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Plane makers working on tech to cut cockpit crews to one but facing pilot pushback
Airplane manufacturers are working to adapt jets to reduce the number of pilots needed for long-haul flights and to build new cockpits designed for a single aviator in order to ease a global pilot shortage and cut airline costs. Airbus SE and Thales SA expect ...
After delays, truck collision does little to help Mitsubishi's MRJ in dogfight with aviation giants
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., trying to keep its new regional jet on track after a series of delays, was forced to cancel a demo flight for the world's aerospace industry Tuesday after the jet was hit by a truck. The collision, which follows the jet's debut ...
World needs 43,000 more commercial aircraft in next 20 years: Boeing CEO
The world needs to produce 43,000 new aircraft over the next two decades to meet booming demand, Boeing's CEO forecast here on Sunday. Dennis Muilenberg, chief executive of the U.S. aerospace giant, revealed the outlook upgrade to reporters in London before the sector's Farnborough Air ...
Plane makers plot course through trade, Brexit worries to air show deals
Aerospace firms are setting out wares from luxury jets to lethal drones at back-to-back British air shows this week, hoping trade tensions will not deter airlines from buying jetliners even as geopolitical uncertainty allows them to sell more weapons. The quintessentially English atmosphere of the ...
Boeing gets a jump on Farnborough air show with $14.4 billion in jetliner deals as Asia market tilts
Boeing Co. isn't waiting for next month's Farnborough International Airshow to unveil blockbuster aircraft deals — or start booking cash. The Chicago-based plane maker is poised to bolster its backlog with orders valued at $14.4 billion thanks to two transactions announced Monday. That's a break ...
Airbus threatens to yank U.K. investments if London fails to get Brexit deal with EU
Airbus SE threatened to pull its U.K. investments if Britain walks away from the European Union without a deal, upping the stakes for Prime Minister Theresa May as she fights to deliver a Brexit that won't wreck the country's economy. In the starkest warning yet ...
Norway tests small electric plane, sees passenger flights by 2025 if shift to green tech grows
Norway tested a two-seater electric plane on Monday and predicted a start to passenger flights by 2025 if new aviation technologies match a green shift that has made Norwegians the world's top buyers of electric cars. Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen and Dag Falk-Petersen, head of ...
Singapore's Shangri-La hotel — where brass, arms merchants and spies rub elbows
For the region's military officers, diplomats, weapons manufacturers and spies, there are few livelier places than the lobby of Singapore's Shangri-La hotel around midyear. Here, beneath pillared ceilings and chandeliers, they gather for an annual informal bash — called the Shangri-La Dialogue — organized by ...
Trump threatens EU tariffs anew after WTO rules Boeing suffered via illegal subsidies to Airbus
The U.S. threatened to impose sanctions against the European Union after the World Trade Organization ruled that Airbus SE received illegal government funding to develop jetliners, costing Boeing Co. sales. The final decision affirmed a 2016 finding that the EU had failed to eliminate unfair ...
The chief executive of aerospace firm Airbus said Britain should not be frozen out of the European Union's Galileo space program after Brexit, calling on both sides to find a long-term solution in the interest of security. Tom Enders, Airbus CEO, said at stake was ...
As Boeing weighs new '797' midsize jet, Delta, in sign of thaw, looks to sign on
Delta Air Lines Inc. is showing no hard feelings after its recent trade spat with Boeing Co. The No. 2 U.S. carrier wants to be one of the first to fly a potential new mid-sized jetliner from Boeing, said Delta Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian. ...
Emirates hands A380 superjumbo lifeline with $16 billion Airbus order
Emirates announced a deal for up to 36 Airbus A380 aircraft on Thursday worth as much as $16 billion at list prices, saving the world's biggest passenger jet from death row and securing its future for at least another decade. The European plane-maker said Emirates ...
