All air transport news – Page 572
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BOC Aviation orders six Boeing 787-9s
Lessor BOC Aviation has signed a purchase agreement with Boeing for six 787-9s, in a deal valued at $1.69 billion at list prices.
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Boeing suffers "limited" malware intrusion
A malware attack struck Boeing computers on 28 March, but the company insists the impact is contained.
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South Korean delegation presses for F-35 MRO&U contracts
A member of a South Korean governmental delegation pressed the US Department of Defense to grant maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade contracts for the F-35A Lighting II to Korean companies during a speech at a rollout ceremony for the jet fighter in Fort Worth, Texas on 28 March.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Boeing 787-10 technical description and cutaway
Boeing has closed the 15-year-long development phase of the 787 family of aircraft with the delivery of the third and – for at least another decade – final major variant of the Dreamliner to launch customer Singapore Airlines.
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Enter Air sets up in-house maintenance arm
Polish charter carrier Enter Air is establishing a new maintenance subsidiary for its fleet, which will be known as Enter Air Services.
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Aegean signs for 30 A320neo-family jets
Aegean Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of 20 Airbus A320neos and 10 A321neos.
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SIA to introduce regional A350-900 later in 2018
Singapore Airlines has will introduce a regional variant of the Airbus A350-900 later this year that will complement its Boeing 787-10s.
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VietJet signs GECAS, Safran deals during state visit
Vietnamese low-cost carrier VietJet Air has entered into a sale-and-leaseback deal with GECAS covering five Airbus A321neos, as well as a support deal with Safran for aircraft engines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: SIA upgrades regional services with new 787-10
Singapore Airlines took delivery of its latest regional aircraft this week: the first 787-10 handed over to a customer by Boeing.
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China Southern Group to take 309 aircraft through to 2020
The China Southern Airlines Group is currently scheduled to take delivery of 309 aircraft over the next three years, with nearly half of those set to arrive this year.
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Rolls-Royce tests lean-burn combustor in icing conditions
Rolls-Royce has conducted icing tests on a demonstrator engine equipped with a lean-burn combustor to be used in the manufacturer's Advance and UltraFan future powerplant programmes.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Three decades since first A320 delivery
Thirty years ago this week, Airbus delivered the first Airbus A320. This was in a landmark event in the European manufacturer's evolution from niche player to a truly global producer of airliners.
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PICTURES: Second MC-21 moves to Irkut flight-test line
Russian airframer Irkut has completed assembly of the second flight-test MC-21-300, almost 10 months since the maiden flight of the type.
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NewsPICTURES: Singapore Airlines takes first 787-10
Singapore Airlines took delivery of the first Boeing 787-10, with the group becoming the first operator of all three Dreamliner variants.
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American focuses widebody campaign on 787: reports
American Airlines has reportedly dropped the Airbus A330-900neo from an on-going widebody aircraft campaign, focusing on the Boeing 787-9 to replace its Airbus A350-900 commitment.
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PICTURES: Polish flag carrier LOT receives first 787-9
LOT's first 787-9 landed at Warsaw Chopin airport at 08:53 local time today after a 9h 20min delivery flight from Paine Field, the airport serving Boeing's Everett plant in Seattle.
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Boeing starts fuselage assembly for first 777-9
Major fuselage sections of the first 777X aircraft have entered Boeing’s Fuselage Assembly Centre in Everett, Washington, Boeing says.
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Boeing will not appeal US trade panel's Bombardier tariff vote
Boeing confirms it will not appeal a decision by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that nullified steep tariffs on the importation into the USA of Bombardier CS100s.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airframers seek more secure seat supply
When Boeing revealed in January its intention to start manufacturing seats as part of a new joint venture with automotive seating specialist Adient, it was a wake-up call for incumbent suppliers to deal with capacity bottlenecks that had previously hampered airframers' production ramp-up plans.
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Opinion
OPINION: Continued EASA membership is vital for UK aerospace
To put it bluntly, whatever the rights and wrongs of Brexit, leaving the European Aviation Safety Agency as well as the EU would be an act of supreme folly for the UK.