All air transport news – Page 551
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News
SINGAPORE: GE Aviation to increase MRO capability in Singapore
GE Aviation is set to invest heavily in its Singapore outpost over the coming years as it anticipates an upsurge in component MRO work due an increased aircraft fleet utilising GE powerplants.
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NewsBoeing stock price tumbles on fraud report
Boeing’s stock price is flirting with setting a one-day decline record on 11 February after a morning news report linked the company to a fraud investigation.
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Boeing plans new aircraft go-ahead decision by end-year
Despite spending months pleading for patience, Boeing executives are now telling employees a decision on whether to go ahead with a new airliner aimed at the “middle of the market” (MOM) could be made by the end of the year.
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Boeing predicts 747-8 rate increase in 2019
Boeing has revealed long-term plans to double the planned production rate on the 747-8 programme in 2019, according to new financial documents.
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PICTURE: Airbus starts final assembly of A350-1000
Airbus has commenced final assembly of the A350-1000, the stretched version of the airframer's long-haul twinjet.
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PICTURE: MRJ prototype resumes flight tests
The first Mitsubishi Regional Jet, FTA-1, has resumed flight testing after being on the ground for more than two months.
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Boeing reaffirms 737 Max 9 strategy despite slow sales
Though outsold by more than five-to-one by the Airbus A321neo to date, the 737 Max 9 remains "well-positioned" in the market, says Boeing vice-president of marketing Randy Tinseth.
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A321neo performs maiden test flight
Airbus has started test flights with the A321neo, the largest member of its re-engined single-aisle family.
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OpinionOPINION: What next for Boeing?
Having abandoned a clean-sheet design to replace its 737 in 2011, Boeing has moved swiftly towards flight testing a re-engined version. But its focus may now shift to something larger
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Freighter market converts Bedek into growth plan
Only a year ago it was still possible to speculate on the demise of the freighter aircraft market, one of the key strengths of Israel’s commercial aerospace industry.
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NewsFormer Sikorsky president killed in P-51D crash
Former Sikorsky president Jeff Pino was killed in a crash of his North American P-51D Mustang on 5 February.
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NewsCFM claims 50-second start-up time for A320neo engine
Start-up times are not a problem for the Leap-1A engine nearing entry into service in mid-2016 for the Airbus A320neo, manufacturer CFM International says.
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NewsReports of new 737 Max derivative premature: Boeing
Boeing chief financial officer Greg Smith on 3 February drew an even darker veil around the company’s plans for a new product aimed at addressing a gap between the 737 Max 9 and the 787-8
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: IAI CEO studies regional jet, light jet projects
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is at a major crossroads and every move in the wrong direction is crucial.
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NewsBoeing may face gap in bridge to 737 Max: Analyst
Boeing may slow down the rate of 737NG deliveries this year due a demand shortfall in the 18-month bridge to the arrival of the re-engined 737 Max, UBS analyst David Strauss says.
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NewsVIDEO: Boeing 737 Max completes maiden flight
Boeing’s lead 737 Max the “Spirit of Renton” defied Seattle’s seasonal drizzle to complete its maiden flight today, taking off over Lake Washington in front of thousands of cheering employees, who the company is hailing for having completed an “extremely clean airplane” marginally ahead of schedule.
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Opinion
OPINION: Dassault excels in balancing act
“We had the impression the crisis was over and the world was back to recovery.” The downturn in markets that as recently as 2014 were darlings of Dassault, and its rivals in large-cabin business jets, surprised the French firm’s boss Éric Trappier, but it illustrates the fragility of a sector ...
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OpinionOPINION: Is Boeing at risk of slowing?
A landmark in Boeing’s illustrious, 99-year history passed unnoticed last year, on 20 February, when its shares traded at $158.31. In nearly a century of achievement, Boeing’s market value had never been higher. More ominously, that value was a distinct peak.
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ANA confirms order for three A380s
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has confirmed that it has ordered three Airbus A380s that will be used on its Tokyo-Honolulu route.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Can cargo market ensure 747's future?
On 21 January, Boeing dealt another blow to the 747-8 programme, announcing that from September 2016 it will cut production from the current 1.3 aircraft per month to 0.5 per month.