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PICTURE: Frigate Ecojet revised as four-engined design
Russian developers of a 300-seat aircraft with a characteristic wide elliptical fuselage have opted to modify the proposal substantially, revising the design as a four-engined transport rather than a twinjet.
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Superjet manufacturer posts interim loss on lower deliveries
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division delivered six Superjet 100s over the first half of the year, compared with nine in the previous interim period.
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HAECO operating profit up 44.3% in first half
The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) Group increased its operating profit by 44.3% to HK$466 million ($59.6 million) in the first six months of 2017.
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Avolon urges Boeing to continue tweaking 737 Max family
Boeing should continue tweaking the 737 Max product line-up to help recover parity with Airbus in the single-aisle market, Irish lessor and major single-aisle aircraft customer Avolon says in a newly-published report.
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A320neo offers spoiler for Spirit AeroSystems' tech roadmap
Airbus will deliver a member of the A320neo family to a customer sometime after mid-2019 equipped with the familiar row of five composite spoiler panels on each wing made by Spirit AeroSystems’ facility in Prestwick, UK, except this time something will be very different.
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Era Group plays down swift return for H225 helicopters
US helicopter operator Era Group has cautioned that it sees no rapid return to service for its fleet of nine Airbus Helicopters H225s, despite the type having been cleared for operations by regulators.
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ATR wins follow-up MRO business from Stobart Air
Irish carrier Stobart Air has extended a maintenance agreement with ATR.
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Virgin Australia to roll out wi-fi across core fleet
Virgin Australia is planning to equip its core fleet of Boeing 737s, 777s and Airbus A330s with in-flight wi-fi connectivity by the second half of 2019.
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Insufficient MRO led to hard-landing A321's return flight
Lack of maintenance support to assess a hard landing prompted an Airbus A321 crew to return to Dusseldorf, after which the aircraft was found to have sustained serious damage.
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Israel grounds Apaches after fatal accident
The Israeli air force has again temporarily grounded its Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter squadrons, following a 7 August crash which caused the death of a pilot.
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A321 freighter conversion proposed by US venture
Modification specialist Precision Aircraft Solutions is to offer a freight conversion programme for Airbus A321s, becoming the latest firm to propose a cargo option for the twinjet.
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Airbus again points to higher-weight A350-1000
Airbus has reissued a document indicating plans for a higher-weight A350-1000, although it lists the maximum take-off weight of the variant at 311t.
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OpinionOPINION: Can Boeing beat its suppliers in avionics power play?
To loosely paraphrase a saying attributed to Sir Winston Churchill, never waste a good crisis – or a new aircraft development programme.
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A320neo deliveries slip to six-month low
Airbus delivered only nine A320neo-family jets during July, the lowest monthly total since January this year.
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Three missing in MV-22 crash near Australia
Three of 26 US Marines on board a Bell Boeing MV-22 are still missing after the tiltrotor crashed off the east coast of Australia on 5 August, the III Marine Expeditionary Forces says in a news release.
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LHT to restructure line maintenance division
Lufthansa Technik intends to restructure its German line maintenance operations in a bid to cut the unit's costs by 25%.
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PICTURE: Philippines' GCA takes first H130
Filipino charter operator GCA Skyline Aviation has take delivery of its first Airbus Helicopters H130 rotorcraft, which will be used for commercial missions such as VIP transport and sightseeing.
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S-97 damaged in hard landing
A Sikorsky S-97 Raider crashed at 07:30 on 2 August at the company’s flight test center in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Lockheed Martin company says.
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Rolls-Royce works to deal with Trent 1000 technical issues
Rolls-Royce has outlined a provision for its maintenance effort to address technical issues in its Trent 1000 powerplants for the Boeing 787.
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PICTURE: Institute shows off concept for An-124 successor
Russian aerodynamics researchers have unveiled a concept for a new heavy transport aircraft to succeed the Antonov An-124.