All air transport news – Page 510
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EBACE: HondaJet global sales drive ramps up with SE Asia entry
Honda Aircraft is ramping up its global sales drive for the HondaJet, today announcing expansion to Southeast Asia where it has partnered with Thai Aerospace Services (TAS) to sell and support the light business jet across the region.
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EBACE: GE partners with Aerion on supersonic engine study
GE Aviation will partner with Aerion to design a supersonic engine that could power the AS2 business jet, meet stricter community noise regulations and potentially serve as a gateway to a commercial supersonic transport.
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EBACE: Four used A380s offered to head-of-state market
Geneva-based reseller Sparfell & Partners has announced it’s been charged to market four used Airbus A380s as Head of State aircraft and will unveil at EBACE a Winch Design-provided rendering of the private double-decker.
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Malindo operates world's first 737 Max flight
Malaysian carrier Malindo Air flew the world's first Boeing 737 Max 8 commercial flight on 22 May, operating the Kuala Lumpur to Singapore route as flight OD803.
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EBACE: Comlux delivers first EASA-certificated Sukhoi Business Jet
Comlux has delivered the first EASA-certificated VIP cabin completion on a Sukhoi Business Jet, and is preparing for the imminent entry into service of its largest aircraft – a VIP-configured Boeing 777-200LR that it will operate on behalf of an upmarket tour company.
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Opinion
OPINION: Can airframers beat supply chain vulnerability?
Like a game of industrial Whac-a-Mole, Airbus and Boeing have conquered one embarrassing behaviour – long-delayed new product introductions – just as customers grow increasingly nervous about another emerging problem: supply chain breakdowns.
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Rockwell has discussed middle-market aircraft
Rockwell Collins' cabin interior unit has had preliminary discussions with Boeing about the airframer's middle-of-the-market aircraft concept, a Rockwell executive tells FlightGlobal.
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Strikes could hit A350 wing production
Airbus could be facing more supply chain misery on its A350 programme after workers at a wing component supplier voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in a dispute over pay.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: MRJ looks to defy the doubters
Mitsubishi Aircraft brought its MRJ regional jet mock-up to the Farnborough air show in July 2016, the same one it displayed at Le Bourget in 2015. It held its usual mock-up tour to highlight the features of the Japanese aircraft, but most had seen it before, and it had lost ...
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Boeing delivers first 737 Max
Boeing has delivered the first 737 Max 8 to launch operator Malindo, becoming the fourth generation of the 50-year-old single-aisle design to be handed over to a customer.
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PICTURE: Iran Air receives its first ATRs
Iran Air has taken delivery of its first four ATR 72-600 turboprops.
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PICTURE: MC-21 undergoes taxiing and ground tests
Irkut's initial MC-21-300 has been undergoing taxiing tests ahead of the twinjet's maiden flight, a date for which has yet to be fixed.
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Boeing resumes 737 Max 8 test flights
Boeing has resumed flying the 737 Max 8 on 12 May about a week after grounding the fleet to inspect the engines for a possible manufacturing flaw.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Where is the middle of the market?
Chris Seymour, Flight Ascend Consultancy's head of market analysis, considers the issues around a new twin-aisle family to serve the MoM
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FLIGHT TEST: Boeing's 737 Max – the same but different
Test pilot Paul Smith put Boeing's 737 Max 8 through its paces for FlightGlobal, and here gives his verdict
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Opinion
OPINION: The C919 is a tale of dreams and destiny
When the Comac C919 took off into an overcast Shanghai on 5 May, guests at the first flight ceremony burst into cheers and applause. Suppliers and Comac employees hugged and congratulated each other on a job well done, having just witnessed China's aerospace dream take flight.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: China's aerospace dream takes flight with C919
China's aerospace ambitions became airborne on 5 May, as its C919 narrowbody successfully completed a 1h 19min first flight. In a move of unprecedented transparency, the maiden sortie was broadcast live on Chinese television, with a camera positioned behind chief pilot Cai Jun.
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Boeing, Comac break ground on 737 completion plant
Boeing and Comac started construction today on a new completion and delivery centre for the 737 in China.
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Bombardier confirms CSeries engines require upgrades
Bombardier has confirmed the Pratt & Whitney engine powering the CSeries will require similar upgrades that are required for the Airbus A320neo aircraft family.
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Delta defers 10 A350s, orders 30 more A321s
Delta Air Lines has deferred the deliveries of 10 Airbus A350-900s and ordered 30 more A321s.