"How do you like me now?" We wouldn't be surprised if some
Airbus executives this week are asking that very question
of officials with parent company EADS, after the European
aerospace consortium posted a healthy first quarter profit, largely
due to some positive economic news from the planemaker.
Pratt & Whitney recently received the remaining three
Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificates
(STC) approvals, certifying Global Material Solutions life-limited
parts for the CFM56-3 engine high-pressure compressor, high-
pressure turbine, and low-pressure turbine.
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. announced Wednesday it has signed a
contract with Airbus to design and produce a major composite
fuselage structure for the A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body) program.
Spirit will design and manufacture the Section 15 center fuselage
frame section, a composite structure that will be approximately 65
feet long, 20 feet wide and weigh nearly 9,000 pounds.
Chalk up another airline casualty of these difficult economic
times. Mesa Air Group subsidiary Air Midwest will be grounded by
the end of next month, due to soaring fuel prices.
Parker Would Run Airline; Other Phoenix-Based Workers Sent
Packing?
Aviation industry analysts have been scratching their heads,
trying to figure out how a seemingly oil-into-water joining of US
Airways and United Airlines would efficiently merge the two
troubled carriers. Now, the Phoenix Business Journal reports the
answer is... by making big changes.
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