All air transport news – Page 481
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: JAL invests heavily in supersonic Boom
Japan Airlines has agreed to invest $10 million in Colorado-based Boom Supersonic and pre-order up to 20 of the Mach 2.2-capable airliners scheduled to enter service in the mid-2020s.
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News
JAL aims to go supersonic with investment in Boom Supersonic
Japan Airlines has announced at $10 million investment in Boom Supersonic, and an option to order 20 of the new-generation supersonic jets it plans to develop.
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News
Boeing comfortable with pace of 777X sales
Boeing is comfortable with the relatively slower sales of the 777X series this year given the state of the large aircraft market.
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News
Boeing focused on 777-8 tweaks to meet Qantas requirement
Boeing is focusing on tweaks it may be able to make to the 777-8 to meet Qantas’s requirement for an aircraft that can fly nonstop from Australia’s east coast to Europe.
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News
FACC embarks on expansion strategy
Austrian composites specialist FACC has received two additional autoclaves as part of an expansion strategy to lift turnover to €1 billion ($1.19 billion) by 2021.
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News
Boeing delivers 50th 737 Max
Boeing has delivered the 50th 737 Max 8 so far this year after handing over the first of the re-engined single-aisle family to Malindo in May, Flight Fleets Analyzer shows.
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News
DHL Express receives first A330P2F freighter
DHL Express has taken delivery of the first Airbus A330 to be converted from passenger to freighter configuration.
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Opinion
OPINION: E-Fan X is vital stepping stone
If you want to understand how electric power fits into the future of aviation, pay close attention to the progress of the E-Fan X, the hybrid-electric demonstrator launched by Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens.
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Opinion
OPINION: Leahy will be missed, although not by Boeing
When John Leahy’s name first appeared in Flight International it was within a 14-word brief about appointments at Piper Aircraft, and his was not even the main one.
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News
Second C919 conducts low-speed taxi tests
Comac has started low-speed taxi tests with the second prototype of the C919 aircraft.
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News
Airbus technology chief departs after 18 months in role
Airbus Group's chief technology officer Paul Eremenko is leaving to take up the same role at United Technologies after a short but eventful year-and-a-half-long tenure.
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PICTURES: A330-300P2F secures STC approval
Conversion specialist EFW has secured European supplemental type certification for the modified Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter modification.
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UK government pledges £54 million for aerospace research projects
Seven aerospace research and development projects have been granted investment worth a total of nearly £54 million ($73 million) by the UK government in a bid to boost the country's aerospace sector.
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News
PICTURE: Malaysia Airlines receives first of six A350s from ALC
Malaysia Airlines has received the first of six Airbus A350-900s it is leasing from Air Lease.
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PICTURE: A330-800 enters final assembly
Airbus has commenced final assembly of the first A330-800, the smaller of the two variants of the re-engined A330neo.
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Airbus, Siemens, R-R plan hybrid flights by 2020
Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens have teamed up to demonstrate a flyable hybrid-electric propulsion system on a British Aerospace 146 regional jet.
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Qantas 'excited' about NMA and assisting Boeing with definition
Qantas sees the prospect of Boeing developing its proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) specifically for short/medium-haul routes as "fantastic" and is working with Seattle to help define the design.
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PICTURE: GE9X prepared for first flight on 747 testbed
A first-flight milestone for the GE9X turbofan is only weeks away after GE Aviation completed installing the 339cm (133.5in)-diameter turbofan on the Boeing 747-400 testbed.