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Airbus details duty schedule for A350-1000 test fleet
Airbus’s flight-test programme for the A350-1000 will stretch to 1,600h, split almost evenly between the three test aircraft.
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PICTURE: A350-1000 takes off on maiden flight
Airbus has commenced the flight-test campaign for the A350-1000 with the variant becoming airborne for the first time at Toulouse.
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Zodiac gradually restoring operational stability
Zodiac Aerospace is aiming for stable sales in 2016-17 as it concentrates on completing a recovery programme scheduled to end next year.
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A350-1000 carries out high-speed take-off abort test
Airbus has conducted a high-speed rejected take-off with the A350-1000 ahead of commencing the variant’s flight-test and certification campaign.
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PICTURE: Fourth MRJ prototype makes maiden sortie
A fourth flight test aircraft from the MRJ regional jet programme has taken its maiden sortie.
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Boeing names GE exec to lead BCA, creates services division
Boeing has replaced Ray Conner as head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes with an outsider from GE Aviation and consolidated separate services businesses for commercial and defence into a single unit with marching orders to triple revenues over the next decade to $50 billion.
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PICTURES: Second MRJ arrives in US
A second flight test aircraft from the MRJ regional jet programme has arrived at the airframer’s US test facility in Moses Lake after a 14,000km journey.
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New GE plant highlights CFM ramp-up strategy on Leap
CFM international shipped the first Leap-1B engine to Boeing in early October from a one-year-old factory Lafayette, Indiana, a new and critical location in the global industrial geography of the 40-year-old joint venture between GE Aviation and Safran Aircraft Engines.
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UTair broadens MRO pact with Volga-Dnepr Gulf
Russian carrier UTair has selected Volga-Dnepr Gulf to provide heavy maintenance for a batch of Boeing 737s.
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Rolls-Royce claims good progress on restructuring
Strong demand for the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine is underpinning demand in the manufacturer’s civil aerospace division, despite a further weakening in the business aviation sector.
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Second MRJ test aircraft enroute to USA
A second Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ regional jet has departed Nagoya for the airframer’s US flight test base at Moses Lake.
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Irkut activates MC-21 electrical system
Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut has activated the electrical system on the MC-21 narrowbody as the flight test aircraft moves closer to a scheduled first flight in February or March.
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Boom unveils XB-1 supersonic demonstrator
Colorado-based Boom Technology has unveiled the XB-1 supersonic demonstrator that will be used to refine the aerodynamics and propulsion for a Mach 2.2, 40-seat airliner and private jet planned to enter service in the early 2020s.
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Icelandair seals Rolls-Royce engine servicing pact
Icelandair has picked Rolls-Royce to provide maintenance services on engines fitted to 28 aircraft.
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INTERVIEW: Tony Balestracci - servicing Textron's customers
Tony Balestracci is vice-president, global customer service with Textron Aviation, owner of the venerable Cessna and Beechcraft brands
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CFM quietly confident on Leap production ramp-up
CFM International is “staying very humble” as it gears up to achieve 2,000 Leap deliveries a year from 2020 but is confident it has put the infrastructure in place to achieve its target.
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Ottawa cash could jumpstart new project: Bombardier CEO
Bombardier chief executive Alain Bellemare says a possible $1 billion investment by the Canadian government could help accelerate the launch of the company’s next aircraft, which could be a business or a commercial jet.
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Pratt needs a year to catch up on A320neo engine deliveries
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) does not anticipate catching up with its PW1100G engine delivery commitments until the end of 2017, says its vice-president of marketing Paul Finklestein.
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FLIGHT TEST: We put Bombardier's CSeries through its paces
In the 1960s, established manufacturers Boeing and Douglas dominated the lower end of the single-aisle mainline commercial aircraft market. Their original offerings – the 737-100 and DC-9-10 – seated fewer than 100 passengers. With the fielding of the 737-200 and DC-9-40, capacity increased to more than 120 passengers. This trend ...