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PARIS: Resolving 'paradox' key to smooth A321XLR integration
Airbus is striving to ensure that introduction of the new A321XLR does not further complicate a production flow which has already been experiencing hitches as a result of previous substantial modifications to the A321neo.
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PARIS: Binter and Fuji Dream sign for more Embraer jets
Spanish regional carrier Binter has exercised its two purchase rights on Embraer E195-E2s while Japan's Fuji Dream Airlines has emerged as a customer for two more E175s.
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PARIS: Industry addresses sustainability challenge
The aerospace industry’s ambitious efficiency goals clashed with the realities of market economics and propulsion technology on the second day of the Paris air show.
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Lufthansa declines to comment on 777-9 delay ‘speculation’
Lufthansa is not commenting on the potential impact of any lengthy delay to the introduction of the 777-9, as Boeing and GE Aviation work to resolve issues that have pushed back the aircraft's first flight.
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PARIS: Boeing low-key on NMA but more details emerge
Boeing has so far at the Paris air show been keeping fairly quiet about its plans for the New Mid-market Airplane (NMA), but potential customers and suppliers have indicated that progress is continuing.
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PODCAST: Airline Business at Paris air show 2019 – day 1
Join Lewis Harper and Graham Dunn for all the latest from the first day of the Paris air show.
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PARIS: Spirit AeroSystems pitches composite manufacturing process
Spirit AeroSystems has developed a new, lower-cost composite manufacturing process for commercial aircraft fuselages it expects will be ready for production as soon as 2025.
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NewsPARIS: Largest show on record with over 2,450 exhibitors
This year’s Paris Air show – the 53rd outing in its 110 year history – is the biggest ever, with the number of exhibitors at the longest-running and largest aerospace event in the world exceeding 2,450. “We sold out within weeks of opening the booking in October 2018,” says ...
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PARIS: EASA completes new round of MC-21 flight tests
Test personnel from the European air safety regulator have completed a second series of certification flights with the Irkut MC-21.
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NewsBoeing sticks to 777X timeline despite GE9X delays
Boeing insists its 777X programme remains on track for 2020 deliveries despite fresh engine issues that seemingly push the certification timeline toward the outer edge of the airframer’s expectations.
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NewsGE redesigns GE9X compressor part for 777X engine
GE Aviation is redesigning a static compressor part for the in-development GE9X engine, to power the Boeing 777X, after the component showed premature deterioration during the test programme.
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PARIS: Airbus details design changes of A321XLR
Airbus's long-range A321XLR would probably be configured for around 200 passengers for operators using the type across its maximum 4,700nm range.
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PARIS: Airbus unveils 101t A321XLR with 4,700nm range
Airbus has formally unveiled a new long-range A321neo, officially designated the A321XLR, which will become available from 2023.
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PARIS: Airbus set to unveil longest-range A321neo
Airbus is preparing to detail a series of changes to the A321neo which will take its range beyond the 4,000nm (7,400km) offered by the A321LR version.
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PICTURE: High-tech feline E195-E2 the pride of Paris
Embraer is showing off its latest "Profit Hunter" livery, featuring a high-tech stylised lion, on a 195-E2 at the Paris air show.
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PARIS: Boeing sticks to 737 Max safety message as show opens
Boeing's top commercial aircraft executives enter this year's show stressing one message above all others: that their prime focus remains to ensure the 737 Max returns safely to the skies.
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RETROSPECTIVE: When Concorde and 747 went head-to-head
By all accounts, the 1969 Paris air show was quite a memorable affair. The event, which was celebrating its Diamond Jubilee, was the venue where the two transatlantic airliner rivals – Concorde and the Boeing 747 – “rubbed shoulders” for the first time.
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NewsTen-abreast A350 would be 'uncatchable' by 777X
Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer believes a 10-abreast configuration for the A350-1000 would mean the variant would be “uncatchable” by the rival Boeing 777-9.
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How are the all-new Airbus and Boeing widebodies faring?
Amid ongoing speculation about Boeing’s plans for a clean-sheet design to address the much vaunted mid-market segment and the likely response from Airbus, how are the most recent all-new airliners from those stables performing?