Aircraft
News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
Aviation Capital Group is buying 20 A220 narrowbodies, as Airbus projects the Asia-Pacific region will need more than 17,000 more aircraft by 2040.
Working through a joint venture with Airbus, ST Engineering has developed a P2F conversion that now has gained its first customer.
German eVTOL aircraft developer Volocopter has published its Singapore Roadmap covering the potential for urban air mobility services.
Indebtedness among several Thai carriers reaches unprecedented levels.
Ametek has extended its number of airworthiness approvals to support cargo and galley heaters for the Airbus A350.
Russian derivatives form the basis of China’s aspirations to join the world’s top producers of fighter aircraft.
The freighter conversion business of ST Engineering represented a bright spot in 2021.
Embraer and Airbus reckon carriers’ post-pandemic efforts to adjust capacity to reduced demand represents a key Asia-Pacific sales opportunity.
The start of shipments of the Su-30SM2 to the Russian Air and Space Force is sparking interest in new variants from Malaysia and India.
China will account for nearly half of the 18,000 new aircraft required in the region in the next two decades, according to Boeing.