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Japanese bank MUFG takes over DVB Bank aviation arm
Japanese bank MUFG is to acquire the aviation finance division of Germany’s DVB Bank, following a purchase and transfer agreement.
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Rolls-Royce 'open' to potential partnership on NMA engine: chief
Rolls-Royce is not ruling out the possibility that it might partner with another engine manufacturer to power Boeing's New Mid-market Airplane.
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Cost savings rather than range drew Wizz to A321neo
Wizz Air is focused on availing of the Airbus A321neo's lower operating costs rather than its potential to add farther-flung destinations to the network.
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Rolls-Royce sets target for reduction in Trent 1000-related AOGs
Rolls-Royce chief executive Warren East is hopeful that the number of Boeing 787s grounded as a result of Trent 1000 issues can be cut from 35 today to 10 by year-end.
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NewsDassault confirms end of Anglo-French UCAV work
An Anglo-French project to develop and fly an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator has officially ended, with the aircraft having failed to get off the drawing board.
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BA looks towards 777-200 successor after 777-9 order
IAG has stressed that British Airways still has a requirement for a substantial number of Boeing 777-200ERs, following the intense competition which resulted in its ordering up to 42 Boeing 777-9s.
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Rolls-Royce takes near-$250m charge after Airbus's A380 decision
Rolls-Royce has in its full-year results for 2018 recorded an exceptional item of £186 million ($247 million) relating to Airbus's decision to end production of the A380, for which the Trent 900 was a power option.
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British Airways orders up to 42 777-9s
British Airways is ordering up to 42 Boeing 777-9s to modernise the UK flag-carrier’s long-haul fleet.
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Rolls-Royce pulls out of Boeing NMA engine contest
Rolls-Royce has pulled out of the competition to develop an engine for Boeing’s proposed New Mid-market Airplane.
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VIDEO: Silk Way G200 slides off Sheremetyevo runway
Russian investigators are probing an accident involving an Azerbaijani executive jet which skidded off the runway while landing at Moscow Sheremetyevo.
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Zodiac integration process on track: Safran
Safran expects its seats division's sales to be flat in 2019 but has emphasised that restructuring efforts within the former Zodiac Aerospace aircraft interiors business – which the French group acquired a year ago – are on track.
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Wizz considering Russian flights from UK
Wizz Air is examining the possibility of starting flights from the UK to Russia.
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CFM still battling Leap-1B production delays
GE Aviation-Safran joint venture CFM International has overcome a delay in deliveries of Leap-1A engines to Airbus's A320neo-family production line, the result of supply-chain bottlenecks relating to forgings and castings – but is still battling a three-week lag in deliveries of the Boeing 737 Max-powering Leap-1B.
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Aegean plans bond issue to fund A320neo order
Aegean Airlines will seek to raise €150-200 million ($170-230 million) from the capital market to fund pre-delivery payments on the 30 Airbus A320neo-family jets it has ordered.
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Doomed Piper Malibu was not authorised to fly commercially
The Piper Malibu PA-46-310P (registration N264DB) that crashed on 21 January in the sea off the coast of Guernsey carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala was not permitted to operate commercially, but the pilot David Ibbotson had previously conducted flights on a ride-sharing basis, according to the UK accident investigator.
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Comac, UAC aim to secure CR929 launch customers this year
Comac and United Aircraft are both in deep discussions with airlines about the CRAIC CR929 widebody, as they work towards securing launch customers for the type this year.
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PICTURES: Austrian goes back to the ‘80s with A320 retrojet
Austrian Airlines has joined the “retrojet” club with the introduction of an Airbus A320 adorned with the livery the carrier flew in the 1980s.
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PICTURE: Icelandair’s first 737 Max 9 arrives, leased from BOC
Icelandair has taken its first Boeing 737 Max 9, which has been delivered on lease from BOC Aviation.
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Yakutia plots resumption of international flights
Prospects of Yakutia Airlines resuming international services have improved after the carrier secured financial backing and is revamping its fleet.
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Rolls-Royce tests composite fan in Derby
Rolls-Royce has started ground tests of a composite fan system for its UltraFan future engine programme.