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CFM pleased with eCore 2 initial performance
CFM reports that it has begun tests of second full-scale engineering core (eCore 2) at 50/50 partner GE's Cincinnati facilities, with runs at operational...
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Business aviation - In brief
Australian risk management company OneSafe has launched its handheld cloud computing application that offers real-time, live aviation safety information to the resource and mining sector.
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Qatar Airways to seal Cargolux stake deal on 9 June
Qatar Airways will finalise its agreement for a 35% stake in freight carrier Cargolux on 9 June. The Doha-based carrier signed a memorandum of understanding...
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747-8 twins to make Paris debut
Boeing's new twin 747-8 variants are set to make their international debut at the 2011 Paris air show, 42 years after the first 747-100 made its first introduction to the world at the biennial aerospace gathering in 1969.
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German airlines join forces to promote biofuel development
Several German airlines, together with EADS and other manufacturers, have joined forces with research groups and bioenergy producers in Germany to push for...
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A350-1000 gains performance through thrust and design rethink
Airbus is to confirm plans at the Paris air show for a significant redesign of the A350-1000 in an effort to increase the largest XWB variant's competitiveness...
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Airbus takes deliveries to 217 over first five months
Airbus sold just seven aircraft in May, but the airframer typically holds order disclosures in reserve in the weeks before the Paris air show.
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EASA prepares to broaden icing certification criteria
Europe's safety authority is preparing to assess feedback over a proposed overhaul of icing certification criteria that would broaden the scope to include other hazardous icing phenomena such as supercooled large drops and crystallisation.
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First ANA 787 pilots complete training
Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch operator All Nippon Airways (ANA) and the airframer have completed pilot training in Seattle for the first crews who will operate...
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Boeing plans 747-8F Luxembourg visit after Paris
Following its planned international debut at the Paris air show, Boeing's jumbo 747-8 freighter will visit launch customer Cargolux at its Luxembourg base...
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Vladivostok Avia A330 snags construction fence on landing
Russian investigators are examining why a Vladivostok Avia Airbus A330-300 struck a construction work fence while landing at Moscow Vnukovo airport, where...
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Bombardier wins CSeries order from an unnamed customer
Bombardier's predicted CSeries order momentum is continuing after the airframer secured a firm order for three CS100 aircraft from an unnamed customer.
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Boeing prepares for pilot training surge as 787 nears service
The industry will have to train 466,650 new pilots and nearly 600,000 new technicians between now and 2029 according to the latest update of Boeing's industry training needs forecast.
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IATA: Hazy in talks with Airbus about Air Lease A320neo deal
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) chief executive Steve Udvar-Hazy has indicated that the leasing company could place an order for the Airbus A320neo at this month's Paris air show. He is also hopeful that Boeing will soon declare its intentions over a competitive response.
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IATA: Garuda to order up to 50 narrowbodies at Paris Air Show
Garuda Indonesia plans to order up to 50 narrowbody aircraft for its low-cost subsidiary Citilink at the upcoming Paris Air Show. Half of these will...
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IATA: China Southern to get first A380 in September
China Southern Airlines expects to receive its first Airbus A380 aircraft in September.
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EADS cites strong residual values for end of P2F programme
Costly residual values of the baseline Airbus A320 appear to have contributed to a decision by the airframer to cancel its passenger-to-freighter conversion programme.
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IATA: Thai ramps up to tackle competition
Tackling intensified competition in premium, low-cost and regional markets are behind moves by Thai Airways to bring in new aircraft and its recently launched...
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Landing gear problem forces SIA A380 to return to HK
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800 aircraft on the Hong Kong-Singapore route was turned back to Hong Kong on 5 June owing to a landing gear problem.