Wednesday, October 14, 2026

A350-1000ULR range tested with transpacific return from Melbourne

Twinjet designed for Qantas’s Project Sunrise takes the long way round as it heads back to Toulouse. Airbus’s ultra-long range A350-1000ULR is returning from Melbourne to Toulouse via a transpacific crossing – the most demanding test of the aircraft to date. The duration of the test flight will not be formally confirmed until the aircraft…

Emirates’ Clark confident Boeing will explore larger 777X as he waits to see carrier’s first -9

Dubai-based airline’s rejection of early-build airframes leaves their fate unclear.  Emirates president Tim Clark believes Boeing will be tempted to explore a larger variant of the Boeing 777X – provisionally described as a ‘777-10’ – based on performance data gathered from the prolonged development of the 777-9. Speaking during the Farnborough air show, Clark reiterated…

Voepass ATR 72 icing crash inquiry reveals culture of poor maintenance discipline

Brazilian probe finds strained resources and pressure to meet flight schedules meant aircraft were knowingly operated in degraded condition. Pressure to ensure continuous aircraft availability despite limited maintenance resources led to poor discipline at Brazilian carrier Voepass, with technical faults left unrecorded and unresolved, investigators have disclosed. Investigation authority CENIPA has highlighted the failure to…

Next era of flight: Control systems and the electric revolution

6 August 2026 at 3pm London This webinar is exclusively sponsored by Honeywell Aerospace. It is free to attend Think electric aircraft and battery-powered propulsion will likely spring to mind. Yet the electric transition in aviation goes beyond the challenge of developing electric and hybrid-electric engines powerful enough to move large payloads. The next generation…

How GCAP shone through Farnborough’s week in the sun
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How GCAP shone through Farnborough’s week in the sun

Three-nation effort is powering ahead after major funding boost. If doubts existed around the viability of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) between Italy, Japan and the UK barely a month ago then they were firmly put to bed at this week’s main aerospace event of the year in Farnborough. Indeed, the three-nation effort’s positive…

Tekever takes Corvus win to provide Watchkeeper UAV successor

Company selected for sole-source award after tender fails to attract compliant bids. Tekever has been selected to provide the British Army with a new fleet of long-range surveillance drones through a sole-source contract after a competitive tender called Project Corvus failed to solicit any compliant bids. Detailing the decision on 24 July, the Ministry of…

MTU readies for ground tests of Flying Fuel Cell demonstrator

Evaluations will take place at Munich site as firm eyes future collaboration with Airbus on the technology. MTU Aero Engines has begun assembly of the first pre-production 350kW fuel cell stack as part of its Flying Fuel Cell (FFC) programme, the German propulsion firm says. In addition, MTU has started building a full-system demonstrator at…

Enugu Air E170 badly damaged in southern Nigeria overrun

Carrier obtained its own air operator’s certificate in March this year. Nigerian carrier Enugu Air has confirmed that one of its Embraer regional jets has suffered a runway excursion while landing in Benin City. The E170 (5N-ENR) overran the end of runway 05 while arriving from Lagos on 23 July. Enugu says none of the…