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Rostec to set up Moscow MRO venture with Atitech
Russian state corporation Rostec’s Technodinamika arm is to establish a new aircraft and engine maintenance centre in co-operation with Italian firm Atitech.
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Airbus pitches A330neo-A321LR pairing at middle-market
Airbus is pitching the combination package of its A321LR and A330neo at the middle-of-the-market sector as Boeing continues to explore its proposed NMA.
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Airbus urges pan-European solution to future combat air system
Airbus Defence & Space has urged Europe to come together to work on a future combat air system, warning that the bloc cannot support the development of several competing platforms.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Mitsubishi poised to put MRJ90 centre-stage
Mitsubishi Aircraft started flying the MRJ90 in November 2015. For 31 months, the test fleet has performed standard trials, mostly out of public view. In public, the MRJ90 test fleet has been shown parked in a static display of a major air show.
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Rolls-Royce to divest commercial marine division
Rolls-Royce has arranged a sale of its commercial marine business to Norwegian group Kongsberg.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A330neo nearing first delivery four years after launch
Just 1,400 days after Airbus disclosed – to a Farnborough air show audience – its intention to re-engine its popular A330 family, the first customer aircraft carried out its maiden flight from Toulouse. Its original 42-month development schedule had always been ambitious, but the A330neo nevertheless appears set for service ...
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Airbus 'not bluffing' over dire Brexit warnings: chief
Airbus commercial aircraft president Guillaume Faury insists the airframer is "not bluffing" in its warnings over the uncertainty surrounding the UK's future trade relationship with the European Union.
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Parked A320neo backlog declines after triple-figure peak
Airbus has started bringing down the backlog of parked engineless A320neo-family jets, after the total reached triple figures at the end of May.
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Era settles H225 helicopter lawsuit for $42 million
Airbus Helicopters has agreed to pay $42 million in compensation to settle a legal claim brought against it by US operator Era Group in relation to the safety of the manufacturer's H225.
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In depth
FLIGHT TEST: Airbus A350-1000 takes growth in its stride
When Airbus first set out back in 2004 to develop a new widebody under the A350 designation, it originally posited an upgraded version of the existing A330 twinjet. Having taken aim at the then-new Boeing 787, Airbus quickly realised that this derivative programme would be handicapped in the race against the Dreamliner – and went back to the drawing board.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Delta eyes Austin to close Texas gap
Delta Air Lines is looking at Austin as a possible point of network growth in the coming years.
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Airbus takes orders for 10 more A350s and 10 A330neos
Airbus has disclosed an order for 10 more A350-900s as well as 10 A330neo twinjets, attributing both agreements to undisclosed customers.
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Embraer aims for Brazil approval of JV by early November
Embraer expects to secure approval for its proposed commercial aviation joint venture with Boeing within the current administration of Brazil president Michel Temer, before a new government takes over in 2019 following elections in October.
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Norwegian investigators recommend H225 gearbox redesign
Norwegian investigators have recommended that Airbus Helicopters redesign the main gearbox on the Super Puma family in order to improve its "robustness, reliability and safety" following the fatal 2016 crash of an H225.
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Boeing, Embraer form separate joint venture to boost KC-390
Boeing and Embraer will create a joint venture to promote the KC-390 and other defence products and services for new markets and applications, the companies announced on 5 July.
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Boeing to take 80% stake in Embraer's commercial business
Boeing is to take an 80% stake in a Embraer's commercial aircraft and services business under a joint-venture arrangement, with the Brazilian airframer retaining the other 20%.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Just two women among the chiefs of top 100 airlines
Weeks after Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker stoked controversy with his "joke" at the IATA AGM that his airline had to be led by a man, FlightGlobal's latest survey of gender diversity in the industry shows that the number of female chief executives among the top 100 carriers ...
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PICTURE: Hi Fly A380 arrives in Malta for painting
Portuguese lessor Hi Fly's initial Airbus A380 has landed in Malta having been ferried from Singapore.
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Wizz adds to MRO network with Sofia location
Central European low-cost operator Wizz Air has partnered with freight carrier and MRO provider Rose Air to take a single line in the Bulgarian company's three-line hangar in Sofia.
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Beijing keen to develop J-15 successor - report
Beijing wants to develop a new carrier-borne fighter to replace its Chengdu J-15s, which have been plagued by safety and mechanical problems.