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Comac plans to manufacture widebody aircraft
Chinese airframer Comac is firming up plans to manufacture an indigenous widebody aircraft and has tentatively scheduled for it to be rolled out around 2025. The...
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JetBlue to offer extra legroom seats on A321s
Low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways will offer its extra legroom seats on its new Airbus A321s, following a recent move to extend the product offering to its...
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IN FOCUS: Top 100 aerospace companies 2012
Our Top 100 ranking of aerospace manufacturers' 2011 financial performance reveals the beginning of a sharp divergence in fortunes between companies supplying civil programmes and those reliant on military sales
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PICTURES: New fighter aircraft emerges in China
Images of a new fighter aircraft resembling the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter have appeared on Chinese defence sites. The...
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NTSB urges grounding for certain GEnx-powered 787 and 747-8s
US aircraft safety investigators have called for grounding certain Boeing 787s and 747-8s powered by General Electric engines until they are inspected for...
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Bombardier completes assembly of first CSeries fuselage
Bombardier confirms the final section for the CSeries structural test aircraft will be delivered to the Montreal factory by the end of the month, and final...
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Boeing trims vacated 787 delivery slots to reduce risk
Boeing has trimmed the pace of future 787 deliveries to reduce the risk of over-burdening the production system as it executes a swift and critical ramp-up....
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Embraer to restructure Chautauqua financings
Embraer has agreed to restructure its financing agreements with Chautauqua Airlines for its Embraer 145 family aircraft, as the regional airline seeks to...
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Airbus 2050: the details are all in the future
Airbus has, for several years now, been promoting a vision of air travel in 2050. Starting with the basic structure, the "concept plane" was an attempt to imagine what might come to be if materials and aerodynamic ideas could be combined into a sort of "engineer's dream".
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Second GEnx engine failure in six weeks prompts new investigation
An Air Bridge Cargo 747-8F landed safely after an engine shutdown on take-off on 11 September, becoming the second such major malfunction of a General Electric...
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Lukewarm response from markets to EADS-BAE merger plans
Reactions to merger talks between EADS and BAE Systems have been distinctly lukewarm, with one investor describing it as a "deal without logic". The...
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Air China firms up five 747-8Is
Air China has firmed up its order of five Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft, according to the airframer's updated orders today. The state-owned...
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Virgin Atlantic unveils second wave of domestic flights
Virgin Atlantic Airways has fleshed out further details of its upcoming entry into the UK domestic market, confirming plans to operate "multiple daily flights"...
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BAE-EADS merger could face US regulatory hurdles
A merger with BAE Systems could dramatically expand the EADS presence in the North American defence market, but at the same force divestitures of business...
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EADS-BAE tie-up unlikely to affect Airbus business
Proposals to merge EADS and BAE Systems would create an aerospace giant larger than Boeing, with revenues exceeding €70 billion ($90 billion). EADS...
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BAE Systems, EADS in merger talks to create $100bn turnover business
EADS, the Airbus and Eurocopter parent, is in talks with defence manufacturer BAE Systems over a possible merger that would create the world's largest aerospace...
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ILA: Airbus defends sales pace of A330-200F
Airbus has defended the slow pace of sales for its A330-200 freighter, insisting the cargo twinjet's business is comparable to the Boeing 767's when the...
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ILA: Future ownership of Diehl Aircabin yet to become clear
German interior systems supplier Diehl has yet to determine the future ownership of its Diehl Aircabin operation following partner Thales' decision to split...
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Emirates and AMR in partnership talks
Emirates is in talks with American Airlines parent AMR to launch a partnership that will involve codesharing on flights and reciprocal frequent flier benefits. The...
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ILA: Airbus pitches A400M for disaster-relief role
German federal civil protection organisation Technisches Hilfswerk (THW) is trying to identify ways to reduce expense and inefficiency in disaster-response...