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China’s Ameco to begin A330P2F conversion work under EFW agreement
China’s Ameco is to undertake Airbus A330 passenger-to-freighter (A330P2F) conversions, becoming the programme’s first third party conversion provider in Asia.
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Embraer’s third-quarter aircraft deliveries inch up to 33 shipments
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 33 commercial and business aircraft in the third quarter of 2022, a slight year-on-year improvement that still leaves the company’s year-to-date deliveries trailing its 2021 output.
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Chinese majors sign engine, component MRO agreements
Two of China’s largest carriers – China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines – have signed maintenance support contracts, covering engine and component MRO.
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Boeing scraps plan for services revenue to hit $50 billion this decade
Boeing has ditched a goal for its aircraft service division to grow its revenue to $50 billion annually in the coming years, saying doing so would lead to “indiscriminate” investment.
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Boeing’s next new aircraft is years away but 787 updates are imminent: executives
Boeing’s product development timeline became clearer on 2 November when the company said it will soon reveal a higher-gross-weight 787, while indicating it will not launch a clean-sheet aircraft.
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Labour and supply chain costs push Spirit AeroSystems to $128m Q3 loss
Aerostructures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems sunk further into the red during the third quarter, as costs from its Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 programmes pushed the company to a $128 million loss.
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Greater consideration of risks might have averted BA 787 nose-gear collapse
UK investigators believe a British Airways Boeing 787-8 nose-gear retraction accident at London Heathrow might have been prevented if health and safety risks in an airworthiness directive had been given greater attention by the operator. The accident occurred when a nose-gear locking pin was inserted in the wrong location on ...
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Monte adds to orderbook with CAeS conversion deal
Monte Aircraft Leasing has further increased its potential orderbook for low-emission aircraft, signing a letter of intent with the UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) for 40 hydrogen-electric conversion kits for the Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.
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Rolls-Royce to hike spare-engine sales to reinforce fleet resilience
Rolls-Royce large civil engine flying hours are gradually increasing but still remain about one-third down on pre-crisis levels, the company has disclosed. The flying-hours figure reached 65% of 2019 levels in the four months to the end of October, and 62% for the year so far. Rolls-Royce says this is ...
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Joby Aviation pushes back commercial service launch to 2025
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Joby Aviation has pushed back the timeline for its vehicle’s entry into commercial passenger service to 2025.
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Boeing rolls out plan to hike deliveries to 800 jets within several years
Boeing plans to significantly hike commercial aircraft deliveries in 2023, aiming to hand over up to 80 787s and 450 737s next year after overcoming nagging supply and labour problems.
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Boeing pushes back 737 Max 7 and Max 10 certifications
Boeing has again delayed certification timelines for its two outstanding 737 Max variants, now estimating the Federal Aviation Administration will clear the Max 7 by early 2023 and the Max 10 by early 2024.
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VoltAero picks Italy’s TESI to build airframe for Cassio 330 prototype
Hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero has signed up Italian aerospace supplier TESI to manufacture the airframe for the first prototype of its Cassio 330 aircraft.
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5G may have caused dozens of troubling in-flight avionics failures
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspects new 5G cellular networks may have caused roughly 80 instances of aircraft system interference this year, with pilots reporting a range of malfunctions since the latest generation of mobile connectivity went live in January.
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First flight of Racer high-speed helicopter slips again to 2023
Supply chain problems have put paid to Airbus Helicopters’ target of performing a first flight of its Racer high-speed rotorcraft technology demonstrator in 2022.
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SIA Engineering widens Q2 loss as costs outpace revenue uptick
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) widened its second-quarter operating loss despite an increase in revenue, as higher operating costs drove up expenses.
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GAMECO completes China’s first 767-300BCF conversion
Chinese MRO provider GAMECO has completed work the country’s first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF), more than half a year since the widebody conversion line began operations.
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Mitsubishi Heavy aerospace business doubles profit as order intake rises
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) aircraft, defence and space unit more than doubled its half-year profits, helped by up an uptick in orders at its aerostructures business.
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Chinese twin-tailed civilian UAV makes maiden sortie: state media
A four-engined, twin-tailed UAV – known as the ‘Double-tailed Scorpion’ – took off on its first flight in Sichuan province in China.
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HAECO, Ehang explore wide-ranging advanced air mobility cooperation
HAECO has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese advanced air mobility firm EHang to explore cooperation in the “blooming new segment”.