UK manufacturer GKN has shown off the first examples of prototype composite rear wing spars for the Airbus A350 XWB wing-box demonstrator at its Yeovil plant. The prototype manufacture milestone is ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Two years after the world's largest jetliner rolled out of its Toulouse factory for the last time, Airbus is preparing to bring some A380 superjumbos back to their birthplace for ...

Inspections for cracks in the vicinity of Airbus A380 wing spars must take into account the amount of time the aircraft has been parked in storage, safety regulators have instructed. The European ...

Emirates has to repair wing-spar cracks on four of its Airbus A380s. Credit: Dubai Airports Operators of older Airbus A380s are finding that earlier-than-expected and broader proliferation of cracks ...

EVERETT, Wash. — Boeing officially kicked off production of its newest cargo jet, the 777-8 Freighter, at its Everett factory Monday by drilling the first hole into one of the plane’s wing spars. The ...

LONDON—GKN Aerospace says it has designed, manufactured and delivered a midscale demonstrator tool to support the development of a composite wing spar for Airbus’ Wing of Tomorrow program. The tool ...

A new FAA airworthiness directive (AD) mandates inspections of rear (and potentially forward) wing spar attachment fittings on specific Piper aircraft models (PA-28-181, PA-28R-201, PA-34-220T, and PA ...