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AnalysisANALYSIS: How bridging to the A330neo has challenged Rolls-Royce
"It's not how I envisaged my first communication with the market," admitted new Rolls-Royce chief executive Warren East as, on his second day in the role, he delivered a profits warning covering the UK engine maker's core aerospace propulsion business.
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ATR prototype starts environmental technology tests
Turboprop manufacturer ATR has commenced test flights with an aircraft fitted with a modified fuselage panel, aimed at examining lighter structures and lower-noise technology.
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NewsPICTURE: CS100 performs minimum-unstick test
Bombardier has disclosed details of the minimum-unstick testing on the initial CSeries variant which it conducted at a regional airport in Kansas.
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NewsRolls-Royce outlines profit impact of A330 sales slump
Rolls-Royce is predicting a greater drop-off in deliveries of engines for the Airbus A330 than previously forecast, contributing to a £300 million ($470 million) impact on its finances next year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Industry sees path to carbon-neutral aviation
In 1971 – 34 years after the first ground test of Frank Whittle’s prototype jet engine – General Electric’s CF6 commercial turbofan engine entered service with the Douglas DC-10-10, representing a historic breakthrough in fuel efficiency.
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ST Aero, Jet Airways extend CFM56 engine support contract
Singapore Aerospace has signed a 10-year, S$472 million ($351 million) contract extension with India’s Jet Airways for engine maintenance.
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Biman seeks PW150A repair and overhaul service
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has issued a tender seeking MRO services for the repair and overhaul of four Pratt & Whitney PW150A engines on its Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprops.
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NewsR-R makes progress on testing 787 engine upgrade
Rolls-Royce is close to completing a round of testing on the latest version of the Trent 1000 engine for the Boeing 787, according to the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in the USA.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing contemplates X-plane for future ecoDemonstrator
Five aircraft demonstrator programmes launched by Boeing's commercial division since 2001 all share a defining characteristic: an ordinary aircraft modified or stuffed with brand-new technologies.
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Boeing plans fourth 747-8 rate cut
Boeing has announced a fourth rate cut for the 747-8 programme over a two-year period, lowering monthly output to only one per month beginning in March 2016.
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NewsBoeing 757 ecoDemonstrator embarks on final test run
Energy-harvesting windows, green diesel biofuel and a 3D-printed flightdeck monument are three technologies that will be tested on the last series of flights of a TUI Group-branded Boeing 757 ecoDemonstrator destined to be dismantled by the end of July.
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NewsMuilenburg named to succeed Boeing CEO
Longtime Boeing defence executive Dennis Muilenburg will succeed Jim McNerney to become the 11th chief executive of Boeing starting on 1 July, according to a company announcement on 23 June.
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NewsState permit reveals Boeing plan to hike 777X output 25%
Boeing has submitted detailed plans to possibly increase 777X deliveries by 25% to 125 aircraft per year after 2021 using one production line in Everett, Washington, with only minor investment required to reach that target at the final assembly stage, according to documents filed as part of a permit application ...
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OpinionOPINION: Were there really no surprises at Le Bourget?
It was supposed to be the “industrialisation” air show at Le Bourget this year.
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NewsPARIS: GECAS to be 737-800 conversion launch customer
US lessor GECAS has become the first customer to sign for Aeronautical Engineers’ freighter conversion programme for the Boeing 737-800.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus confident of avoiding further A330 cut
Airbus is confident that it will be able to maintain A330 monthly production at six aircraft, and even indicates that the rate cut might have been premature.
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NewsPARIS: Hamburg first choice for new A320 assembly line
Hamburg’s Finkenwerder plant is the most likely location for a new Airbus A320 final assembly line if the airframer opts to raise monthly production rates beyond its commitment of 50.
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NewsPARIS: P&W expands co-operation with Paradigm Precision
US component manufacturer Paradigm Precision has won a supply contract from Pratt & Whitney across the engine maker's range of commercial and military engines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How TBM brand has created a halo effect for Daher
Since buying the Tarbes-based Socata business from EADS in 2008, Daher might be best known – in the aerospace world at least – as the brand behind the TBM high-speed single-engine turboprop. But the French firm, whose roots go back to cargo shipping in the 19th century, is also an ...