Aviation & Travel
Gatwick Airport unveils plans for using emergency runway for routine operations
aerobd.news : London Gatwick Airport has published a new draft masterplan that outlines plans to use its standby runway for routine operations, to help unlock capacity at the airport. Gatwick
Heathrow Airport to undertake world’s largest deployment of biometric technologies
aerobd.news : London Heathrow Airport has unveiled its plans for a full-scale roll out of new biometric services from the summer of 2019. The development will streamline the passenger journey
GKN Aerospace officially opens state of the art aero-engine repair facility in Malaysia
aerobd.news : GKN Aerospace has officially opened its repair and research facility for aero-engine systems in Johor, Malaysia. GKN Aerospace Malaysia reached this significant milestone on Thursday 4th October. GKN
Embraer unveils two new jets and Bossa Nova interior option
aerobd.news : Embraer has launched two new jets, the midsize Praetor 500 and super-midsize Praetor 600. Visitors to NBAA-BACE, held in Orlando, Florida, on October 16-18, can head to the
Aerion reveals test flight timetable for supersonic business jet
aerobd.news : Supersonic aircraft developer Aerion has confirmed the progress it has made developing it AS2 business jet, which is on schedule for its first test flight in 2023 and
Air BP fuels world’s new longest flight between New York and Singapore
aerobd.news : On 12 October 2018, Air BP fuelled the world’s new longest non-stop flight between Newark International Airport (EWR/KEWR) and Singapore Changi Airport (SIN/WSSS). The Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A350-900ULR
A220-100 starts flight tests with Delta Air Lines
aerobd.news : Delta Air Lines’ first A220-100 has taken its maiden flight, heralding the start of several months of flight testing and assembly before the airline becomes the first in
F-35s Grounded Worldwide For Fuel Tube Inspection
aerobd.news : The U.S. military’s most sophisticated fighter aircraft fleet was temporarily suspended from operations beginning Thursday as the Defense Department worked to determine which of their platforms had a
First production KC-390 makes maiden flight
aerobd.news : The first serial production KC-390, Embraer’s military transport jet, has successfully completed its maiden flight. The aircraft, which is for the Brazilian Air Force, will now join the
Flying Colours Corp. delivers 100th Bombardier Challenger retrofit
aerobd.news : Ahead of this year’s NBAA-BACE Flying Colours Corp. has reached a significant milestone as its Peterborough facility re-delivered its one hundredth major retrofit of a Bombardier Challenger model.
Hypersonic engine successfully tested
aerobd.news : Researchers in the USA have successfully tested a new dual-mode ramjet/scramjet (DMRJ) engine at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. The DMRJ engine being developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne
Zunum confirms flight testing schedule for hybrid-electric aircraft
aerobd.news : Zunum Aero has confirmed that flight testing for its first hybrid-electric regional aircraft, the ZA10, is on schedule to begin next year. The ZA10 is a 12-seat, hybrid-electric
