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FARNBOROUGH: Why CAE's shift to services proved smart
CAE's move into the training services market has proved one of its smartest strategies since the company began, repairing aircraft radios, in 1947. The rapid growth of the airline industry – much of it in markets such as Asia where there was little pilot training infrastructure – has led to ...
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PICTURES: E190-E2 makes London City debut en route to Farnborough
An Embraer E190-E2 landed at London City airport for the first time today, en route to the Farnborough air show.
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PICTURES: C919 undergoes ultimate wing load test
The Comac C919 programme is making progress, with the aircraft passing a key static testing milestone and flight test aircraft 102 making a cross country flight.
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ANALYSIS: Why Airbus foresees laminar wings on next-gen aircraft
In the quest for greater efficiency of large transport aircraft, efforts to reduce wing drag through conventional aerodynamic tweaks have largely been exhausted, in the view of Airbus senior vice-president of research and technology Axel Flaig.
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ANALYSIS: Are composite airframes feasible for narrowbodies?
Boeing and Airbus has been building aluminium aircraft for decades when they switched to composite designs for their respective 787 and A350 programmes. Whether that material change can be replicated for next-generation medium-haul aircraft, however, is unclear.
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ANALYSIS: A380 scrapes along in hope of revival
Only twice in the first decade since the Airbus A380 entered service has the double-deck aircraft ended a year with its order backlog higher than that of the previous one. On both occasions Middle Eastern carrier Emirates alone had spared the programme from recording a duck for the year. Emirates ...
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ANALYSIS: P&W details revised geared turbofan recovery path
Losing four geared turbofan engines to in-flight failures as a result of a botched durability upgrade was not how Pratt & Whitney wanted 2018 to begin – quite the opposite.
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Regulators propose new rule for engine bird ingestion
Engine companies bidding for Boeing’s potential New Mid-sized Airplane (NMA) could face a new safety requirement proposed by regulators in response to a 2009 bird strike incident that caused an Airbus A320 to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River.
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Opinion
OPINION: United Aircraft strategy lacks family values
Consolidation and integration of airliner production, on both a corporate and industrial basis, is a complicated business for an industry that tends to stress the importance of family.
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Opinion
OPINION: Embraer will be stronger with Boeing than without
Embraer is that rare inspirational success story for a new entrant in the global aviation market. It was created by the Brazilian air force in 1969, nearly collapsed under state ownership, survived a painful transition to the private sector, and then conquered the regional-jet segment with the E-Jet family in ...
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ANALYSIS: Mitsubishi poised to put MRJ90 centre-stage
Mitsubishi Aircraft started flying the MRJ90 in November 2015. For 31 months, the test fleet has performed standard trials, mostly out of public view. In public, the MRJ90 test fleet has been shown parked in a static display of a major air show.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A330neo nearing first delivery four years after launch
Just 1,400 days after Airbus disclosed – to a Farnborough air show audience – its intention to re-engine its popular A330 family, the first customer aircraft carried out its maiden flight from Toulouse. Its original 42-month development schedule had always been ambitious, but the A330neo nevertheless appears set for service ...
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Enders: UK still has 'no clue' on Brexit strategy
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders has criticised the UK government's lack of clarity over its future European Union relationship.
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Airbus forecasts 20-year demand for 37,400 aircraft
Airbus is predicting demand for almost 37,400 new passenger and freighter aircraft over the next 20 years.
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Embraer aims for Brazil approval of JV by early November
Embraer expects to secure approval for its proposed commercial aviation joint venture with Boeing within the current administration of Brazil president Michel Temer, before a new government takes over in 2019 following elections in October.
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Boeing to take 80% stake in Embraer's commercial business
Boeing is to take an 80% stake in a Embraer's commercial aircraft and services business under a joint-venture arrangement, with the Brazilian airframer retaining the other 20%.
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Japanese assembly of PW1200G underway in Nagoya
The first Japanese assembly of the Pratt & Whitney PW1200G engine is underway in Nagoya.
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Opinion
OPINION: Does Bombardier have appetite to invest in regional range?
Back before Bombardier bet the farm on the CSeries, its interest in commercial aviation was confined to regional aircraft.
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Sukhoi outlines sales expectations as it tweaks Superjet
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division is forecasting sales of 345 Superjet 100s, including the business-jet version, over the period to 2030