All air transport news – Page 560
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Boeing and Airbus up the ante in China
Boeing and Airbus have both moved to increase their industrial footprint in China
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: One year on, Virgin Galactic forging ahead with SpaceShipTwo endeavour
One year ago this month, Virgin Galactic’s pursuit of suborbital space tourism was put in jeopardy when its Scaled Composites-built SpaceShipTwo broke apart over the Mojave Desert just 13 seconds into its fourth powered flight.
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Mitsubishi focuses on taxi tests before first flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft has disclosed that two pilots with military experience will be piloting the MRJ regional jet on its first flight next week.
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First-flight target unchanged as MRJ ground tests near conclusion
Ground tests of the first Mitsubishi Regional Jet flight-test aircraft are close to completion ahead of a maiden sortie later this month.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Eva Air gives 787-10 boost in Asia-Pacific
Eva Air’s planned order for 24 Boeing 787-10 aircraft is an important boost for the variant in the Asia-Pacific region.
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EASA certificates ATR 72-600 combi
ATR has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification for the passenger-cargo "combi" version of the ATR 72-600.
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Qatar interested in A350 stretch: Al Baker
Qatar Airways would be interested in buying a stretched A350-1000 derivative should Airbus decide to build one, but only if it offers enough of a step over the rival Boeing 777-9X.
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Programme partner outlines production plan for modernised 328s
Serial manufacturing of modernised aircraft based on the Dornier 328 is scheduled to begin at a facility near Turkish capital Ankara in 2018.
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CS100 enters final phases of certification testing
Bombardier’s CS100 has completed over 90% of its certification programme, and is soon to enter function and reliability testing ahead of planned certification by the end of 2015.
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Embraer reaffirms E2 plan despite CSeries report
Embraer says it remains committed to developing the E-Jet E2 family, despite a Canadian newspaper report suggesting Bombardier intends to offer a partnership on CSeries.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: A Chinese white knight for CSeries?
Having been snubbed by Airbus, Bombardier all but certainly sees an urgent need to accelerate talks with other potential investors, including Comac, about its CSeries programme.
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Opinion
OPINION: Are Bombardier's woes getting serious?
Until the late hours of 6 October, matters seemed relatively under control in Montreal, where a new leadership team at cash-strapped Bombardier seemed to have opened some financial breathing space.
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Comac signs finance deal with China Exim Bank
Comac has signed a financing framework agreement with the China Exim Bank.
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Virgin Galactic’s new SpaceShipTwo approaching maiden flight
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Construction of Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo is progressing quickly but cautiously with technicians fitting the main oxidiser tank into the suborbital spaceplane in preparation for its maiden flight, which is expected “soon”.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: PMA demand to surge with new aircraft deliveries
Thousands of new aircraft deliveries appear set to drive a worldwide surge in demand for PMA parts, which today play a relatively small but critical role in the market.
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CityJet poised to order Superjets
Irish regional carrier CityJet is close to finalising an order for 15 Sukhoi Superjets to replace BAE Systems Avro RJ85s, sources familiar with the matter have indicated.
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SNC's updated Dream Chaser to resume flight tests
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser could resume flight testing in early 2016 following the repair and upgrade of the first engineering test asset that crash-landed in October 2013.
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Spaceport Colorado submitting FAA license application this month
LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO – Spaceport Colorado intends to submit its application for a commercial spaceport license by the end of the month with the aim of securing approval in the second quarter of 2016, says air and spaceport director David Ruppel.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: CMC testing bodes well for 777-9X efficiency
Ceramic matrix composites destined for use on the General Electric GE9X engine have passed the first phase of endurance testing with no red flags, despite a surprise exposure to an unplanned engine surge.
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PICTURE: Airbus delivers Finnair's first A350
Airbus has formally handed over a first A350 to the widebody twinjet type's first European operator, Finnair.