All air transport news – Page 594
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MC-21 begins flight-test programme from Gromov
Irkut has started the flight-test programme with the MC-21-300 from the Gromov institute at Moscow's Zhukovsky airfield.
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PICTURE: Emirates takes 100th A380
Emirates is today taking delivery of its 100th Airbus A380 at a ceremony being held at the manufacturer's delivery centre in Hamburg.
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OpinionOPINION: Will Dubai air show bring surprise sales?
The Dubai air show is almost a victim of its own success: previous blockbuster orders have raised expectations that the buying spree will be repeated every two years.
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C919 takes third flight; engines start up on FTA 2
Comac's first C919 prototype took its third flight on 3 November, a day after the manufacturer ran the engines on its second prototype for the first time.
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Bombardier discloses tentative deal covering 61 CSeries jets
Bombardier has received a letter of intent from an unidentified European customer to acquire up to 61 CSeries aircraft, but delays to Pratt & Whitney engines have forced the airframer to cut its predicted 2017 deliveries of the airliner.
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A350-1000 nears certification after finishing reliability tests
Airbus has wrapped up functional and reliability testing for its A350-1000, and is expecting to achieve certification for the twinjet this month.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing embarks on path to $50bn in services revenue
Boeing on 25 October released the first financial results of its new aviation services business, setting a benchmark against which to measure Boeing's progress toward an ambitious aftermarket goal.
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Short take-off freighter concept undergoes windtunnel test
Russian researchers are conducting windtunnel tests on a new conceptual freighter designed to operate from short unpaved fields.
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NewsAmerican to say adios to MD-80s in 2019
American Airlines has set 2019 as the year it will retire its Boeing MD-80 fleet, replacing the venerable rear-engined aircraft with modern Boeing models.
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PICTURES: Retirement of KLM Fokker ends era that began in 1921
The retirement of KLM Cityhopper's last Fokker 70, after final flights on 28 October, marks the end of an era in Dutch aviation history.
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Airbus facing separate US-focused regulatory probe
Airbus has disclosed that it is facing a separate probe into business irregularities, centred on US regulatory compliance on defence contracts.
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Qatar agrees to take four previously-cancelled A350s
Qatar Airways has agreed to pick up four finished Airbus A350-900s, four months after the Middle Eastern carrier cancelled delivery of the aircraft.
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CFM reviews fleet after finding Leap-1A durability issue
CFM International is evaluating the Leap-1A engine fleet on Airbus A320neo aircraft for a prematurely deteriorating coating on a turbine part after identifying the problem on eight engines in service.
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NewsDelta international 747 drawdown enters final chapter
Delta Air Lines begins the final chapter in the drawdown of its international Boeing 747-400 fleet today, with the introduction of the Airbus A350-900.
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United Aircraft among firms on US sanctions target list
Several Russian aerospace firms feature on a newly-issued list of companies against which the US government is aiming new sanctions.
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MB Aerospace buys Asian engine MRO firm
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) and joint venture partners Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and China Airlines, will fully divest Asian Compressor Technology Services (ACTS) to MB Aerospace Newton Abbot.
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CFM hits new nine-month production record
CFM International shipped a record number of engines in the first nine months of 2017, delivering a combined 1,333 Leap and CFM56 powerplants, up from 1,326 in the same period a year earlier.
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OPINION: After first flight, Airbus must deliver on A330neo promises
Amid the celebrations about another successful Airbus first flight, there was a large, but unmentioned, elephant formating with the A330neo as it swooped over Toulouse. For despite the apparently smooth maiden sortie, the reality is that flight testing should have been nearing completion right now, rather than just beginning.
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OPINION: Elderly 767 could offer a mid-market solution
Something seems wrong with this scenario: an aircraft introduced nearly 30 years ago in a market segment now teeming with new technology could still make a comeback with the same engines and metal wing despite a nearly four-year break in production.
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Korean Air could order more 787s
Korean Air could order more Boeing 787s as replacements for its ageing 777-200ERs.