All Airframers articles – Page 26
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NewsPrivate customer to take single A330-800
Airbus recorded an order from a private customer for a single A330-800 in April, during an otherwise relatively quiet month of activity. The agreement marks the first A330neo order for this year, and a rare deal for the -800 variant. It brings to 12 the total number of A330-800s taken ...
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NewsWisk and Japan Airlines partner to certificate and operate air taxis
US air taxi developer Wisk and Japan Airlines (JAL) have partnered to bring Wisk’s in-development air taxi through certification in Japan, with a goal of eventually launching passenger flights there.
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NewsTextron Aviation delays Denali’s certification until 2025
Textron Aviation has again delayed certification of its clean-sheet single-prop Beechcraft Denali, saying slower-than-planned certification of the type’s GE Aerospace Catalyst engine forced another timeline push back.
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NewsJoby reports Q1 loss, will issue $180m in stock to long-term investor
Electric air taxi start-up Joby Aviation has entered an agreement to issue $180 million of common stock to long-term Joby investor Baillie Gifford, providing a cash infusion as the company pushes to certify its aircraft.
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NewsSeats among constraints backloading A350 deliveries
Airbus’s widebody delivery profile for the year will be heavily backloaded to the second half, with seat supply among the bottlenecks with which the airframer is having to cope. The manufacturer handed over just five A350s in the first three months of the year – to Starlux Airlines, Turkish Airlines, ...
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NewsSpirit loses $281m in Q1 as supply chain and quality problems drive up costs
Spirit AeroSystems expects a recently revealed fuselage problem affecting Boeing 737s will cost it $31 million in 2023, including a $17 million hit in the first quarter.
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NewsComlux delivers first completed ACJ TwoTwenty
Comlux has handed over the first ACJ TwoTwenty to Dubai-based FIVE Hotels & Resorts following cabin completion at its Indianapolis facility.
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NewsPerlan aims to fly glider to 90,000ft this summer before ending test programme
High-altitude aerospace research nonprofit Perlan Project plans this year to take another shot at flying its Perlan 2 glider to a record 90,000ft, after which it intends to terminate that flight-test programme.
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NewsMC-21 and Superjet roll out in United Aircraft’s new corporate livery
United Aircraft has rolled out an Irkut MC-21 and Superjet 100 in a unified corporate livery ahead of the MAKS Moscow air show. The updated livery follows a corporate branding change at United Aircraft. It will feature on the MC-21 – prototypes of which have previously carried an Irkut design ...
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NewsBoeing adds 787-10 to 2023 ecoDemonstrator technology programme
Boeing intends this year to operate a 787-10 under its “ecoDemonstrator” programme, using that jet and a 777-200ER to evaluate technologies intended to improve aircraft efficiency.
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NewsAirbus expands aircraft storage and recycling activity with new Chinese facility
Airbus has established a Chinese joint venture to expand the aircraft storage and recycling capabilities of its specialist affiliate Tarmac Aerosave. The new Chinese facility – to be located in Chengdu – will have storage capacity for 125 aircraft, and its creation follows a provisional agreement reached in January last ...
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NewsAirbus and Safran finalise acquisition of troubled strategic parts firm Aubert & Duval
Airbus and Safran have finalised the acquisition of specialist materials supplier Aubert & Duval, a year after disclosing that they were seeking to take over the loss-making firm in order to reinforce the aerospace supply chain. Previously owned by French minerals and metals company Eramet, the subsidiary specialises in strategic ...
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NewsToo few Honeywell turbofans hold up Gulfstream’s Q1 deliveries
Shortages of Honeywell turbofans kept Gulfstream from delivering two G280 super-midsize business jets in the first quarter, as supply chain troubles persisted – and in some cases worsened.
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NewsBoeing confident of overcoming 737 fuselage issue within months
Boeing is confident that it will recover within months from the recent 737 manufacturing process snag affecting aft fuselage sections, having understood the situation and the rework required. Chief executive Dave Calhoun stressed, during a first-quarter briefing, that the company was “working in a very constructive way” with fuselage supplier ...
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NewsEmbraer ships 15 aircraft in first quarter
Embraer delivered seven commercial aircraft – a pair of E175s and five E195-E2s – and eight business jets, six light and two large, in the first quarter of 2023.
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NewsBoeing maintains 737 delivery target despite near-term production hitch
Boeing is still expecting to deliver 400 to 450 737 aircraft over the course of this year, and is planning to reach a monthly production rate of 38 aircraft from the current 31. The US airframer reiterated its delivery expectations as it turned in a first-quarter operating loss of $615 ...
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NewsCommercial engines lead strong 2023 start for Raytheon
Led by a resurgence of commercial air travel, engine maker Pratt & Whitney and aviation systems producer Collins Aerospace posted double-digit percentage increases in sales.
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NewsJoby signs $55m extension to Agility Prime contract with USAF
Electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation has disclosed a $55 million extension to its Agility Prime contract with the US Air Force (USAF) to deliver and operate up to nine of its yet-to-be-certificated aircraft.
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NewsHarbour Air delays electric DHC-2 effort amid ‘ever-changing’ certification standards
Canadian regional airline Harbour Air has again delayed plans to begin passenger flights using an all-electric-powered De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, citing “ever-changing path to certification for an all-electric aircraft”.
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NewsAirbus and P&W to study SAF production and plan to fly A220 with 100% SAF
Airbus and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) have joined together to study the feasibility of establishing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production site in Quebec, and to fly an A220 powered by 100% SAF.