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PARIS: Emirates seeks clarity ahead of any A380plus order
Airbus has pitched Emirates an attractive offer for the proposed winglet-equipped A380plus, but the Dubai airline is reluctant to place an order until there is more clarity around the future of the programme.
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PARIS: How many laptop batteries could power a 747 to takeoff?
Although there is lot of talk these days about electronic aircraft, technology required to develop a large electric transport aircraft remains more than elusive.
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PARIS: GKN Fokker to complete Dutch head of state BBJ
GKN’s Fokker business is to design and carry out the completion on the Dutch government’s new Boeing Business Jet.
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PARIS: Irkut explores MC-21 wing configurations
Russian airframer Irkut has tested various configurations of the MC-21's high-lift devices during its latest flight.
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PARIS: Daher eyes US expansion opportunities
Daher is a long-established business from over here with big ambitions over there. The Paris-headquartered family firm – whose roots stretch back to the 19th century and with a portfolio that spans aerostructures and aircraft parts, supply chain management and the TBM turboprop – is at its home show to ...
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PARIS: A350 first in line for deployable flight recorder
Airbus is entering a partnership to develop a deployable flight recorder which will be initially introduced on the A350 from 2019.
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PARIS: AirAsia X to receive its first A330neo in 2019
AirAsia X expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A330neo in 2019.
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PARIS: Momentum building behind 3D printing
Airbus’s 3D printing technology business has teamed up with software house Dassault Systemes to streamline the process for designing and series manufacture of flight-approved metal parts – which could help bring printed structural components inside airliner cabins within a year.
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NewsPARIS: Picture of Sino-Russian widebody interior
China's Comac has unveiled the interior layout of the long-range widebody airliner it is planning to build with Russia's United Aircraft, in a scale model of the twinjet on display at the show.
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PARIS: An-132 draws on long history, opens new international cooperation
One of this year’s Paris debutants has a familiar look, but is an almost entirely new aircraft, albeit one developed from a long pedigree of light transport aircraft.
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PARIS: Airbus shelves further A350 stretch
Airbus's management has given its firmest indication that it is shelving a proposed further stretch of the A350.
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PARIS: Embraer secures new E2 jet business
Embraer has taken its count of firm orders for the new E2 family to 285 after today announcing an order for 10 E195-E2s from an undisclosed customer.
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PARIS: How Boeing's KC-135 harks back to early days of jet age
The appearance in the static park at this year's Paris air show of a Boeing KC-135 tanker brings a reminder of the legacy of the US manufacturer's jet product line, as well as a link to the origins of the modern era of international air transport.
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PARIS: Meggitt to supply 777X secondary flight displays
Aviation component and systems maker Meggitt has landed a deal with Boeing to provide the airframer with integrated standby flight displays (ISFD) for the 777X, says Meggitt.
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ANALYSIS: 777X tests Boeing's transformed production system
Boeing's 777X is much more than a revamp of a venerable widebody; it's the test-bed for a whole new production system
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ANALYSIS: Has P&W's geared turbofan turned the corner?
Pratt & Whitney admits the first 18 months of commercial operations with the PW1100G engine could have gone better.
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PARIS: Boeing foresees 41,000 aircraft deliveries through 2036
Boeing has released a 20-year forecast that predicts 41,030 aircraft will be delivered through 2036, implying a yearly average exceeding 2,000 deliveries for the first time.
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PARIS: Thales eyes 2019 flight testing of 'Avionics 2020' cockpit
Four years ago at Le Bourget, Thales launched Avionics 2020 – a project to develop a next-generation suite of cockpit systems.
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PARIS: Dassault Systemes shoots for the 'digital universe'
In the eyes of technology company Dassault Systèmes, the "virtual" world is quickly becoming master of the physical world.