Airframers – Page 154

News
Boeing responds to revived interest in passenger-carrying 767

2017-10-25T21:39:41Z

Boeing sees “broader customer interest” in the 767 beyond military tankers and commercial freighters, says chairman, president and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on a 25 October earnings call.
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Boeing margin inches higher in Q3

2017-10-25T12:02:18Z

Boeing improved operating margin by 1.6 percentage points in the third quarter compared with last year, as commercial deliveries rose 7% with the ramp-up of the 737 Max.
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P&W speeds up GTF deliveries, but considers new design changes

2017-10-24T21:07:17Z

Pratt & Whitney shipped 120 geared turbofan engines in the third quarter to stay on pace to meet an annual delivery target, but durability concerns still require diverting 12-15% of output to a spares pool and drive company officials to consider new design changes.
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Aurora Flight Sciences to evaluate NASA electric airliner design

2017-10-24T19:44:50Z

NASA wants to get a second opinion from Aurora Flight Sciences on the system-level performance of a turboelectric-powered commercial aircraft concept for starting the next iteration of a multi-year design process.
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Airbus insourcing moves sets up competition with UTAS

2017-10-24T18:10:21Z

United Technologies will lose a monopoly position supplying nacelles for the A320neo family powered by the Pratt & Whitey PW1100G as Airbus develops a competing option for airlines to be ready after 2024, UTC chief executive Gregory Hayes confirms.
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Boeing ceremonially kicks off 777-9 assembly

2017-10-23T21:58:10Z

Boeing marked the official launch of production activity for the first 777-9 test aircraft in a public ceremony on 23 October.
Analysis
ANALYSIS: World Airliner Directory part one, mainliners

2017-10-23T13:22:00Z

Huge order backlogs – particularly for narrowbody products – are keeping the commercial aircraft industry’s biggest two producers working at a record pace, as Airbus and Boeing also make the transition from long-established models to revamped variants.
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Enders expects new alliances in response to CSeries deal

2017-10-20T20:40:23Z

Airbus chief executive Tom Enders predicts the next few months could be “rough and tough” as Boeing responds to European airframer’s acquisition of the Bombardier CSeries programme.
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PICTURES: Air Mauritius receives first A350

2017-10-20T15:30:11Z

Air Mauritius has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350.
Opinion
OPINION: Is Airbus the winner in CSeries trade dispute?

2017-10-20T09:48:00Z

Whatever Bombardier’s goal was for launching the CSeries programme nearly a decade ago, it certainly was not to shepherd both the CS100 and CS300 into service before handing them over as relatively mature products, free, to Airbus.
Opinion
OPINION: Why new models are good for airline industry

2017-10-20T08:47:00Z

Compiling Flight International’s annual World Airliner Directory – the first part of which appears in our 24-30 October issue – is often a repetitive task.
News
Lockheed flies second LM-100J cargo transport

2017-10-19T19:27:24Z

The second LM-100J has joined Lockheed Martin’s flight test programme for the commercial freighter derivative of the C-130J military transport.
News
Airbus starts opening A330neo flight envelope

2017-10-19T10:43:00Z

Airbus's maiden sortie with the A330neo initiates a flight-test campaign which will primarily involve two instrumented airframes and a third aircraft for cabin and route testing.
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A330neo maiden flight is first for Trent 7000

2017-10-19T08:31:00Z

Airbus's first flight of the A330-900 also marks the initial flight of the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 powerplant, which has only undertaken ground tests so far.
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PICTURES: A330neo takes off on maiden flight

2017-10-19T07:59:00Z

Airbus's first A330neo has lifted off from Toulouse on its maiden flight, commencing the airborne test programme for the re-engined twinjet.
Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airbus-CSeries deal raises new Bombardier questions

2017-10-18T23:05:05Z

Bombardier's deal to grant Airbus majority ownership of CSeries throws a needed lifeline to a flagship aircraft that observers widely compliment for efficiency, technological advances and relatively smooth entry-into-service.
Analysis
ANALYSIS: CSeries sector flat in Airbus single-aisle outlook

2017-10-18T14:23:48Z

Airbus forecasts put 20-year demand in the Bombardier CSeries category at just over 4,450 aircraft, although the total has stayed largely flat and represents a declining proportion of the single-aisle market.
News
Success of Max 10 to dictate Boeing's NMA: Ascend

2017-10-18T11:11:52Z

Boeing's NMA strategy could depend on the reception of its 737 Max programme, Flight Ascend Consultancy has suggested.
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US-built CSeries still subject to import tax: Boeing

2017-10-17T21:22:08Z

Boeing insists that Airbus's intention to deliver Bombardier CSeries aircraft from an Alabama final assembly site would exempt the aircraft from potential US import taxes.
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Undisclosed buyer adds to Super Tucano backlog

2017-10-17T11:39:31Z

Embraer has announced a new order for six of its armed A-29 Super Tucano, but declines to identify the latest customer to have committed to the type.