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PICTURE: ANA's first A380 makes flying debut
All Nippon Airways' first Airbus A380 has completed its maiden flight.
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Comac and HNA eye ARJ21 support in Africa
China’s HNA Group and Comac have signed a tentative deal to explore establishing maintenance, material support and training businesses to support potential ARJ21 operators in Africa.
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PICTURES: Delta's first A220 rolls out of Mirabel hangar
Airbus has released images which show Delta Air Lines' first A220-100 rolling out of the paint hangar at the final assembly line in Mirabel, Canada.
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Boeing sees potential for more 737 production rate hikes
Boeing is considering ramping up 737 production further in 2020 despite struggling with significant supply chain problems this year, Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg says on 12 September.
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Boeing rehires retirees in effort to bolster 737 production force
Boeing has rehired some retired mechanics and taken other steps to bolster its headcount in Renton as part of a broad effort to ensure timely deliveries of 737s, the company says.
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PICTURES: First static-test 777X breaks cover
Boeing has released images of its initial 777X static-test airframe, providing a better look at the manufacturer's latest widebody twin.
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Hi Fly returns A380 to action after replacing engine's intake lip
Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly is today putting its Airbus A380 back into service for Air Austral following the jet's 7 September airbridge collision at Paris Charles de Gaulle.
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Hi Fly A380 engine hits airbridge at Paris CDG
Air Austral was forced to make last-minute changes to its flight schedule after a 7 September incident involving an Airbus A380 that the Indian Ocean carrier is wet-leasing from Hi Fly.
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Canada approves turboprop-powered BN2 Islander
Britten-Norman has gained Canadian type certification for the turboprop version of its BN2 Islander.
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PICTURES: Boeing reveals first assembled 777X ahead of static tests
Boeing has released its first images of a largely-assembled 777X and disclosed details about structural testing its static-test 777X will soon undergo.
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Opinion
OPINION: FlightGlobal Top 100 is a difficult club to join
Its stalwarts range from household names on whose products much of the world’s population regularly travels to manufacturers of highly specialised equipment from passenger seats to cockpit controls. FlightGlobal’s ranking of the biggest 100 businesses in aerospace is a club that rarely admits new members or dramatically changes its hierarchy.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Profits continue to rise for aerospace’s Top 100
There used to be a saying in aviation that becoming a millionaire was easy: you simply started with a billion. If that maxim is less true in today’s somewhat more financially disciplined airline world, it certainly does not apply to those responsible for building aircraft. The biggest 100 businesses in aerospace are continuing to ratchet up the profits, despite modest revenue growth in the past financial year.
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VIDEO: Boeing details 737 Max 10 landing gear design
Boeing has released details about the design of the landing gear on the 737 Max 10, the longest version of the Max aircraft family.
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ATR sees demand for 1,000 turboprops in Asia-Pacific
ATR predicts that 1,000 turboprops will be needed in Asia-Pacific over the next 20 years, with a number of those aircraft to be used to open up new routes.
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Supply chain slowdown impacted Embraer's E1 production
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer faces the same type of supply chain slowdown that has impacted Boeing's 737 production and led Airbus to consider slowing A320neo deliveries.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Embraer eyes Alaska, Spirit and United as E2 targets
Embraer has highlighted Alaska Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines as US carriers that would most benefit from operating the Brazilian company's new-generation E-Jets E2.
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Comac completes high temperature testing on ARJ21
Comac has completed a 12 day programme of high-temperature tests on the ARJ21-700 regional jet at Turpan Jiaohe airport in China’s Xinjiang province.
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Hypersonic airliner "may not be as hard as people think": Boeing CTO
Hypersonic passenger travel still seems more like dreamy work of science fiction than a feasible commercial project, but this is now a fact: Boeing is working on it, and it’s a serious project.
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Interjet compensated for SSJ100 maintenance costs
Mexican carrier Interjet received Ps733 million ($39.6 million) in compensation for maintenance costs for its Sukhoi Superjet 100 fleet, after the airline was forced to ground at least four SSJ100s in the past year or so.