All air transport news – Page 649
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IATA: Embraer targets Farnborough debut for E2
As the new E-Jet E2 prototype builds its flight-test hours, Embraer is hopeful that it will be able to confirm its attendance at July’s Farnborough air show by the end of this month.
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IATA: Leahy eyes early call on 'A350-2000' decision
Airbus sales chief John Leahy would like Airbus to decide “sooner rather than later” whether to go ahead with its proposed A350-1000 stretch, dubbed the “-2000”, to start securing orders in what could be a relatively small market.
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PICTURE: AirAsia X takes final two A330s before neo arrival
AirAsia X has taken delivery of two Airbus A330-300s, the final two aircraft it will add to its fleet, before its A330-900neos arrive in 2018.
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IATA: Leahy believes CSeries pricing strategy unsustainable
Airbus’s top salesman John Leahy is unmoved by the Bombardier CSeries recent sales successes and remains sceptical that the twinjet is becoming a genuine rival. He does not believe Bombardier has the financial wherewithal to sustain the sort of long-term loss making sales strategy usually required to become established as ...
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IATA: Bombardier sees discounts key to CSeries traction
Bombardier executives say discounts for its flagship CSeries as key to gaining momentum for the programme, responding to criticism from Airbus executives.
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WestJet exercises nine Q400 options
WestJet has ordered nine Bombardier Q400 turboprops, exercising its remaining options for the aircraft.
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NewsLithium ion batteries fly again on A350-900
Battery supplier Saft has clarified that Airbus installed and delivered the first A350-900 equipped with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to a customer at the end of last year.
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H225 crash investigators focus on three possible causes
Investigators probing the 29 April fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters H225 on Norway’s west coast have narrowed their focus to three possible causes for the main rotor separation that doomed the rotorcraft.
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Leap-powered A320neo certified by EASA and FAA
European and US authorities have granted type certification to the Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines.
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Airbus aiming to raise A330neo take-off weight
Airbus is looking to take the maximum take-off weight of the re-engined A330neo to 245t.
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ILA: MTU gets powered up by PW1000G
Business is brisk for blisks at MTU. The German engine specialist is months from completing an investment in what it describes as the biggest facility in the world for milling bladed disks. By the turn of the year, the last of 24 identical machines will be lowered into position to ...
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Airbus sales chief doubles-down on CSeries attack
Airbus’ top salesman is doubling-down with his long-running attack on the Bombardier CSeries family, arguing Delta Air Lines’ recent order for what he calls the “cute, little airplane” is not the breakthrough order that his Canadian competitor claims.
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PICTURE: MRJ FTA-2 completes maiden sortie
The second prototype of the MRJ regional jet programme conducted its first flight on 31 May, meeting the airframer's May target for its maiden sortie.
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Opinion
OPINION: Has industry been unfair to Bombardier?
It was 1994, and Airbus was already becoming more than a mere nuisance to Boeing. Tensions spiked at the Farnborough air show, when then-Boeing president Ron Woodard accused his opposite number at Airbus of lying: “I’ve watched him and his nose does grow when he talks.” Airbus repaid the Pinocchio-themed ...
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Fewer Superjet deliveries drag down Sukhoi revenues
Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division delivered two Superjet 100s in the first quarter, compared with four in the same period last year.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters to reveal X3 successor plan
Airbus Helicopters will reveal at next week’s ILA Berlin air show its initial concept for a 220kt (410km/h)-cruise helicopter developed under the EU-backed Clean Sky 2 effort.
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Superjet steep-approach approval targeted for 2017
Sukhoi foresees the Superjet 100 being certificated for steep landing approaches at London City airport in 2017.
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PICTURE: Air Austral takes first 787
Reunion’s Air Austral has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-8, becoming the first French operator to take the type.
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PICTURES: Embraer completes first flight of E-Jet E2
Embraer completed the first flight of its E-Jet E2 family today months ahead of schedule, in a milestone that it says is a sign of the programme’s maturity.
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NewsUSAF picks Coulson Aviation to outfit HC-130Hs for firefighting
The US Air Force has picked the Coulson Aviation USA retardant aerial delivery systems (RADS-XXL) to outfit seven former Coast Guard Lockheed Martin HC-130H search-and-rescue turboprops into firefighting assets for the Forest Service.