All Systems & Interiors news – Page 103
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Boeing enters detailed design phase on 777-9X
Boeing can move into the detailed design stage for the 777-9X having now reached the firm configuration milestone, the airframer has disclosed.
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MAKS: Russia extends Il-96 production by several years
Production of the Ilyushin Il-96 could continue for nearly a decade to support the Russian military's requirements for an aerial tanker and other special missions, United Aircraft (UAC) chief executive Yuri Slyusar has disclosed.
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MAKS: Sukhoi reveals plan to slash Superjet cost
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has unveiled a plan to reduce the cost of producing the Superjet by $2.6 million per aircraft by replacing Western suppliers with Russian manufacturers.
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PICTURES: Comac working toward November ARJ21 delivery
Comac is working toward an internal target to deliver its first ARJ21-700 to launch customer Chengdu Airlines on 28 November.
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MAKS: 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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MAKS: 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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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Buffett's $37bn move turns investor focus on aerospace
The blockbuster $37.2 billion takeover of components maker Precision Castparts by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway group has the aerospace and defence industries are on course for a record year of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity - but even without that “extraordinarily unique” deal, 2015 is set to be a “banner ...
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Comac 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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Ameco completes cabin modification on Condor 767
Ameco Beijing completed cabin modification work on a Boeing 767-300ER in July for German leisure carrier Condor.
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PICTURES: 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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MAKS: 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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Bombardier 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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Opinion
OPINION: Buffett purchase of Precision positive for industry
The Oracle of Omaha’s mega-deal reminded everybody that aerospace is one of few industries today with a serious upside – but while investors are hungry, don’t expect a feeding frenzy
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Airbus 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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Boeing 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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Analysis
ANALYSIS: 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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P&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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El 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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Analysis
ANALYSIS: 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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Mitsubishi 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.