10 Nov 2015 • 1 min read

Airbus Secures $3.6 Billion Order From Hanoi-Based VietJet

Hanoi-based VietJet has agreed to buy 30 Airbus Group SE A321 planes at the Dubai Airshow, a deal worth $3.6 billion at list prices.

In an announcement Tuesday, low-cost airline VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co. said the order is for nine A321ceo and 21 A321neo aircraft.

“VietJet has grown faster than expected in the last few years and our previous purchasing plans for new aircraft could not keep up with developing demand,” VietJet President and CEO Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao was quoted as saying in the release.

VietJet is Vietnam’s only privately owned carrier and is seeking to expand in a market that grew 20 percent from a year earlier in the first half of 2015.

Aerospace

NASA Just Tested a Powerful New Thruster That Could One Day Send Humans to Mars

NASA’s latest propulsion experiment could reshape the future of deep-space travel. Engineers at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently tested a powerful lithium-fed electromagnetic thruster that may one day help carry astronauts to Mars faster and more efficiently than current spacecraft systems. A New Kind of Engine for Deep Space The experimental engine is known as a magnetoplas

Metals

Inconel Alloys vs Stainless Steel: Which is Stronger?

Are Inconel alloys stronger than stainless steel? The answer depends on how strength is measured. Tensile strength, yield strength, hardness, compressive strength, heat exposure, forming method, and treatment can all change the result. In practical terms, Inconel vs stainless steel is less about one material “winning” and more about choosing the alloy that gives the part the right form, fit, funct

Industry News

ORNL PM-HIP Breakthrough Targets Larger Critical Metal Parts

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a manufacturing method that could make large critical metal parts faster to produce, easier to customize, and less dependent on conventional casting and forging supply chains. The U.S. Department of Energy laboratory announced on May 14 that its researchers used additive manufacturing to fabricate custom canisters for powder metallurgical hot isostati

Aerospace

Best Materials for High-Temperature Aerospace Applications

Every turbine blade, exhaust duct, and fastener in an aircraft engine faces a punishing combination of heat, stress, and corrosive gas. And the high-temperature aerospace materials that survive those conditions aren't interchangeable. If you pick the wrong alloy, the part can distort, crack, or fails mid-flight. Choosing the best materials for high-temperature aerospace applications starts with un

Airbus Secures $3.6 Billion Order From Hanoi-Based VietJet

Related Articles

NASA Just Tested a Powerful New Thruster That Could One Day Send Humans to Mars

Inconel Alloys vs Stainless Steel: Which is Stronger?

ORNL PM-HIP Breakthrough Targets Larger Critical Metal Parts

Best Materials for High-Temperature Aerospace Applications

Popular Products

Custom Tubing

Stainless Steel A286

Tool Steel H11

Nickel Inconel 601