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SINGAPORE: Record order year for CFM
Last year proved to be the highest ever order level for CFM International in the company’s 40-year history, with an intake of business worth over $31 billion at list prices.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Noise goals in sight for open-rotor researchers
Noise – and lots of it – helped kill open-rotor research 25 years ago.
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ANALYSIS: At Rolls-Royce, composites finally giving titanium a run for its money
Rolls-Royce may be a late starter when it comes to introducing composite fan blades into its large turbofans, but the UK manufacturer claims to have had good reason to stick with its hollow titanium blade designs until now.
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SR Technics to offer A320-family sharklet retrofit
Maintenance firm SR Technics is to offer retrofit of sharklet wing-tips on Airbus A320-family aircraft from next year.
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ANALYSIS: Why PW1000G is 'the future' for MTU
Michael Schreyögg has no doubts about the importance to MTU of the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G geared turbofan. “It is our future,” says Schreyögg, chief programme officer and board member at the Munich-based engine specialist, which has an 18% share in an engine that will be built in its ...
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NewsSINGAPORE: Comac to start final assembly of first test C919 this year
Chinese airframer Comac is targeting to start final assembly of its first test aircraft by the end of the year.
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NewsILFC and Libyan convert all A350-800s to -900s
Libyan Airlines and lessor ILFC have each converted their orders for the Airbus A350-800 to the larger -900, with Libyan Airlines ordering an additional pair of -900s under its revised agreement.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Power struggle for Asia-Pacific narrowbodies
One of the key Asia-Pacific commercial battles unfolding this year is literally a power struggle – between engine-makers. Powerplant manufacturers are keen to sew up big deals with the region’s fast-growing airlines, which are getting ready for delivery of a wave of new narrowbody jets.
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NewsPICTURE: Qatar-branded test A350 breaks cover
Airbus has unveiled the joint Qatar Airways branding on its fourth A350-900 test aircraft, MSN4, which is shortly to enter the flight programme.
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JAL to add Gogo's wireless IFE on domestic fleet
Japan Airlines (JAL) will equip its domestic fleet with Gogo’s wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) platform, Gogo Vision.
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NewsVIDEO: Seahawks 747-8F to back team's Super Bowl bid
Boeing is intending to fly a promotional 747-8F on 30 January in support of Seattle’s bid to win the American football Super Bowl title.
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MAI selects Air France-KLM’s MRO arm for CFM56 support
Myanmar Airways International (MAI) has contracted Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to service its CFM International CFM56-powered Airbus A320s.
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NewsBoeing hits 10 per month rate target on 787
Boeing has rolled out the first 787-8 built at the rate of 10 aircraft per month, completing a quintupling of the production rate over the past two years.
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NewsSuperjet stretch still years away: Sukhoi
Sukhoi ‘s civil aircraft division is playing down the likelihood of near-term emergence for a stretched Superjet, although the proposal remains under examination.
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NewsA350 heads to Canada for cold-weather tests
Airbus’s second flight-test A350 aircraft has departed Toulouse on a transatlantic sortie to Canada where it will undergo cold-weather testing.
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NewsATR chief predicts rise in turnover for 2014
ATR chief executive Filippo Bangnato expects 2014 turnover to reach $1.8 billion, versus $1.63 billion last year, and wants to continue holding the company’s backlog steady despite rising deliveries.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Latest Max deal erodes Neo's lead among lessors
Boeing’s confirmation that lessor GE Capital Aviation Services is the previously unidentified buyer of an additional 20 737 Max aircraft means that the US lessor is now the largest leasing customer for the re-engined narrowbody.
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P&W verifies cooling fix for A320neo engine, begins Block 2 tests
Pratt & Whitney has verified that a modified cooling flow corrects a potential over-heating problem on an engine for the Airbus A320neo.
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NewsBombardier yields to cost pressure, cuts workforce by 4.4%
A week after announcing a new delay for the CSeries programme, Bombardier Aerospace announced on 21 January plans to cut 1,700 positions in Canada and the USA within the next three weeks.
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NewsBombardier took 81 commercial orders in 2013
Bombardier ended 2013 with net orders for 81 commercial aircraft, down by 40% on the previous year's total of 138, but increased commercial deliveries by five to 55.