All air transport news – Page 661
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BOC Aviation orders 30 more A320s
BOC Aviation has announced an additional order for 18 A320neo and 12 A320ceo family aircraft.
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OBITUARY: Andre Turcat, first man to fly Concorde
Andre Turcat made his reputation as the first Concorde pilot. In retirement, he remained one of the supersonic transport’s greatest supporters
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Our 2015 forecasts revisited – spot-on or way, way off?
Forecasting is a rough game, but here at Flight we're always up for a challenge – or are we just too foolish to know when to quit? Our 2015 calls, in retrospect
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Opinion
OPINION: Can aerospace sustain record performance?
The world’s aircraft manufacturers were not without reasons to celebrate as 2015 came to a close. Their key customers in passenger-carrying airlines had shrugged off slower than expected economic output and – buoyed by shrewder management and plunging oil prices – expected to report record-breaking profits globally, in excess of ...
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Orders down but Airbus and Boeing set output record
A late flurry of deals has boosted Boeing's 2015 book-to-bill ratio to one as the US manufacturer and its rival Airbus look set to record around 2,000 net orders between them for the full year.
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NewsForecasts 2016: What's on approach for the year ahead?
Are we on the cusp of a personal jet age? Is the civil tiltrotor doomed? Do the big Gulf carriers need yet more aircraft? Will Boeing and Northrop Grumman do a takeover tango and can Rolls-Royce carry on as we know it? And, is anybody going to the Moon? Time ...
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NewsFirst A320neo delivery slips to 2016
Airbus will not be delivering its first A320neo this year, after the airframer and initial delivery customer Lufthansa opted to delay its introduction.
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NewsTarget for MC-21's first flight slips from mid-2016 to year-end
United Aircraft has pushed back the start of its flight-test programme for the Irkut MC-21 twinjet toward the end of 2016.
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Mitsubishi to beef up MRJ fuselage and wings
Mitsubishi Aircraft will strengthen the MRJ regional jet’s airframe and upgrade its software, following an announcement last week about a year-long delay to the aircraft’s delivery schedule.
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PICTURE: IndiGo inducts 100th A320
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has taken delivery of its 100th Airbus A320 aircraft.
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NewsSecond Bell 525 takes flight
After completing a series of ground checks, Bell Helicopter’s second 525 flight test vehicle has lifted off in Amarillo, Texas.
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Mitsubishi delays MRJ deliveries by a year
Mitsubishi Aircraft is to delay the first delivery of the MRJ regional airliner by around a year, to mid-2018.
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Embraer sets 25 February rollout for new E-Jet
Embraer has announced plans to reveal the first E190 E2 test aircraft to the public on 25 February in a ceremony staged at company's final assembly complex in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
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Boeing faces up to $36m in fines for skipped deadlines
Boeing has agreed to pay at least $12 million and make more than a dozen internal management changes to settle a string of complaints by the US Federal Aviation Administration over failing to follow through on safety enforcement actions.
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NewsEmbraer KC-390 to rival turboprops in Canadian FWSAR comp
Embraer will put forward an ambitious bid to replace Canada’s antiquated fixed-wing search-and-rescue fleets, offering its in-development KC-390 military transport for the role.
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NewsSpaceX Falcon 9 booster achieves epic vertical landing
SpaceX has pulled of a monumental feat in aerospace engineering by landing its upgraded first-stage Falcon 9 rocket booster at Cape Canaveral, Florida, while successfully putting 11 Orbcomm communications satellites on orbit.
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Airbus delays first A320neo delivery to IndiGo
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is unlikely to receive its first Airbus A320neo this year, following an unspecified delay in the delivery schedule.
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NewsSecond Bell 525 joins test campaign with three following in 2016
Bell Helicopter’s initial 525 Relentless flying prototype now has a companion on its test and certification campaign with Flight Test Vehicle-2 (FTV-2) joining the programme last week, the airframer confirms.
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NewsTransport Canada announces type certification for CSeries
Canada’s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced the Bombardier CSeries CS100 has received type certification in a 18 December ceremony at Bombardier’s assembly line in Mirabel, Quebec.
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Delta orders 20 737-900ERs, buys used E190s
Delta Air Lines has reached a new agreement to purchase 20 used Embraer 190s from Boeing Capital and order 20 new 737-900ERs from the airframer.