Every Bulletin story and press release covering Airbus A220, newest first.
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Collaboration with US Air Force labs is set to test whether wire-based additive manufacturing can be used for large structural components.
The combustor was built at the company’s Hucknall facility and will support the PW1500G and PW1900G engine families.
Boeing has taken on Spirit AeroSystems's commercial programmes, aftermarket operations and 15,000 staff, while Airbus has added six global production facilities to its network.
Aircraft sections built in the US, France, Morocco, Northern Ireland and Scotland will shift to Airbus, once Boeing completes its acquisition of Spirit and a buyer is found for any surplus facilities.
The first product that Diehl Aviation will produce in Mexico is extra-spacious luggage compartments for the Airbus A220. The A220 is assembled in Mirabel, Québec and Mobile, Alabama, USA.
Boeing will acquire Spirit AeroSystems, while Airbus aims to bring the business's production of A350 fuselage sections, the A220’s wings and A220 pylons in-house under its ownership.
Increased capacity at Fossé will be used to produce industrial valves and high-pressure hydraulic fittings used in aerospace fluid-conveyance systems. Parent company Senior plc has also secured new contracts with Collins.
The enhanced Passenger Service Units will include updated industrial design, optimised passenger air outlets, latest LED lighting solutions and other design improvements to reduce weight and meet program objectives.
Liebherr already supplies the A220 landing gears and the A350 nose landing gear. Now it looks set to continue as a major supplier to Airbus for future aircraft models.
Triumph promises an innovative, collaborative solution to optimising the thermal-acoustic insulation system throughout the life-cycle of the A220. The system will be manufactured in Mexico.
The corporate variant of the Airbus A220 will shortly be in the hands of cabin completion specialists Comlux, who will be outfitting the first fifteen off the line.
FACC is to be the sole supplier of rudders and elevators to Airbus for the A220. The agreement to manufacture the empennage components expands on four decades of partnership.
A brand new plant at Mirabel, which was built in just 10 months, has delivered its first major assembly to the Airbus A220 assembly line. Around 100 people already work at the site.
Orolia's Ultima-DT will be installed as standard on all Airbus commercial aircraft, including the A220, A320, A330 and A350. First units will be delivered in 2022 to meet autonomous distress tracking requirements.
