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LATAM continues to retreat from A350-1000
Latin American operator LATAM Airlines Group has converted another four A350-1000s to the -900, continuing its migration away from the larger A350 variant.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Last-minute deliveries push Airbus over line
Airbus’s intense production activity in the final month of 2018 included handing over 14 aircraft on the last day of the year in order to achieve, just barely, its revised target of 800 deliveries.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Asia-Pacific December 2018 deliveries report
Asia-Pacific airlines took delivery of 113 of the 221 new airliners delivered during the last month of 2018, well ahead of North America and Europe, where each region took 37 new aircraft.
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Airbus begins hiring Mobile-based A220 production workers
Airbus has started hiring factory workers at its planned Alabama A220 assembly site in advance of a goal to begin A220 production there later this year.
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NewsPICTURE: Boeing unveils trussed wing capable of jet speeds
Boeing has made design tweaks that allow its in-development truss-braced wing to operate at typical jet cruise speeds, a development that could bring significant fuel savings to tomorrow’s commercial aircraft.
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Airbus removes 10 A380s from order backlog
Airbus has removed orders for 10 A380s which had previously been allocated to an undisclosed customer.
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Airbus confirms MEA order for A330-900s
Airbus has confirmed Lebanese flag-carrier Middle East Airlines as a customer for four A330-900s.
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Airbus adds nearly 400 orders in final weeks of 2018
Airbus’s order rush in December centred heavily on single-aisle activity, with two undisclosed orders alone accounting for 147 A320neo-family aircraft.
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Late Airbus surge takes full-year net orders to 747
Airbus took net orders for 747 aircraft last year, managing to double the net figure of 380 it had achieved by the end of November.
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PICTURES: Air Dolomiti unveils new livery on E195
Italian regional carrier Air Dolomiti has unveiled a new livery that more closely aligns its branding with that of its parent company.
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Rolls-Royce aims to break speed record with electric single-seater
Rolls-Royce intends to set a speed record for all-electric aircraft of at least 260kt (481km/h) with an electrified version of the Nemesis NXT racing aircraft, which the engine maker is building with UK partners.
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Boeing just misses goal with 806 aircraft deliveries in 2018
Boeing continues to shatter its own commercial aircraft production records, delivering 806 airliners in 2018 as it feverishly boosted 737 production rates while sidestepping ongoing supply chain shortages.
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P&W's Singapore shop starts GTF overhauls
Pratt & Whitney’s Singapore engine shop, Eagle Services Asia, has begun overhauling its first PW1000G-series geared turbofan.
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Airbus achieves 800 deliveries for 2018
Airbus managed to deliver 800 commercial aircraft last year, but has yet to confirm the breakdown by type.
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Sales flurry takes Boeing 777 past 2,000 orders
Boeing confirms it received 17 new orders for 777s in December 2018, including aircraft ordered by two unnamed operators.
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PICTURES: Boeing installs GE9X engines on 777X test aircraft
Boeing's first flight-test 777X is powerless no more.
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Avolon signs up for Rolls-Royce's LifeKey lessor service
Avolon has adopted Rolls-Royce’s LifeKey service, aimed at increasing flexibility for customers of the manufacturer’s LessorCare aftermarket support programme.
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Superjet awaits US approval for Iranian Superjet sales
Russian airframer Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division claims it has yet to hear from US regulators regarding possible clearance of Superjet 100 sales to Iran.
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New A220 orders eclipse total A319neo sales
Airbus’s sealing of its landmark US orders for A220-300s means the airframer has effectively doubled the entirety of sales achieved by the rival A319neo.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What operators have to say about the A320neo
Nearly three years on from first delivery, the Airbus A320neo family is, in sales terms, an undoubted success story. More than 60 operators have the aircraft in service.