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NewsMAKS: Russian lessor close to re-affirming CSeries deal
Ilyushin Finance (IFC) is hoping to come to new terms with Bombardier within days on a deal that would preserve the Russian lessor’s once-threatened order for 39 CSeries aircraft.
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NewsMAKS: Irkut confirms MC-21 weight spec to key lessor
Irkut has confirmed the MC-21 aircraft is meeting weight targets as the first airframe, wings and engines are coming together at the Irkutsk Aviation plant, according to Russian lessor Ilyushin Finance (IFC).
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NewsBoeing bullish on Chinese demand for new jets
Boeing has increased its forecast for the number of new commercial jets it believes China will require over the next 20 years to 6,330 in its latest current market outlook.
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NewsComac engages backup suppliers to prevent C919 delays
Comac is using a dual supplier system to manufacture critical and potentially challenging parts of the C919 airframe, to ensure quality control and to prevent any major delays to the programme.
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NewsPICTURES: Comac confident of year-end roll-out for C919
Comac says C919 suppliers are due to deliver all systems of the first aircraft by October, allowing the aircraft to be rolled out by the end of 2015.
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NewsMAKS: A350-900 makes Moscow debut as Aeroflot continues review
Airbus has debuted the A350-900 at the 12th Moscow air show (MAKS-2015) at least three years ahead of the first delivery to the type’s only customer in Russia.
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NewsBombardier launches CSeries production ramp-up
Bombardier has launched the CSeries production ramp-up with suppliers for the CS100 and CS300 aircraft after the former recently cleared a key milestone in certification testing, vice-president and general manager Rob Dewar confirms to Flightglobal.
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NewsAirbus starts assembling A350-1000 wing
Airbus has commenced production of the A350-1000 wing at its specialist UK plant in Broughton.
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NewsBoeing sees demand for 1,740 new commercial aircraft in India
Boeing is forecasting demand for 1,740 new commercial aircraft in India over the next 20 years, with the majority of the requirements in the narrowbody market segment.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Frigate Ecojet takes airliner concept to new Europe base
Launching a three-aisle widebody airliner with a geometrically unique, ovular fuselage cross section always seemed an uphill struggle for a start-up Russian manufacturer, but the challenge in the end proved overwhelming.
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Boeing teams with ANA for 787 EIS support
All Nippon Airways will partner with Boeing’s 787 GoldCare programme to support new 787 customers with entry into service.
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NewsP&W discloses new engine option for CSeries
Pratt & Whitney is rolling out a new, higher-thrust version of the PW1500G engine in the next two to three months for the Bombardier CSeries aircraft family.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The Flightglobal Fleet Forecast's narrowbody outlook
Ascend consultancy head Rob Morris examines the competition facing the incumbent single-aisle manufacturers
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NewsEl Al to acquire up to 28 787s
El Al has decided to buy and lease a mix of 15 Boeing 787-8s and 787-9s to replace Boeing 747-400s and Boeing 767-300ERs, preserving the US manufacturer’s monopoly of the Israeli flag carrier’s fleet.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Sukhoi reveals design plans for stretched Superjet
Single-model product offerings are so rare in the commercial aircraft business that they usually represent a strategic miscalculation made somewhere at the beginning of an unexpectedly long development process.
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NewsMitsubishi opens Seattle centre for flight test work
Mitsubishi Aircraft has opened an engineering centre in Seattle, as it prepares for the flight tests of its MRJ regional jet in the USA, scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2016.
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GE presses to lift icing limits on 787, 747-8 engines
GE Aviation plans to roll out a new software upgrade that could finally remove the last of the operating restrictions imposed two years ago on one of the engines that power the Boeing 787-8.
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OpinionOPINION: GKN takeover of Fokker shows value of private investment
Don't underestimate the significance of GKN's takeover of Fokker Technologies
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NewsBoeing revises "obsolete" performance assumptions
A visitor to Boeing’s web site this week will be in for a shock: the listed seat-counts and range specifications for nearly all of the company’s models have changed, some dramatically.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Airbus has set up shop in Silicon Valley
If failing correctly can be considered a strategic business skill, Silicon Valley may have a lot to teach the aerospace industry – most recently Airbus Group.