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FAA’s Dickson suspects Canada, Brazil and Europe will clear Boeing 737 Max within days
Aviation regulators in Brazil, Europe and Canada could within days follow the Federal Aviation Administration’s lead in lifting the Boeing 737 Max’s grounding, says FAA chief Steve Dickson.
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FAA chief vouches for safety of Boeing 737 Max, cites ongoing pilot-training concern
Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson insists Boeing’s 737 Max has been made safe but concedes flaws in the process by which the Max was initially certificated.
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In clearing Boeing’s 737 Max, FAA eyes 737NG updates
The Federal Aviation Administration may require Boeing 737NG flight manuals to include updates now required for 737 Max manuals.
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Chinese buyers could snap up ailing European aerospace suppliers: ASD
Crisis makes SMEs vulnerable to takeover from abroad, threatening countries’ sovereignty and independence, cautions trade association.
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Cash-for-clunkers scheme would be ‘win’ for entire industry: Airbus chief
A so-called ‘cash-for-clunkers’ scheme that sees airlines incentivised to retire older, more polluting aircraft in favour of newer jets could be part of a solution that accelerates the transition to greener fleets, European aerospace leaders have argued.
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How Boeing 737 Max flight computers now handle angle-of-attack failures
The Federal Aviation Administration has provided more insight into how updated flight computers on Boeing’s 737 Max respond to angle-of-attack (AoA) indicator failures.
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Airbus chief hits out at Europe’s ‘unacceptable’ travel bans
Europe’s lack of a co-ordinated response to developing a common coronavirus testing regime that would allow passengers to fly again has been branded as “unacceptable” and a “real mess” by the leaders of two of the world’s biggest aerospace companies. Speaking today during a virtual aeronautics conference organized by the ...
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Canada’s 737 Max certification coming ‘soon’ but with different requirements
Canada’s transport minister has signaled his country will “soon” follow the USA in certificating the Boeing 737 Max.
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Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again after 20-month grounding
The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Boeing 737 Max to fly, a move coming 20 months after regulators grounded the jet following two crashes that killed 346 people.
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Where are we on the path to aviation industry recovery?
Ascend by Cirium senior consultant Richard Evans looks at how the aviation industry is faring amid the pandemic
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ST Engineering reorganises aerospace unit in company-wide rejig
ST Engineering will subsume its commercial aerospace business into a larger Commercial cluster, as part of a company-wide reorganisation.
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Pandemic drives cargo yields higher amid demand for cargo jets: Boeing report
The air cargo segment has been a rare beneficiary, with e-commerce sales and scarcity of widebody passenger jets driving up cargo yields and demand for cargo jets.
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Collins to develop nacelles for Boom’s in-development Overture supersonic jet
Collins Aerospace is the latest supplier to join up with Boom Supersonic, having signed an agreement to help develop nacelles and other structures for Boom’s conceptual ultra-fast airliner Overture.
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Boeing 737 Max to be inspected for foreign object debris prior to service return
All Boeing 737 Max will be inspected for foreign object debris (FOD) prior to returning to revenue service, according to Boeing.
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Diehl to cut 1,400 jobs in Germany under restructuring plan
Diehl Aviation intends to make up to 1,400 jobs across its German sites redundant as part of restructuring aimed at providing the systems and interior equipment supplier with an “economically sustainable and future-oriented cost structure” by the end of 2022.
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French aerospace investment fund poised for further deals
Ace Aero Partenaires, the public-private investment fund backed by the top four companies in the French aerospace industry, hopes to conclude its next set of deals in the coming months, with the aim of hitting “cruise speed” by mid-2021.
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KrasAvia introduces ex-Swedish ATR 72s as it awaits Il-114-300s
Russian carrier KrasAvia has started introducing ATR 72-500s to replace older Soviet types, as it awaits the arrival of new Ilyushin Il-114-300s. Krasnoyarsk-based KrasAvia has taken two ATRs, the latest arriving at its Krasnoyarsk base on 14 November. It says the aircraft have been acquired with the support of the ...
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Alliance Aviation acquires Toll Group MRO unit
Australia’s Alliance Aviation will acquire transportation and logistics giant Toll Group’s MRO unit, in what it calls a deal of “great strategic value”.
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Sikorsky plans to autonomously fly multiple UH-60 Black Hawks in formation in 2021
Landing multiple helicopters in a small landing zone – especially an area hidden in a cloud of dust and criss-crossed with enemy gun fire – is one of the more complicated and dangerous manoeuvres US Army pilots must be able to perform. Now, DARPA wants to see if a computer can do it for them.
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Embraer’s maintenance unit OGMA becomes PW1100G service site
Embraer’s Portuguese maintenance affiliate OGMA has become an authorised Pratt & Whitney PW1100G maintainer, a move Embraer says reflects its push toward revenue diversification.