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Delta chief eyes industry impact from 737 Max grounding
Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian says the investigation into the certification process and what brought down two Boeing 737 Max aircraft will “open a lot of questions” that could have broad implications for the airline industry.
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VIDEO: Flaris LAR 1 personal jet takes flight
Metal Master's Flaris LAR 1 got airborne for the first time on 8 April and has now completed a number of sorties from the airframer's flight-test base at Zielona Gora airport in western Poland.
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Mark Mannering-Smith on delivering safety and security
Mark Mannering-Smith is head of aviation safety at British Airways, where he is responsible for overseeing the day-today security of flying, airworthiness and cabin operations for the UK flag carrier
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Water-arch mishap blew out A320 emergency exit door
Celebrations to mark the arrival of a Saudia Airbus A320 service to Dubai misfired when a ceremonial firefighters’ water-arch punched out an overwing exit and caused its evacuation slide to deploy.
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PrivateFly completes Skyjet integration
Online business aircraft charter brokers PrivateFly and Skyjet have completed their merger, with the two companies now operating as a single entity under the PrivateFly brand within Directional Aviation's OneSky subsidiary.
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EASA to order Trent 1000 TEN checks over blade deterioration
Rolls-Royce is to advise Boeing 787 customers of an accelerated inspection regime for Trent 1000 TEN engines, after the discovery of premature blade deterioration on some powerplants.
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VIDEO: Air NZ goes digital to deliver 3D printed part in LA
Air New Zealand, ST Engineering Aerospace, Moog and Microsoft have successfully used 3D printing and blockchain technology to deliver a cabin part onto one of its Boeing 777-300ERs in Los Angeles.
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Airbus eyes urban mobility opportunities in Asia-Pacific
Airbus sees broad opportunities for the development of urban air mobility operations in crowded Asia-Pacific cities.
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Subaru promotes 412EPX in Southeast Asia
Subaru has introduced the new Subaru Bell 412EPX to the Southeast Asia market, with a notable appearance at the Rotorcraft Asia show.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Boeing’s costs rise amid signs of lengthy Max grounding
Recent events have signaled to financial analysts that the global grounding of the 737 Max could last notably longer than previously expected, potentially costing Boeing hundreds of millions of additional dollars.
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Search underway for missing Japanese Lockheed Martin F-35
The radar wake of a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter disappeared over the Pacific Ocean about 73nm (135km) east of Misawa air base on 9 April at 19:27 local time.
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Boeing’s Q1 commercial aircraft deliveries sink amid grounding
Boeings’ first quarter commercial aircraft deliveries slipped 19% year-on-year amid a global grounding of the 737 Max, the newest variant of its best-selling narrowbody.
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EU considers retaliation against proposed US tariffs
Europe is preparing countermeasures against the additional trade tariffs on EU goods that the US government has proposed amid a transatlantic dispute over alleged subsidies to aircraft manufacturers.
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RETROSPECTIVE: When Concorde wasn't the UK's cup of tea
When the first UK BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde lifted off on its maiden flight from Filton exactly 50 years ago, the supersonic aircraft was far from securing its legacy as a beloved and admired technological achievement.
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ANALYSIS: Delta TechOps aims for billion-dollar MRO revenue
Concrete walls separating a control room at a Delta Air Lines test-cell facility in Atlanta, Georgia, are 0.6m (2ft) thick, yet operators can still hear the roar of a Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine while they inspect it from all angles with five video cameras.
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Embraer names bus-maker's chief as new leader
Embraer has nominated Francisco Gomes Neto as president and chief executive.
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MTU wins GE90 support deal from United Airlines
United Airlines has selected MTU Aero Engines to maintain General Electric GE90-115B engines powering a fleet of Boeing 777-300ERS.
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All British Airways retrojets together for the first time
To mark the 50,000th customer on a retrojet flight by British Airways, all four heritage liveries have been photographed together for the first time.
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PICTURES & VIDEO: 50 years on from Concorde 002’s first flight
“The moment as Concorde spreads her wings over Britain for the first time”. That was how Flight International described the historic maiden take-off of the UK-built Concorde prototype in our 17 April 1969 issue.
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VIDEO: Concorde’s remarkable droop-nose system
This is an edited version of an article published in Flight International in August 1971