South China Morning Post economy reporter Frank Chen attended an organised media tour featuring China’s home-grown passenger jet, the C919, earlier this month. He recounts his first impressions and what …
Airbus flew its strange helicopter-airplane hybrid called Racer for the first time in Marseille, France on Monday. The aerospace manufacturer categorizes the aircraft as a high-speed compound helicopter demonstrator. Unlike …
Apart from potentially slowing the EU’s switch from gas-reliant vehicles to low-emission alternatives, the tariffs are an invitation for Beijing to retaliate. The bloc is not as innocent as it …
Having established its bona fides as a producer of commercial aircraft with the launch of the narrowbody C919, China has already begun work on the C939, a new widebody plane …
The carrier did not provide CNA with the number of affected flights but apologised for the travel disruption. “Scoot sincerely apologises to all affected customers for the inconvenience caused by …
Have a spin of my propeller. Photo: Bene Riobó via Wikimedia Commons Aircraft safety is a hot topic these days, with Federal Aviation Administration investigators looking into door seals at …
Bombardier is now the second large Canadian corporation known to have been granted an exemption from federal government sanctions on Russian titanium. The Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer, along with its European partner Airbus, can continue …
JetBlue Airways is cutting a whole bunch of unprofitable routes to destinations both in the U.S. and overseas. It’s leaving five cities altogether as it looks to save money after …
Airline executives are frustrated with Boeing as its safety crisis has upended their business plans. But in a tight market for large aircraft supplied by two companies, they have little …
When asked how Boeing’s recent door plug incident came about, company CEO Dave Calhoun cryptically explained “a quality escape occurred.” That kind of corporate doublespeak is indicative of the problem …