All Programmes news – Page 338
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Forecasts 2011: Airframers - Recovery steps up
Resurging civil aircraft sales and higher deliveries are likely in 2011 - but programmes are facing some daunting hurdles
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NewsEasyJet exercises 15 A320 options
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet has exercised its options for 15 Airbus A320 aircraft to be delivered from 2012 to 2014. It has also secured options over...
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NewsVIDEO: Tu-204SM flies for first time
Video images have emerged of the maiden flight of the Tupolev Tu-204SM, the modernised variant of the Russian-built twin-jet.
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USA still exports success
The Aerospace Industries Association's ever-bullish chief has cause for optimism in 2011
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Renewed push to rid cargo of paper
Dutch move part of efforts to give fresh impetus to accelerating reach of IATA's e-freight initiative
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CFM targets leap in line replaceable unit reliability
CFM International is planning especially gruelling tests to ensure promised line replaceable unit reliability for its next generation turbofan, the Leap-X1C.
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Business briefs
The dark arts are in the spotlight with moves by Raytheon to buy California-based signals intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems maker Applied Signal Technology in a $490 million deal
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China begins evaluation of C919 development
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has formally accepted an application from the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) for a type...
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Start-up Air Samara to start operations next year
Russian provincial start-up Air Samara is planning to begin operations in 2011 using Western-built aircraft. After forming a legal entity, the Samara-based...
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News787 flight tests resume, final schedule unclear
After a six-week suspension, Boeing will resume flight test activities today, though a complete assessment of the schedule will be completed in January and...
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Boeing makes progress in 747-8F flight tests
After the cumulative effect of design changes added six-months to the first delivery of the first 747-8 freighter, Boeing appears to have found a more steady...
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NewsAirline Business looks back at another roller-coaster year for airlines in 2010
Things are seldom quiet in the airline industry and 2010 proved no exception. It will be a year remembered for a faster financial recovery from airlines than anyone dared hope; when a volcano eruption in Iceland brought European airspace to its knees; and where consolidation fever within the industry took ...
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CFM targets leap in LRU reliability
CFM is planning an especially gruelling slate of tests to ensure promised line replaceable unit reliability for its next generation turbofan, the Leap-X1C.
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NewsSouthwest doesn’t rule out fleet type expansion beyond the 717
Southwest Airlines is acknowledging that it may have to consider additional fleet types beyond the Boeing 717 operated by AirTran Airways, which Southwest...
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FAA seeks to fine Continental and American Eagle a combined $605,000
FAA is proposing to fine Continental Airlines $275,000 and American Eagle Airlines $330,000 for operating aircraft not in compliance with Federal Aviation...
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NewsEASA warns A330 crews: Check speeds if autopilot disengages
Airbus A330 and A340 pilots are being issued with a new procedure for dealing with unreliable airspeed indications, which instructs them to resist immediately...
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Cobham to supply antennas and avionics for KUH
Korea Aerospace Industries has awarded Cobham a contract to provide antennas and avionics for the Korean Utility Helicopter.
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India, Russia seal PAK FA research deal
India and Russia have signed a long-discussed preliminary design contract for India's fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), a variant of the Sukhoi PAK...
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United targets 747 economy class upgrade by 2016
United-Continental "would strongly prefer" to upgrade the economy class product on its Boeing 747-400 fleet by the time its first Airbus A350 XWB aircraft...