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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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Airbus A320NEO will be heavier than existing A320 models
The Airbus A320NEO will be offered with two engine choices: the CFM International Leap-X and Pratt & Whitney's PurePower PW1100G.
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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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Putin: Italy plans to acquire large number of Superjets
Italian companies are set to acquire a "large number" of Sukhoi Superjet 100s, according to Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin. Speaking to a conference on strategy for socio-economic development of Russia's far eastern region to 2020
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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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Etihad lays out plan for 150-strong fleet
Etihad Airways will see conservative growth over the next two years as the Middle East carrier plans to take delivery of 11 new aircraft.
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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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NewsVIDEO: Images reveal battle to set down crippled Dagestan Tu-154
Extraordinary video images have emerged of the emergency landing by a crippled Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 which illustrates the crew's battle to put...
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NewsContinental to appeal 'absurd' verdict in Concorde trial
Continental Airlines will appeal today's verdict by a French court that holds both the airline and a mechanic guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the July...
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Condor to replace short-haul fleet with 30 A320s
German holiday carrier Condor is to acquire around 30 aircraft to replace its entire short- and medium-haul fleet under the renewal programme being undertaken...
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NewsMEBA: A320neo too far away to affect near-term ACJ sales
Airbus's corporate and private aviation executives are focused on continuing to sell delivery positions for their narrowbody corporate jets in the coming years, even though the A320neo will become available from 2016.
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NewsCrashed Dagestan Tu-154 had serial engine failure: MAK
Russian investigators have identified the Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft which broke up...
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Aircastle 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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VivaAerobus plans major Mexico City and fleet expansion
Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus plans to open a base in Mexico City early next year as it prepares to almost double its Boeing 737-300 fleet.
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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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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.
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Ethiopian holds out for improved GEnx on 787s
Ethiopian Airlines might take advantage of delays to the Boeing 787 programme to equip its aircraft with improved versions of the General Electric GEnx engine that will be better suited to Addis Ababa's high airport altitude.
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Sixteen Qantas Trent-900s require modification or replacement
Qantas says 16 Rolls-Royce Trent 900 powerplants for its Airbus A380 fleet require modifications or replacement.