All air transport news – Page 588
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NewsAmerican’s first 787 delivery delayed to 2015
American Airlines plans to take delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 in the first quarter of 2015, an at least two month delay from previous expectations of a November delivery.
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NewsQatar Airways A350 delivery suffers last-minute delay
Delivery of the first Airbus A350-900 to launch customer Qatar Airways has been postponed indefinitely for unspecified reasons.
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NewsAirbus forecasts 20-year demand for 5,300 new jets in China
Airbus predicts that China will require around 5,300 new passenger aircraft and freighters in the next 20 years, as demand soars in domestic and international travel.
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Boeing announces new production cut for 747-8
Boeing has decided to lower yearly output of the 747-8 by 2.4 aircraft starting in September 2015 due to a slower recovery cycle in the cargo market.
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NewsA350 timeline: Countdown to first delivery
With the first delivery to launch customer Qatar Airways scheduled for this Saturday in Toulouse, Airbus is poised to see years of development work turn to reality in the form of its latest widebody, the A350.
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OpinionOPINION: Lessons must be learned from 787 battery fires
A pair of lithium ion batteries on the Boeing 787-8 – which should have been risk-assessment afterthoughts compared to the overall electrical system – became unexpected safety problems. Luckily, nobody was hurt and the aircraft escaped heavy damage. Why?
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Air NZ to exercise options on two more 787-9s
Air New Zealand (Air NZ) will exercise options on two Boeing 787-9s, taking its total commitment of the type to 12.
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OpinionOPINION: Where next for Rolls-Royce?
London investment bank Investec has called for a thorough strategy review at Rolls-Royce. The company’s directors may not take up the suggestion but, if they do, they may well conclude that their strategy is just fine as it is. But to propose other options is to raise serious questions for ...
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NewsPICTURES: Etihad's Heathrow 787 models back on display
If you like your runways to feature models of an aviation sort, take a trip to the “Etihad roundabout” at the entrance to London Heathrow’s Terminal 4.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The impact of DC-10 and MD-11 on aviation
All journeys on a passenger jet these days will be on a type that has two, or occasionally four, engines. This year marked the end of the era of the three-engine airliner and, with it, the presence in the flight schedules of a once powerful manufacturer. In a remarkable coincidence, ...
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NewsAirbus net orders pass 1,000 as first A330neos firmed
Airbus recorded three orders covering 120 Airbus A320-family jets during November, when it also booked its first firm agreements for the re-engined A330neo.
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Iberia MRO arm to repair CAE simulators
Spanish operator Iberia's maintenance division has secured an agreement to repair avionics and components for CAE simulators.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Should Rolls-Royce stick to aero engines?
Rolls-Royce made the news with a call for its breakup
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Hawaiian to add seats on 717s in 2015
Hawaiian Airlines will revamp the interiors of its Boeing 717 aircraft in 2015, installing new, slimmer seats to the fleet and increasing each aircraft’s total seat count to 128.
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OBITUARY: Jean-Paul Bechat, the industrialist who steered the Safran merger
The announced merger of state-controlled French engine maker Snecma and privately-owned defence electronics group Sagem 10 years ago may have been greeted by scepticism by analysts and been more about Gallic industrial machismo than smart business. After all, Safran, the seemingly unweildy conglomerate it created, made everything from photocopiers to ...
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Magnetic MRO adds engine on-wing support arm
Estonia's Magnetic MRO has opened an engine on-wing maintenance unit and begun offering related support packages.
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NewsPICTURE: Airbus delivers 200th aircraft from Tianjin line
Airbus has marked the 200th Airbus A320 family aircraft assembled at the Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin, handing over an A319 to China Eastern Airlines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Has the Boeing 787 been a network changer?
Three years after the Boeing 787's long-awaited entry into service, Henk Ombelet from Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy looks at whether the Dreamliner has changed the market
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Airbus offers family option to airlines seeking 757 performance
Airbus sees its A320neo family of aircraft as an answer to the performance capabilities of Boeing 757-200s, as it evaluates offering a longer-range A321neo that could replace the 757 on transatlantic missions.
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OPINION: Airbus goes back to the drawing board with A350 training
With the imminent entry into service of the Airbus A350, another modern aviation development comes to fruition – not just the A350 hardware or software, but the “liveware”.