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Chinese-Russian Joint-Venture Jet Unveiled

The CR929 will be make its inaugural flight by 2023, according to representatives of the Chinese-Russian joint venture.

Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China and Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. revealed a model of the cockpit and cabin for their planned commercial aircraft joint-venture, a wide-body twin-engine aircraft that would carry up to 320 passengers in a three-cabin arrangement. The CR929 is now scheduled to make its inaugural flight in 2023.

Source An AmericanMachinist release

"Futuris" reaches for the sky with the wings of the future

Aviation is facing a range of challenges, from economical to environmental. Can we tackle them by reshaping an aircraft's wings? "Futuris" flies to Italy, where engineers are testing a model of an aircraft of the future report Denis Loctier & Robert Hackwill in EuroNews.

Source/ReadMore A EuroNews release

Auckland Airport completes major extension of international aircraft pier

Auckland Airport has reached a key construction milestone with the formal completion of the international terminal’s Pier B extension. The project’s completion is a key milestone in the implementation of the airport’s 30-year vision to build the airport of the future.

Source Auckland Airport release

Boeing sells $100bn of aircraft – but who will fly them?

At the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK, Boeing announced a total of $98.4 billion in orders and commitments for commercial aircraft at list prices and $2.1 billion in commercial and defence services orders and agreements.

Source/ReadMore Transpport & Logistics News

Work underway for largest terminal upgrade since 1999

Wellington Airport has begun preliminary demolition work ahead of a $15 million upgrade of the airport’s main terminal building.

Source Wellington Airport

Airbus opens fourth A320 assembly line

Airbus’ newest final assembly line in Hamburg, includes two seven-axis robotic arms that perform precise fuselage drilling. (Airbus)

Airbus has cut the ribbon on a new A320 family aircraft production line at its Hamburg, Germany facility. Hamburg joins existing A320 final assembly lines at Toulouse, France; Tianjin, China; and Mobile, United States.

Source Aviation

New Zealand passengers are losing out to monopoly airports

Auckland International Airport has set prices that are not in the long-term interest of consumers, and more must be done to protect airport users from the market power exerted by monopoly airports, according to a submission by Airlines for Australia & New Zealand (A4ANZ).

Source A4ANZ release

Rolls-Royce triples capacity to fix Trent 1000 engines

Rolls-Royce has tripled the capacity available to fix problems with the Trent 1000 engine that powers Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, in a sign of the intense pressure the aero-engine maker is under from customers angered by disruption to flight operations.

Source/ReadMore Finanacial times

Salus Aviation imports New Zealand’s largest helicopters - previously used by the Emperor of Japan

Salus Aviation has recently purchased two of the largest helicopters operated in the commercial helicopter world. The AS332 – known as Super Pumas. They can have a takeoff weight of circa 8,600 kg’s, lift over 4,000kg’s and have an operating range of over 640km and can carry up to 24 people and 2 crew..

Source/ReadMore Sharechat

The KeA-PAC - a ''Kiwi Electric Aircraft Personal Aircraft''

From the Martin Jetpack designer, Glenn Martin, comes the KeA-PAC. Under constructiion in his garage the KeA-PAC should be airbourne within a year Glen told OTD's Mark Price.

Source/ReadMore A OTD release

Kiwi adventurers to fly over Pacific Ocean in art deco airliner

"It's a beautiful looking thing," he says, "art deco through and through. It's like a mirror, a thing of huge beauty. It was the first twin built by Lockheed.".

Boeing to acquire aerospace parts firm KLX for $4.25 billion

Boeing has struck a $4.25 billion deal to acquire Miami-headquartered aircraft parts distribution, composites and aftermarket supplier KLX Inc.’s Aerospace Solutions Group, marking a further move into the value chain.