Breakthrough technologies that promise to radically shrink the environmental footprint of air transport are being earmarked for European research money for…

Addressing the impact of aviation on climate change through the use of biofuels is not the solution because of the scale of the industry and the shortage…

Boeing is reorganising the lean manufacturing process designed for its 787 programme in a bid to expedite assembly on its much-delayed twinjet project. According…

787 programme as it moves to redesign this critical structural component.
Flight has learnt that testing revealed that the 787’s composite centre wing spars, that hold the structure of the wingbox together, buckle more easily than metal spars. The composite spars were originally designed within non-buckle tolerances, but as weight crept up subsequent design iterations […]

Bombardier has refuted speculation that it may seek to grow the CSeries family into the 150-seater market. “We’re extremely happy with where we’ve…