Partner-nations of Airbus A400M military transport plane fail to reach consensus on credits to EADS

Eurocopter, the world’s biggest helicopter-maker, has announced that it is keen on developing a helicopter with a diesel-powered engine within 5 years.

Fuel made from municipal waste will form a small part of the aviation turbine fuel that British Airways, the flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, will use from 2014. British Airways has signed an agreement to this effect with Solena Group, the biofuel company based in the United States.

Making a landmark in the history of the legendary 747 Jumbo family, a freighter version of Boeing Company’s 747-8 jet has successfully made its first test-flight.

Balli Aviation Limited, a unit of Balli Group Plc, based in the United Kingdom, has pleaded guilty in a court in the United States to having exported illegally Boeing 747 passenger aircraft from the United States to Iran.

After having been put off two times owing to design changes and shortage of resources, the Boeing Company’s Boeing 747-8 Jumbo jet is all set to make its first test-flight on February 8, 2010.

The Bell 429, the world’s latest helicopter, has made its debut at the Singapore Airshow.

The prototype of the PAK-FA, or the T-50, Russia’s fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, which is a joint venture with India, has made its successful, 45-minute maiden flight.

Boeing Dreamliner performs as expected in initial airworthiness testing, crosses another milestone: Boeing Company

Russia has begun initial testing its futuristic, fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, named the PAK-FA, in which India is a partner. Sukhoi PAK-FA test flight successful

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has entered production of the S-76D, the next-generation, medium-twin helicopter, at the facility of Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic.

The Boeing 787 passenger airliner, nicknamed the Dreamliner, has finally taken to the skies, after a delay of 28 months.

And so it has finally happened - the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has taken off, after many delays and much handwringing.Sadly, shares of Boeing dipped a bit despite what looked like a successful maiden flight of the airliner.

India is all set to test-fly the first prototype of the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), which has been indigenously designed and built, between December 26 and 29, 2009.

Finally, after delays of over two years, Boeing Company has announced that the much-awaited first flight of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet will take place on December 15, 2009, as scheduled.

The much anticipated Airbus A400M military transport plane made its first test flight successfully today.

Russia will begin testing its fifth-generation stealth fighter jet from Sukhoi, called PAK FA, in 2010. Update: Sukhoi PAK-FA test flight successful

The Eurocopter EC 175 medium twin helicopter completed its maiden flight, on December 4, 2009, at Marignane, France, reports say.

The long-delayed test-flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet has now been scheduled for December 18, 2009. A second test-flight is planned for 10 days later.

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the first aircraft designed to fly day and night using only solar power, has made its test-flight.

Airbus A400 M nearing first flight Update: Airbus A400M test flight completed! (11 Dec, 2009)

Seems Malaysian aviaton enthusiasts would have to wait a while before they get to see their own Airbus A80. Malaysia Airlines had placed an order for six aircraft, but at the request of Airbus Industrie, actual delivery of the plane has been delayed by eight months. That means the plane would make it to Malaysia only in August 2011, and not in January 2011 as previously expected.

For the Braziliean aircraft manufacturer this is big news indeed. A press release from the company said that Embraer has bagged 30 firm orders for the Phenom 100 VLJ from India. Remember that this is at a time when the aircraft manufacturing industry is not doing particularly well, and the VLJ business is all but dead according to some analysts.

The federal government of the United States has introduced new safeguards for the airspace over the Hudson River in New York in response to the fatal mid-air collision between a small aircraft and a helicopter in August 2009.

Bombardier Incorporated, the aircraft manufacturer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, says it is considering making its largest business jet so far in order to compete with Gulfstream’s G650 model.

Air Austral, based in Reunion, France, has announced that it plans to buy 2 Airbus A380 planes, nicknamed Superjumbo, configured with all-economy-class to carry as many as 840 passengers in each.

A prototype-aircraft called the Solar Impulse, being developed as apart of a Swiss project for solar-powered flight around the world, has successfully undergone its first engine run-up at an airbase near Zurich in Switzerland.

The Boeing Company says the first flight of its much-awaited Boeing 787 jetliner, nicknamed the Dreamliner, is very likely in late December 2009, and the Dreamliner will be delivered to the first customers at the end of 2010.

Airbus Industrie is likely to put off delivery of one or two of the 13 Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft, earlier scheduled for 2009, till January 2010.

The Boeing 747-8, the new variant of the legendary Boeing 747, is over 90% completed and is expected to be launched in 2010, according to the Boeing Company.