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INSIGHT FROM BOMBARDIER: Five ways cabin design inspires loyalty and generates profit
If you’re an airline executive, you’ve likely spent a moment or two trying to decode your passengers’ complicated and often contradictory desires. In surveys, air travellers regularly cite cabin comfort and seat pitch as points of dissatisfaction, yet overwhelmingly indicate that the true driver of their purchase is ticket price.
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INSIGHT FROM ROLLS-ROYCE: Pioneering the IntelligentEngine
With more people flying than ever before and an increasing demand for more efficient travel, Rolls-Royce has defined a vision for the future of aircraft power that will help deliver passengers more reliably and more efficiently than ever before.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing markets CH-47F Chinook upgrades to NATO nations
With the first CH-47F Chinook engineering and manufacturing development helicopter loaded into final assembly on 25 June for its Block II upgrades, Boeing is turning its attention at the Farnborough Airshow to pitching prospective international customers on the advantages of its latest improvement.
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FARNBOROUGH: Arralis antenna a boost for aircraft satellite links
Arralis has introduced a new Ka band phased array aircraft antenna that it says will great improve the throughput of satellites to aircraft.
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Northrop Grumman shows off Fire Scout’s anti-submarine capabilities
Northrop Grumman displayed a model of the MQ-8C Fire Scout at the Royal International Air Tattoo fitted with an Ultra Electronics sonobuoy mission pod, a little over a week after the unmanned helicopter completed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation on board the USS Coronado.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing's brand value soars in latest survey
Boeing is the most powerful brand in aerospace and defence. That claim may hardly be surprising, given that it is also the biggest. In fact, according to a new survey by brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance, the top 10 most valuable brands in the industry belong to 10 ...
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FARNBOROUGH: CFM looks to another Leap forward at Farnborough
A former GE Aviation sales executive named Kevin McAllister scored the launch order for the Leap-1A engine at the Paris air show in 2011.
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FARNBOROUGH: SkyX seeks customers for pay-by-hour system
The developer of an unmanned air vehicle that offers pay-by-the-hour aerial surveillance to owners of valuable remote infrastructure such as pipelines or railways is keen to secure its first customer at Farnborough.
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FARNBOROUGH: UK continues to punch above its weight in global aerospace
When the first Farnborough air show took place in 1948, the UK was a very different place. Germany's defeat had left Britons buoyant but resigned to the fact that the cost of that conflict had plunged the country into deep depression.
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Airbus partners EASA and CAAS to define drone regulations
European and Singaporean regulators are teaming up with Airbus to develop safety standards and regulatory requirements for drone flights in urban environments as the manufacturer lays the groundwork for the eventual launch of air mobility services.
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FARNBOROUGH: Challenges remain for Canada's aerospace sector
Was Airbus taking majority ownership of the CSeries on 1 July good or bad for Canada’s aerospace sector? It depends if your pint glass is half full. The upbeat take on the deal is that the European manufacturer will secure the future of a clean-sheet programme that, while brimming with ...
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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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Druk Air orders ClearVision-equipped ATR 42
Bhutani flag carrier Druk Air has ordered an ATR 42-600 and will become the first operator of the turboprop manufacturer's ClearVision system, intended to improve pilots' situational awareness in low-visibility conditions.
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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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LHT to start dry-ice engine washing in 2019
Lufthansa Technik will use dry ice, rather than water, for on-wing engine-washing procedures from 2019.
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INSIGHT FROM PRATT & WHITNEY: There Is No Comparison. No Equal. There Is Only One
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Leonardo targets Polish attack helicopter deal with AW249
Leonardo Helicopters is to pitch its AW249 attack helicopter – currently being developed for the Italian army – to Poland for its nascent Kruk procurement programme. The manufacturer has detailed the offer as part of a collaboration agreement with Polish defence firm PGZ.
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LHT teams with Oerlikon for 3D-printing MRO study
German maintenance provider Lufthansa Technik is co-operating with Swiss engineering group Oerlikon to develop additive manufacturing processes for the MRO industry.
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AFRL sets first flight date for XQ-58A
An experimental aircraft designed to demonstrate a radical new concept in modern air warfare will enter flight testing this autumn, says Maj Gen William Cooley, commander of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
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LTP expands foothold with A380 heavy maintenance
Lufthansa Technik Philippines says it has "solidified its foothold" in the Philippines with the signing of multiple new A380 contracts with several carriers.