garden – in any weather and often clearly visible to outsiders. “But strangers can also pick up…
Airbus competitor Boeing receives major order from Qatar Airways
Widebody jet A350 Qatar Airlines is demanding more than $600 million in damages from Airbus. (Photo: dpa) Washington Qatar Airways is in a clinch with Airbus – now the Arab…
Boeing again writes billions in losses because of Dreamliner
Boeing 787 The stop in production of the “Dreamliner” is one of the factors that again led to losses at Boeing. (Photo: dpa) new York The pandemic and production problems…
Major order for Wingcopter – US Air Service orders delivery drones
Delivery drone Wingcopter 198 The US company Spright supports Wingcopter in the certification process at the aviation authority FAA. (Photo: dpa) Weiterstadt The drone manufacturer Wingcopter has received its first…
5G causes flight chaos in the USA
A Dreamliner 787 at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey The FAA has warned that safety could be jeopardized by the rollout of 5G. (Photo: AP) new York The first…
Nobody should write off Airbus competitor Boeing
Boeing 737 Max in front of the aircraft yard in Renton, USA Following the re-registration of the jet, the US aircraft manufacturer is hoping for new orders this year. (Photo:…
Airbus hardly benefits from Boeing’s weakness
Frankfurt The first point of the new year went to Boeing. The American low-cost airline Allegiant Air ordered 50 short- and medium-haul 737 Max jets from the US group, and…
Shareholder lawsuit against Boeing admitted again
Boeing 737 Max In two crashes of the Boeing 737 Max, 346 people were killed within five months. (Photo: Reuters) Washington On Friday, an American court of appeal re-admitted a…
German companies are making up ground
Jet by Lilium (illustration) The air taxi should someday fly autonomously over cities like New York. (Photo: lilium) Munich Most of the inventions relating to air taxis still come from…