All Systems & Interiors news – Page 63
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Qantas to upgrade 12 A380s, emphasis on premium seats
Updated with response from Qantas that it has yet to decide where A380 upgrade will take place.
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MRJ test fleet grounded after PW1200G flameout
Mitsubishi Aircraft has grounded its MRJ regional jet flight test fleet, following an engine "flameout" on one of its test prototypes on 21 August.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How Boeing is approaching the future of pilotless airliners
Sometime next year Mike Sinnett, Boeing’s vice-president of product development, will enter a small, experimental aircraft and – he hopes – do nothing.
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Irkut readies second MC-21 for test flights
Russian airframer Irkut is finalising installation of equipment on a second prototype of the MC-21-300, while three other prototypes are still undergoing construction.
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PICTURE: Frigate Ecojet revised as four-engined design
Russian developers of a 300-seat aircraft with a characteristic wide elliptical fuselage have opted to modify the proposal substantially, revising the design as a four-engined transport rather than a twinjet.
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Superjet manufacturer posts interim loss on lower deliveries
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division delivered six Superjet 100s over the first half of the year, compared with nine in the previous interim period.
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HAECO operating profit up 44.3% in first half
The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) Group increased its operating profit by 44.3% to HK$466 million ($59.6 million) in the first six months of 2017.
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Avolon urges Boeing to continue tweaking 737 Max family
Boeing should continue tweaking the 737 Max product line-up to help recover parity with Airbus in the single-aisle market, Irish lessor and major single-aisle aircraft customer Avolon says in a newly-published report.
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A320neo offers spoiler for Spirit AeroSystems' tech roadmap
Airbus will deliver a member of the A320neo family to a customer sometime after mid-2019 equipped with the familiar row of five composite spoiler panels on each wing made by Spirit AeroSystems’ facility in Prestwick, UK, except this time something will be very different.
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Virgin Australia to roll out wi-fi across core fleet
Virgin Australia is planning to equip its core fleet of Boeing 737s, 777s and Airbus A330s with in-flight wi-fi connectivity by the second half of 2019.
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A321 freighter conversion proposed by US venture
Modification specialist Precision Aircraft Solutions is to offer a freight conversion programme for Airbus A321s, becoming the latest firm to propose a cargo option for the twinjet.
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Airbus again points to higher-weight A350-1000
Airbus has reissued a document indicating plans for a higher-weight A350-1000, although it lists the maximum take-off weight of the variant at 311t.
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Opinion
OPINION: Can Boeing beat its suppliers in avionics power play?
To loosely paraphrase a saying attributed to Sir Winston Churchill, never waste a good crisis – or a new aircraft development programme.
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A320neo deliveries slip to six-month low
Airbus delivered only nine A320neo-family jets during July, the lowest monthly total since January this year.
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Rolls-Royce works to deal with Trent 1000 technical issues
Rolls-Royce has outlined a provision for its maintenance effort to address technical issues in its Trent 1000 powerplants for the Boeing 787.
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PICTURE: Institute shows off concept for An-124 successor
Russian aerodynamics researchers have unveiled a concept for a new heavy transport aircraft to succeed the Antonov An-124.
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Inmarsat survey hints at Asia demand for onboard wi-fi
An Inmarsat Aviation survey shows the growing importance of on-board wi-fi to air travellers, with more than half willing to pay for the service.
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Comac achieves power-on for second C919 prototype
Comac achieved power-on for its second C919 narrowbody prototype on 28 July.
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Leap production still chasing CFM56 decline
Safran handed over 147 CFM International Leap engines during the first half, but the figure has yet to offset the drop in CFM56 deliveries.
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Airbus defends slowing A380 production to trickle
Airbus believes it can justify maintaining A380 production despite imposing another cut in output.