All air transport news – Page 385
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Virgin Atlantic outlines huge ambitions for expanded Heathrow
Virgin Atlantic has outlined plans for a massive expansion of its network to create a “second flag carrier” in the UK, should slot reforms being considered for an expanded Heathrow airport work in its favour.
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House formally invites Boeing’s Muilenburg to testify
The chair of the US House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has formally invited Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg to testify before the full committee on 30 October.
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Boeing values 20-year Chinese market at $2.9 trillion
Boeing forecasts that China will need 8,090 new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years in addition to $1.6 billion in services related to passenger air transport.
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A320 family embarks on approach to 10,000 deliveries
Airbus is likely to take A320-family deliveries into five figures around the first quarter of 2021, after it handed over its 9,000th example to UK budget carrier EasyJet earlier this month.
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Airbus closes hangar and inspects jets after Mobile incident
Airbus is evaluating two aircraft for potential damage and has closed one hangar at its Mobile aircraft assembly site after a fire suppression system activated on 13 September.
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Airline Business
Vietnam Airlines chief executive Duong Tri Thanh
In a corner of Hanoi’s Noi Bai International airport is a derelict Ilyushin IL-18 in the livery of Vietnam Airways, a forerunner to the Vietnam Airlines of today. The Cold War icon sits on flat tires, corrosion all but obscuring its blue and white livery. It rests in clear sight of Hanoi’s two parallel runways, a silent witness to the revolution taking place within Vietnam’s airline sector – and the major changes in Vietnam Airlines itself.
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Fourth test MC-21 to feature high-density seating layout
Russian airframer Irkut is to install a high-density seating layout in its fourth flight-test MC-21-300 aircraft.
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Embraer sticks to schedule on E175-E2 and promises sales soon
Embraer has underlined that it is still holding to a 2021 target for service entry of the E175-E2, despite a lack of orders for the smallest variant of the second-generation E-Jet family.
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Analysis
Six months on from the Boeing 737 Max grounding
It was on 13 March this year that the US Government ordered the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft, the final stage in a series of rulings by regulatory agencies around the world halting flights with the type.
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MHIAEL picked to retrofit ANA’s Trent modules
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines (MHIAEL) has completed the first retrofit of intermediate pressure compressor (IPC) modules on All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
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House seeks Boeing interviews on 737 Max
Top Democrats on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its aviation subcommittee want Boeing to provide interviews with its employees as they plan another hearing to investigate the design, development and certification of Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
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Analysis
Mitsubishi bolsters support team as M90 deliveries near
Mitsubishi Aircraft is assembling what it describes as an industry-leading customer service team to support the coming entry-into-service of the company’s SpaceJet M90.
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Embraer delivers first E195-E2 to Azul
Embraer has handed over the second of its E-Jet E2 variants: an E195-E2 for Brazilian carrier Azul via lessor AerCap.
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Podcast
PODCAST: Airline Business on Ryanair, Vietnam, Aigle Azur, cargo
The new edition of the Airline Business podcast is now available.
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PICTURE: First Fiji A350-900 out of paint shop
Fiji Airways’ first Airbus A350-900s will enter service in January 2020, and will fly to Sydney and Los Angeles.
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Labour board favors Boeing in IAM union dispute
A US National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) panel says 178 technicians and inspectors at Boeing's 787 factory in South Carolina cannot organise as a union, which could deal a blow to workers nationwide seeking to organize "micro units" representing small parts of a company.
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Global regulatory scrutiny threatens Boeing's Max timeline: CEO
Some regulators around the world plan to complete their own review of the Boeing 737 Max, threatening to set back the company's anticipated timeline for the aircraft's service return, Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg said on 11 September.
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Boeing downplays impact of 777X load test "issue"
Boeing maintains that the Boeing 777X programme timeline will not be affected by the suspension of load testing caused by a reported cargo door failure.
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MTU starts Leap maintenance
German engine specialist MTU's engine overhaul shop in Chinese city Zhuhai has started servicing CFM International Leap engines.
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Depressurisation should prompt Trent 1000 checks: EASA
Operators of Boeing 787s powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines are set to be instructed to conduct engine checks after cabin depressurisation events.