All Engines articles – Page 252
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A premium niche
Bombardier is exploring low-density configurations of the CSeries to exploit the small but lucrative market for all-business-class airlines
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NewsEASA orders Trent fuel-icing modification on A330/340s
European safety regulators are extending fuel-icing prevention modifications to Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce Trent engines
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Engine Alliance expects GP7200 A380 fleet to overtake Trent 900 within three years
Engine Alliance is confident that the fleet of GP7200-powered A380s will rapidly catch up the aircraft powered by the rival Rolls-Royce Trent 900 and overtake...
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GP7200-powered A380 fuel burn 0.7% better than specification: Engine Alliance
Engine Alliance is claiming better-than-predicted fuel burn in service for its GP7200 engine on the Airbus A380, and hopes Airbus will officially recognise...
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MAS engineering to form JV with P&W
Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) maintenance and engineering arm MAS Aerospace Engineering plans to establish a maintenance joint-venture with engine-maker Pratt...
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Bombardier plans unprecedented production rate for CSeries
Bombardier is targeting a production rate of 20 aircraft per month for its CSeries aircraft by 2016 as the airframer readies to enlarge the Mirabel site...
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NewsLufthansa Technik Philippines pushes for regional growth
The arrival of Lufthansa Technik to the Philippines nine years ago has helped the nation become a leading MRO light
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NewsEmirates in A380 delivery hiatus from late 2010
Engine Alliance reveals that Dubai carrier puts superjumbo additions on hold briefly after 15th aircraft arrives in late 2010
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MHI in talks to assemble P&W GTF engines
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is in negotiations with Pratt & Whitney to assemble P&W geared turbofan engines (GTF) for Mitsubishi Aircraft's Mitsubishi...
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NewsUS investigators to assist Shanghai MD-11 crash inquiry
US investigators are to assist the Chinese Government's inquiry into the fatal loss of a Boeing MD-11 freighter on take-off from Shanghai Pudong
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NewsAvient MD-11F crashes at Shanghai days after delivery
Investigators in China have opened an inquiry after a Boeing MD-11 freighter, newly introduced to cargo carrier Avient Aviation, crashed on departure from Shanghai.
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NewsYemenia and EgyptAir avoid EU blacklist as blanket ban widens
Middle Eastern carriers Yemenia and EgyptAir have avoided being included on the European Commission's blacklist
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FAA snubs NTSB, ALPA requests on Rolls-Royce 777 engine ice directive
In a final airworthiness directive (AD) to be published Friday, the FAA has rebuffed efforts by both the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA)...
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Europe's low-cost carriers on the front foot
While European network carriers restructureand combat losses, their low-cost rivals are posting modest profits
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Irkut studies flutter potential on MS-21 wing
MS-21 prime contractor Irkut is performing windtunnel tests on the wing/engine combination for the new family of aircraft in the 150- to 212-seat range in...
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NewsNTSB: Both engines of Frontier jet damaged in goose encounter
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials say both engines of a Frontier Airlines Airbus A319 (N924FR) that hit a half-dozen or more large...
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India’s delayed Saras aims for 2011 approval
National Aerospace Laboratories is gearing up to fly the third Saras twin-turboprop prototype next year and hopes to clinch certification for India's first...
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FAA finalizes Rolls-Royce spinner directive for ERJ series
FAA officials have issued a final airworthiness directive (AD) calling on operators of hundreds of Embraer ERJ-135 and ERJ-145 jets to replace the spinners...
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Jones succeeds Moravecek as president of Engine Alliance
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) marketing executive Mary Ellen Jones has been named president of Engine Alliance, the 50/50 joint venture between General Electric...
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Analysis
US airline 3Q analysis: Skating along the bottom
US carrier 3Q results offer faint signs they could be crawling out from one of the strongest revenue troughs in history