Airbus has announced plans to increase its stake in China’s Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC) to 25% from its current 20% shareholding....More
Airbus and VSMPO-AVISMA Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop an end-to-end strategic collaboration, which covers development, processing and recycling of titanium material utilized for all Airbus aircraft programs....More
GE Aviation is expanding its ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) facility in Newark, Del., with a $27 million investment and plans to add 70 jobs at the facility over five years....More
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a proposed airworthiness directive (AD) Monday signaling approval of modifications for Airbus A380 wing rib feet aimed at solving the aircraft’s wing cracking issue....More
FAA administrator Michael Huerta said Boeing’s proposed 787 battery fix is being “carefully analyzed” but gave no guidance on how long it will take to review the proposal....More
GKN Aerospace has delivered the first production aircraft set of winglets to Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast, for the new Bombardier CSeries aircraft....More
Airbus was unable to display its planned design for 11-abreast seating on its A380 at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, despite indicating that a cabin mock-up would be there as recently as last week....More
Thales has unveiled a prototype of its “Immersive Business Class Seat,” developed in partnership with BE Aerospace and BMW Design Works, at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg....More
Japan Airlines (JAL) will trial Gogo’s new dual-antennae product, 2Ku, which the supplier says will give airlines fast, reliable and affordable broadband worldwide....More