All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 345
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Three more Trent 900s found with manufacturing defect
Inspections on Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines have found three additional powerplants with a fault in the oil pipe tube, indicating that the manufacturing...
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NewsRolls denies that it knew about Trent 900 weakness
Clarifying details about the oil feed problem that caused the uncontained Rolls-Royce Trent 900 failure on a Qantas Airbus A380 in November, the engine manufacturer says: "It is not true that we knew about a problem in the A and B versions of the engine and went on to correct ...
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NewsMEBA: Airbus prepares to deliver first A380 for VIP customer
Airbus (stand A16) plans to deliver the first green VIP A380 in the second half of next year.
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Bombardier to deliver first CRJ1000 on 14 December
Bombardier is gearing up to deliver its first production CRJ1000 NextGen regional jet on 14 December.
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Body scans not X-rated
Aircraft bomb plots drive Smiths Detection to stay ahead of the terrorists - and in profit
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Continental fits all international 777s with flat-bed seats
Continental Airlines says all of its Boeing 777 long-haul international flights now feature new 'BusinessFirst' class flat-bed seats.
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PICTURE: Airbus manufactures first A350 fuselage barrel
Airbus has started producing the first fuselage barrel for the A350 at the company's Spanish plant in Illescas. It says the barrel, for section 19...
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Opinion
Comment: End of a stand-off
In taking the bold step of avoiding a new-product strategy, Airbus sets in train a long-postponed game-theory exercise of which indefinite status quo is the only impossible result
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MEBA: Broadening VistaJet seeks to sustain 20% yearly sales growth
All-Bombardier block charter specialist VistaJet expects to match last year's 20% revenue growth in 2010, after what chairman and founder Thomas Flohr terms a "very good summer".
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Airbus outlines expected market impact of A320NEO
Airbus's long-awaited re-engined narrowbody programme, the A320 New Engine Option, or NEO, will mean there is "virtually no business case left" for Bombardier's CSeries, according to the European airframer's chief salesman John Leahy.
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Industry renews pleas for EU research support
European aerospace leaders are urging the European Union to fund research into scale production of aviation biofuels, citing the astronomical costs that inhibit their use.
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Qantas unhappy with Rolls-Royce reaction
Qantas has made clear that it is not happy with Rolls-Royce's handling of the Airbus A380 engine failure crisis, and has prepared the way for court action against the engine manufacturer.
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Larger CSeries CS500 would be "ideal" for Southwest: AirInsight
Bombardier should add a 150-seat, single-class CS500 with 32in pitch to its CSeries family, as such an aircraft would be "highly competitive" and provide...
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MEBA: Greenpoint offering bespoke lift for 747-8I VIP
In a region known for its luxuriously adorned aircraft, an elevator entryway on a Boeing 747 may be the perfect addition for the VIP who has everything....
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NewsAircastle unimpressed by Airbus A320NEO
US lessor Aircastle is unimpressed by the Airbus A320NEO programme, with chief executive Ron Wainshal telling the FBR Capital Markets conference in New York on 30 November that it would have a negative impact on residual values of existing A320-family aircraft.
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Air India shelves plans for leasing out 777s
Air India has shelved plans to lease out part of its Boeing 777 fleet but could reassess leasing out 777-200LRs once it starts taking delivery of new Boeing...
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Volaris to launch Chicago service this month
Mexico's Volaris has unveiled plans to launch services later this month to Chicago, its first new US destination since Mexico's return to a category one...
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Vemina Aviaprestige wins EASA approval for interior MRO
EASA has granted Vemina Aviaprestige, a Moscow-based cabin completions centre for business and VIP aircraft, Part 145 approval to provide interior equipment...
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Ethiopian Airlines considers 777F and more A350s
Ethiopian Airlines is eyeing Boeing 777 freighters and more Airbus A350s as part of its new strategy for the period to 2025, which will see it expand to a fleet of 119 aircraft.