All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 284
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FARNBOROUGH: Undisclosed customer signs for A330neos
Airbus has disclosed an order for six A330neo twinjets, attributing them to an unidentified customer.
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FARNBOROUGH: Neeleman's start-up to take 60 A220s
JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman’s new US start-up carrier has tentatively agreed to acquire 60 Airbus A220-300s.
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FARNBOROUGH: Extra Level A330s arriving next year
IAG’s long-haul budget airline Level is to receive its additional pair of Airbus A330-200s in 2019.
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FARNBOROUGH: Peach partly converts order to A321LR
Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation has converted an order for Airbus A320neo-family jets to include the longer-range A321LR.
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FARNBOROUGH: Unidentified customer signs for eight A350s
Airbus has revealed a new purchase agreement for eight A350-900s, attributed to an undisclosed customer.
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FARNBOROUGH: First production A330neo engine shipped
Rolls-Royce has shipped the first production Airbus A330neo powerplant to the airframer’s assembly line in Toulouse.
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FARNBOROUGH: Starlux deal evidence of long-haul pick-up
Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines’ tentative agreement for 17 Airbus A350s is evidence that the airframer’s long-haul order drought is starting to ease.
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FARNBOROUGH: Approvals near for A330neo
Airbus’s A330-900 is likely to obtain extended twin-engined operations approval in October, as the type's Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engine closes in on certification.
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FARNBOROUGH: A350-1000 clear for beyond-180min ETOPS
Airbus has secured extended twin-engined operations clearance beyond 3h for the A350-1000.
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EASA discusses certification of several MC-21 systems
European safety regulators have held discussions with Russian counterparts over several aspects of system certification for the Irkut MC-21.
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Sabrelet-fitted Superjet needs repair after test accident
Sukhoi’s winglet-fitted Superjet 100 test aircraft has sustained damage during a landing incident in Moscow.
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BA incident revisits 787 cockpit-recorder clarity
UK investigators are seeking modifications to the Boeing 787 audio system to improve clarity of cockpit-voice recorder information.
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Helicopter fuel leak put 747-8F at risk of explosion
Failure to defuel a helicopter before it was shipped on board a Cargolux Boeing 747-8F resulted in a serious leak of more than 250kg of fuel, presenting a substantial risk of explosion and badly contaminating the jet’s interior.
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PICTURE: New livery features on second MC-21
Irkut has unveiled a new paint scheme on the second flight-test airframe of the MC-21-300 programme.
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Hi Fly to show off A380 at Farnborough
Portuguese wet-lease specialist Hi Fly’s first Airbus A380 is set to make an appearance at the Farnborough air show.
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Boeing secures '797' trademark
Boeing has quietly registered the name ‘797’ as a trademark, European intellectual property documents show.
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Irkut production 'unaffected' after plant suffers fire
Russian airframer Irkut is reassuring that its production operations are unaffected by a fire which broke out at its aircraft plant on 9 July.
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ANALYSIS: How a 'full-digital approach' renewed Airbus's Beluga
Airbus aircraft once used to begin life inside a Boeing, of sorts. Specifically the structures of Airbus jets would be ferried in a heavily modified version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, adapted by US specialist Aero Spacelines into the Super Guppy turboprop transporter.
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ANALYSIS: A380 scrapes along in hope of revival
Only twice in the first decade since the Airbus A380 entered service has the double-deck aircraft ended a year with its order backlog higher than that of the previous one. On both occasions Middle Eastern carrier Emirates alone had spared the programme from recording a duck for the year. Emirates ...
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EgyptAir crash probe logjam frustrates French investigators
French investigators have openly criticised the Egyptian probe into the fatal loss of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 two years ago, after the inquiry was turned over to judicial authorities.