All Programmes news – Page 114
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing invests to mitigate long-term disruptive threats
Despite sitting atop a duopoly enjoying the longest, uninterrupted run of annual growth in history, Airbus and Boeing executives seem gripped by a heightened sense of healthy paranoia these days.
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Boeing completes its first 737NG freighter conversion
Boeing has completed its first 737NG passenger-to-freighter conversion and is set to deliver the aircraft to Swedish cargo operator West Atlantic early next year.
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Brexit 'not helping' UK aerospace sector: trade body
"The Brexit process is not one that is helping our reputation as sort of solid, global citizens," claims Paul Everitt, chief executive of the UK aerospace and defence trade association ADS.
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Boeing starts assembling first Max 7
Boeing has started final assembly of the third and smallest variant in the re-engined 737 Max family.
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MC-21 wing box passes latest flight-load test
Further stress testing of the Irkut MC-21 wing box has indicted that the structure will be able to withstand maximum flight loads.
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Airbus outlines Brexit risks to UK facilities
Airbus has warned that Brexit could jeopardise the UK's role as the airframer's primary location for wing design and manufacturing.
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US FAA also certifies A350-1000: Airbus
US FAA regulators have also certified the Airbus A350-1000, following the type's approval by the European Aviation Safety Agency.
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UK aerospace body calls for EU membership beyond 2019
UK aerospace and defence trade association ADS is pushing for the UK to remain an EU member state during a post-Brexit transitional period, until the country's future trading relationship with the bloc has been determined.
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A350-1000 features automated rapid-descent capability
Airbus has incorporated an automatic emergency descent function into the newly-certified A350-1000, which it intends to introduce into the smaller -900.
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Airbus secures EASA certification for A350-1000
Airbus has secured European certification for the A350-1000 just three days shy of the first anniversary of the twinjet's maiden flight.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM BOMBARDIER: Maximizing profitability in the Middle East
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM BOMBARDIER: Waiting to Take-Off
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ANALYSIS: Investment a family value for Italy's Secondo Mona
Secondo Mona’s directors believe the €40 million ($48 million) that the family-run aerospace manufacturer has invested in technology in the past decade has paid off. An array of new equipment and the addition of specialist competencies have helped the engineering firm double revenues over that period and shift up a ...
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Ground incident leaves Airlander deflated
Hybrid Air Vehicles is staying silent on the impact of an 18 November incident in which its Airlander experimental airship collapsed during a ground incident at the UK firm's base at Cardington airfield.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How do you replace a first-generation A330?
Richard Evans, senior consultant at Flight Ascend Consultancy, considers the possible successors to the Airbus’s ubiquitous twinjet
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Airbus’s first big twin blossomed into the A330neo
Whisper it, but the recent first flight of a second-generation Airbus A330, the re-engined -900, was tantalisingly close to the 25th anniversary of the twinjet’s maiden sortie on 2 November 1992. Understandably, Airbus hasn’t made much of this historic milestone, but the fact is that the aircraft’s continuing appeal in ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Late surge gives Dubai deal momentum
A glut of tentative aircraft order commitment announcements on the final day pushed business unveiled during the Dubai air show to a new high, though just 15% of the roughly 800 aircraft covered by announcements are for firm deals.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS: Destinations vary, but journeys share common origin
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Austrian to bid farewell to its last Fokker in December
Austrian Airlines plans to operate its last remaining Fokker 100 until the end of the year.
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DUBAI: EgyptAir plans to firm CS300 order before January
EgyptAir intends to finalise a commitment to order 12 Bombardier CS300s by year-end and become the type's launch operator in the Middle East and North Africa region, the Canadian manufacturer disclosed today at the Dubai air show.