The Air Current has focused recent months extensively reporting on Airbus’s, until now, secret research effort to completely re-wing a Cessna business jet and rapidly accelerate a suite of new advanced flight control technologies -- including a foldable wingtip designed to flap freely in turbulence and maneuvers.
The second in a two part series examining the strategic landscape for the remaining Embraer and Bombardier business aircraft units....
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Eric Schulz is out as Airbus’s top salesman. Schulz, of course, was tasked with filling the biggest shoes in the...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ intent to cultivate a new market for the Japanese conglomerate in North America has been withdrawn. Its purpose, the creation of a next-generational regional jet, is on hold indefinitely. Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, or Mitac, MHI’s commercial aircraft unit, is now set to shutter its operations in North America and Europe, the company confirmed last Friday. With letting go of Mitac’s international presence, its parent has reabsorbed its aircraft division leaving an indefinitely-paused future for the existing M90.
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What's inside? – When is Boeing’s Board of Directors expected to vote on granting authority to offer the NMA? –...
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