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Lockheed Martin responds to NGAD loss with “5th-generation plus” F-35

2 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

Lockheed Martin has revealed that it will not protest Boeing’s victory in the NGAD (Next-Generation Air Dominance) competition, which will give rise to the new F-47, the sixth generation fighter of the US Air Force (USAF). Jim Taiclet, the company’s CEO, commented on the loss of the contract during an earnings call on Tuesday. According to him, Lockheed received a confidential report from the USAF on the reasons why its proposal was defeated.
Air India, Malaysia Airlines eye Boeing jets dumped by China

2 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

The shortage of new aircraft in the market has quickly led at least two airlines to consider a possible offer to Boeing for 737 MAX jets that are being returned by Chinese operators. Air India and Malaysia Airlines are among them and are said to be in talks with the US planemaker to take over rejected aircraft. Air India, part of the Tata Group, is in a booming phase and already has 41 737 MAXs that were previously destined for Chinese customers.
KF-21 Boramae fighter is not in the plans of the Peruvian Air Force

2 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

The Peruvian Air Force (FAP) enjoys a close relationship with Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI), with which it produced the KT-1P turboprop trainers in the last decade, through the state-owned company SEMAN. The partnership was recently extended with the announcement that SEMAN will produce components for the 4.5 generation KF-21 Boramae fighter.
Global Airlines teases the interior of its Airbus A380

3 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

New UK carrier Global Airlines is counting down the days to debut its long-haul flights with its sole Airbus A380. Although limited, the airline will operate two flights to New York, one from Glasgow, Scotland, and the other from Manchester, on May 15 and 21. While tickets are being sold, Global is racing to complete the retrofit of the massive double-decker aircraft.
Another Boeing 737 leaves China for the US

3 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

After a 737 MAX 8 that was supposed to be delivered to Xiamen Airlines arrived in Seattle on Sunday, another aircraft of the type, also destined for the same airline, took off on Monday from Zhoushan, China, where Boeing has a completion center. The Boeing 737, with provisional registration N242BE, was in Guam after a 4-hour flight. From there, the commercial jet is expected to fly to Hawaii for another technical stopover before arriving in the US.
COMAC C909 debuts commercial flights in Vietnam

3 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

The Chinese jetliner C909 (formerly ARJ21) made its debut on domestic flights in Vietnam on Saturday. Two wet-leased Chengdu Airlines aircraft took over flights from VietJet carrier between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Con Dao. The two aircraft, registered as B-656E and B-652G, arrived in Hanoi from Chengdu on April 12 and sport a hybrid livery bearing the names of the two airlines and the 75-year mark of China-Vietnam relations.
World's largest amphibious aircraft AG600 receives type certificate in China

3 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) granted the type certificate for the AG600 aircraft on Sunday after a long development process. Manufactured by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), the AG600 is the world’s largest civil amphibious aircraft and its design was launched in 2009.
Airbus fails to meet A321XLR delivery plan

4 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

Touted as a ‘revolution’ in international air travel, the A321XLR is still a promise from Airbus even almost six months after the delivery of the first aircraft. The planemaker had until recently only delivered five of these planes capable of flying 4,700 nautical miles (8,700 km) non-stop. Iberia, which received the first A321XLR, took delivery of two more jets at the end of March, one of which is still parked. Aer Lingus, also part of the IAG Group, had received two aircraft last December.
South African Airways mulls flight to the US in 2026

5 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

Almost closed during the Covid years, South African Airways is gradually resuming routes and reestablishing its route network. With a very old fleet of Airbus aircraft, the state-owned carrier initially resumed flights to destinations on the continent in 2021, but in October 2023 it began the route between Cape Town and Sao Paulo, in Brazil. A few days later it began flying to the Brazilian city of Johannesburg, both with Airbus A330 aircraft.
Boeing 737 MAX from Chinese carrier on its way back to the US

6 days ago | airdatanews.com | Ricardo Meier

Although China has not confirmed the ban on Boeing planes in response to Trump’s tariffs on products from the country, a 737 MAX 8 took off on Saturday from the outskirts of Shanghai bound for the US. The aircraft, still with the provisional registration N230BE, had flown to Boeing’s finishing center in Zhoushan, where it would receive the interior and paint job for its future customer. But, by all indications, the jet is on its way back to Seattle.