All air transport news – Page 558
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PICTURES: E190-E2 makes London City debut en route to Farnborough
An Embraer E190-E2 landed at London City airport for the first time today, en route to the Farnborough air show.
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PICTURE: Turkish receives first higher-capacity A321neo
Airbus has delivered the first A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex) to Turkish Airlines today.
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Druk Air orders ClearVision-equipped ATR 42
Bhutani flag carrier Druk Air has ordered an ATR 42-600 and will become the first operator of the turboprop manufacturer's ClearVision system, intended to improve pilots' situational awareness in low-visibility conditions.
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PICTURES: C919 undergoes ultimate wing load test
The Comac C919 programme is making progress, with the aircraft passing a key static testing milestone and flight test aircraft 102 making a cross country flight.
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Sabrelet-fitted Superjet needs repair after test accident
Sukhoi’s winglet-fitted Superjet 100 test aircraft has sustained damage during a landing incident in Moscow.
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INFOGRAPHIC: How is the narrowbody market-share shaping up?
As orders for the re-engined A320neo and 737 Max soar past 10,500 aircraft, we call on Flight Fleets Analyzer data to show how the narrowbody market-share battle is shaping up
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Trent work forces ANA to make third round of 787 cancellations
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced a third round of Boeing 787 domestic flight cancellations to allow for checks on the type’s Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
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Shenzhen Airlines receives first A320neo aircraft
Shenzhen Airlines received its first Airbus A320neo aircraft this month.
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PICTURE: New livery features on second MC-21
Irkut has unveiled a new paint scheme on the second flight-test airframe of the MC-21-300 programme.
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Vistara commits to 13 A320neos, six 787-9s
Indian carrier Vistara has signed letters of intent to order 13 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, as well as six Boeing 787-9s that will be deployed on long-haul routes.
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NewsAirbus and United talk A321LR and A330neo specifics
Airbus has sent United Airlines tailored specifications for the A321LR and A330neo, as the US carrier continues its evaluation of possible Boeing 757 and 767 replacements.
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PICTURE: CSeries renamed as Airbus A220
Airbus has formally redesignated the Bombardier CSeries as the A220, complementing its larger A320 single-aisle range.
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Boeing secures '797' trademark
Boeing has quietly registered the name ‘797’ as a trademark, European intellectual property documents show.
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ANALYSIS: Why Airbus foresees laminar wings on next-gen aircraft
In the quest for greater efficiency of large transport aircraft, efforts to reduce wing drag through conventional aerodynamic tweaks have largely been exhausted, in the view of Airbus senior vice-president of research and technology Axel Flaig.
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PICTURE: First two 777X aircraft enter assembly line at Everett
Boeing has released images of the first two Boeing 777X test aircraft on the final assembly line at its Everett plant in Washington.
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Irkut production 'unaffected' after plant suffers fire
Russian airframer Irkut is reassuring that its production operations are unaffected by a fire which broke out at its aircraft plant on 9 July.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How a 'full-digital approach' renewed Airbus's Beluga
Airbus aircraft once used to begin life inside a Boeing, of sorts. Specifically the structures of Airbus jets would be ferried in a heavily modified version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, adapted by US specialist Aero Spacelines into the Super Guppy turboprop transporter.
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ANALYSIS: Are composite airframes feasible for narrowbodies?
Boeing and Airbus has been building aluminium aircraft for decades when they switched to composite designs for their respective 787 and A350 programmes. Whether that material change can be replicated for next-generation medium-haul aircraft, however, is unclear.
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ANALYSIS: A380 scrapes along in hope of revival
Only twice in the first decade since the Airbus A380 entered service has the double-deck aircraft ended a year with its order backlog higher than that of the previous one. On both occasions Middle Eastern carrier Emirates alone had spared the programme from recording a duck for the year. Emirates ...