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NewsBombardier launches CSeries production ramp-up
Bombardier has launched the CSeries production ramp-up with suppliers for the CS100 and CS300 aircraft after the former recently cleared a key milestone in certification testing, vice-president and general manager Rob Dewar confirms to Flightglobal.
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NewsQantas firms order for eight 787-9s
Qantas Airways has announced an order for eight Boeing 787-9s that will be used to replace five of its ageing 747-400s and allow for future international growth.
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OpinionOPINION: Buffett purchase of Precision positive for industry
The Oracle of Omaha’s mega-deal reminded everybody that aerospace is one of few industries today with a serious upside – but while investors are hungry, don’t expect a feeding frenzy
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NewsAirbus starts assembling A350-1000 wing
Airbus has commenced production of the A350-1000 wing at its specialist UK plant in Broughton.
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NewsIndiGo firms order for 250 A320neos
Indian low-cost giant IndiGo has firmed an order for 250 Airbus A320neo aircraft, the largest order by number for the Toulouse-based airframer.
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NewsPlane paint: Top 10 Indian liveries
With Boeing forecasting demand for 1,740 new commercial aircraft in India over the next 20 years, we ask: what will they look like?
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OpinionOPINION: Russia needs a new strategy to fix its aerospace industry
Russia's aerospace industry has suffered two bad years, with more to come if nothing changes
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NewsBoeing sees demand for 1,740 new commercial aircraft in India
Boeing is forecasting demand for 1,740 new commercial aircraft in India over the next 20 years, with the majority of the requirements in the narrowbody market segment.
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NewsPICTURE: ATR enters Japan with Amakusa delivery
Japanese regional carrier Amakusa Airlines has taken delivery of its first ATR 42-600.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Frigate Ecojet takes airliner concept to new Europe base
Launching a three-aisle widebody airliner with a geometrically unique, ovular fuselage cross section always seemed an uphill struggle for a start-up Russian manufacturer, but the challenge in the end proved overwhelming.
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Boeing teams with ANA for 787 EIS support
All Nippon Airways will partner with Boeing’s 787 GoldCare programme to support new 787 customers with entry into service.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The size and shape of the world airliner fleet revealed in our census
Airlines, it seems, cannot get enough of Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies. With the latest re-engined versions of the A320 family and the 737 due to enter service in the next two years, and both manufacturers sitting on hundreds of orders, deliveries of their existing single-aisle types have continued to mount ...
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NewsP&W discloses new engine option for CSeries
Pratt & Whitney is rolling out a new, higher-thrust version of the PW1500G engine in the next two to three months for the Bombardier CSeries aircraft family.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The Flightglobal Fleet Forecast's narrowbody outlook
Ascend consultancy head Rob Morris examines the competition facing the incumbent single-aisle manufacturers
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NewsEl Al to acquire up to 28 787s
El Al has decided to buy and lease a mix of 15 Boeing 787-8s and 787-9s to replace Boeing 747-400s and Boeing 767-300ERs, preserving the US manufacturer’s monopoly of the Israeli flag carrier’s fleet.
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Aviakor suspends An-140 programme
Aviakor has suspended its Antonov An-140 manufacturing programme as a result of supply-chain disruption.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Sukhoi reveals design plans for stretched Superjet
Single-model product offerings are so rare in the commercial aircraft business that they usually represent a strategic miscalculation made somewhere at the beginning of an unexpectedly long development process.
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NewsMitsubishi opens Seattle centre for flight test work
Mitsubishi Aircraft has opened an engineering centre in Seattle, as it prepares for the flight tests of its MRJ regional jet in the USA, scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2016.
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GE presses to lift icing limits on 787, 747-8 engines
GE Aviation plans to roll out a new software upgrade that could finally remove the last of the operating restrictions imposed two years ago on one of the engines that power the Boeing 787-8.
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OpinionOPINION: GKN takeover of Fokker shows value of private investment
Don't underestimate the significance of GKN's takeover of Fokker Technologies