All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 294
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MAKS: VSMPO-AVISMA seals A350-1000 titanium supply pact
Airbus has signed a long-term deal for A350-1000 titanium forgings with Russian metals specialist VSMPO-AVISMA, a pact that also includes global aerospace systems supplier Goodrich.
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United-Continental to offer Premium Economy on first 787
United-Continental has confirmed its plans to offer Economy Plus seating on its first Boeing 787, which began final assembly at the airframer's Everett,...
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Boeing confirms 787 certification flight test completion
Boeing has completed certification flight testing for the first delivery variant of its 787, finishing more than 4,800h and more than 25,000 test conditions. Aircraft...
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Gulfstream G650 edges closer to certification
Gulfstream's G650, which saw its flight test programme disrupted by the 2 April fatal accident involving aircraft 6002, has completed a number of flight-test...
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MAKS: Ilyushin aims to firm order for up to 30 CSeries this year
Lessor Ilyushin Finance intends to slot the Bombardier CSeries into the centre of its portfolio, to give it a broad family of aircraft with a degree of commonality. IFC...
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MAKS: Tinseth bullish on further 787 sales in CIS as Dreamliner makes Russian debut
Boeing is confident of securing more sales for its 787 in Russia and neighbouring CIS countries, a market it reckons is worth $80 billion in the long term.
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Royal Air Maroc takes delivery of first ATR 72-600
European turboprop manufacturer ATR has handed over the first ATR 72-600 to launch customer Royal Air Maroc (RAM). The delivery, on 16 August, coincided...
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Cathay enters sale-leaseback deal with Deucalion Capital
Cathay Pacific Airways has entered a sale-and-leaseback deal for six Airbus A330-300 aircraft with Deucalion Capital.
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MAKS: Ilyushin Finance plans to take up to 30 CSeries
Russian lessor Ilyushin Finance has signed a tentative agreement to take up to 30 Bombardier CSeries twinjets, a potential landmark deal for the type.
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Currawong looks beyond Tasmania's shores
When you think of the Australian island state of Tasmania, it's probably beautiful scenery that comes to mind, not a burgeoning aerospace sector.
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MAKS: Transaero tentatively signs for A320neo
Russian carrier Transaero is planning to break from its traditional preference for Boeing aircraft with an order for Airbus A320neos.
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Transaero tentatively signs for A320neo
Russian carrier Transaero is planning to break from its traditional preference for Boeing aircraft with an order for Airbus A320neos. The Moscow-based...
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Qantas to cut jobs, establish Asian premium carrier
Australia's Qantas Group has outlined a new international strategy, which includes cutting 1,000 jobs and establishing a new premium airline based in Asia.
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Qantas acquires 110 Airbus A320s, cuts jobs, launches new LCC
Qantas Group has announced a swathe of changes at the company, including the acquisition of 110 Airbus A320 aircraft - of which 78 are A320neos - thousands of job cuts at its international operation, the creation of an as-yet unnamed premium Asian carrier, and a new Japanese low-cost carrier, Jetstar ...
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Delta begins tablet EFB test; eyes communication transformation
SkyTeam alliance member Delta Air Lines has started testing Apple iPads as electronic flight bags (EFBs), as part of a broader plan to transform how it communicates...
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AUVSI: Movement on internia in Xsens’ Sagem deal
3D motion tracking systems producer Xsens has signed an agreement for the supply of advanced sensor fusion signal processing modules for integration in a new line of inertial system products from Sagem.
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Boeing poised to complete 787 certification flight testing
Boeing appears to have completed certification flight testing of the first delivery variant of its 787 Dreamliner, 606 days after the type first began flying. Aircraft...
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Panasonic sees 'massive' demand for in-flight connectivity
Panasonic Avionics is fielding a staggering number of requests for proposals...
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Canada and Costa Rica sign air services agreement
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla have forged a new air services agreement between their two countries, subject...
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Airbus clashes with pilots over AF447 alarm
Frustration is building within Airbus over Air France's and cockpit union SNPL's public claims that the stall alarm on flight AF447 activated in a manner...