All Air Transport articles – Page 212
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Boeing warns of 787 forward loss charge
Boeing may need to take a forward loss on its 787 programme if it must further trim production or if long-term demand dries up.
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Aerospace machinist union calls for government aid
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has called on the government to offer additional assistance to the industry as part of any future Covid-19 relief measure.
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Boeing to resume 787 deliveries no sooner than February
Boeing’s pause on 787 deliveries will continue until at least February, when the company expects to resume 787 deliveries following a several-month hiatus.
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Ukraine seeks to ban overflights by Pobeda and other Russian carriers
Ukraine’s government has approved a proposal to sanction 13 Russian companies, including several airlines which will face a three-year ban on overflying Ukrainian territory. The measure is continuing evidence of the political tensions between the two countries whose relationship deteriorated after the Russian annexation of Crimea nearly seven years ago. ...
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Boeing trims 777X production quantity expectation by 50 jets
Boeing has reduced the number of 777X it expects to produce over the life of that aircraft programme from 400 to 350 aircraft – a 12.5% cut.
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UK regulator clears 737 Max for flight
UK regulators have, as expected, approved the Boeing 737 Max for return to service, publishing a separate airworthiness directive to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. This separate publication follows the UK’s exit from EASA membership as it completed its withdrawal from the European Union on 1 January. But the ...
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Boeing making design modifications to 777X
Boeing’s latest 777X delay results partly from modifications Boeing is making to the jet’s design, including to actuator controls, so as to meet regulators’ “expectations”.
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Boeing 737-10 processes to undergo revision after EASA’s Max scrutiny
One crucial consequence of the Boeing 737 Max scrutiny is that development and certification work for the 737-10 will differ substantially from that of the earlier Max variants. Extensive analysis by the US FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency following the Max grounding two years ago has led not ...
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Boeing reports $11.9bn 2020 loss, logs billions in Q4 charges
US manufacturing giant Boeing lost a staggering $11.9 billion in 2020, due partly to a $6.5 billion charge on its 777X programme but also the 737 Max grounding and the pandemic’s evaporating effect on travel demand.
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Boeing delays first 777-9 delivery to 2023, takes $6.5bn charge
Boeing has further delayed the 777-9 programme, saying it intends to deliver the first of the aircraft type in late 2023. The decision, which Boeing disclosed on 27 January, marks another in a string of 777X programme delays. The company had most recently said it would deliver the 777-9, the ...
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Canada’s Flair Airlines to operate 13 Boeing 737 Max 8s
Canadian discount carrier Flair Airlines will lease 13 new Boeing 737 Max 8s from Miami-based private equity company 777 Partners, with deliveries starting in “early 2021”.
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Haste appears pivotal to E-11A crash pilots’ engine misidentification
Military investigators have signalled that haste was a contributing element to a Bombardier E-11A crew’s incorrectly identifying a failed engine and, in response, mistakenly shutting down the functioning one. The E-11A, a US Air Force (USAF) version of the Global 6000 executive jet, crashed some 21nm (39km) short of the ...
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Commercial aerospace recovery will begin in Q2, accelerate through 2021: Raytheon
Raytheon Technologies believes its subsidiaries Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace will begin experiencing notable recovery starting in the second quarter of 2021.
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Fewer engine shipments and less aftermarket work hammer P&W and Collins 2020 results
Steep losses at Pratt & Whitney and slumping profits at Collins Aerospace pushed parent company Raytheon Technologies to a $3.5 billion loss in 2020.
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GE Aviation eyes recovery this year, as 2020 profits plunge by 82%
In 2020, GE Aviation’s engine sales sank 48% and its service revenue tumbled 36%, but the company expects the aerospace sector will begin recovering in the second half of this year.
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UK’s FlyZero project steps into high gear
If all goes to plan, at this point in 2022 the UK’s FlyZero project will be entering its second year with a pair of low-emission aircraft concepts on the drawing board and a firm plan on how to bring them – or at least the technologies required – to reality
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El Al remains in limbo as Israeli government curbs air travel
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has prolonged the furlough of close to 5,000 personnel at least until the end of February, as the government imposes restrictions on air services. El Al says it has “decided to extend” the unpaid leave of employees until 28 February, putting the figure at 4,864 staff. ...
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Rolls-Royce more pessimistic over long-haul recovery in 2021
Rolls-Royce is assuming engine flying hours on twin-aisle long-haul aircraft will reach just 55% of pre-crisis levels during 2021, down from a previous base case of 70%. The outlook reflects the uncertainty over air traffic recovery for the widebody sector and the engine manufacturer expects, on this basis, free cash ...
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DOT faces new pressure to halt implementation of American-JetBlue joint business
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is receiving more pressure to reexamine an already-approved revenue-sharing partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
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Frontier picks P&W engines for first time to power 134 A320neos
US carrier Frontier Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney PW1100Gs to power 134 incoming Airbus A320neo-family jets, a move that will diversify its fleet away from complete reliance on CFM International powerplants.