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Airbus to source A320 'Airspace' bins from FACC

2017-09-04T08:51:00Z

Airbus has handed the contract to develop overhead stowage compartments for its redesigned A320 interior cabin to Austrian firm FACC.
Analysis
ANALYSIS: GAMA's half yearly shipments show modest uptick

2017-09-04T08:45:37Z

Fixed-wing business and general aviation aircraft manufacturers made modest shipment gains over the first six months of 2017, with a 2.7% climb marking the sector’s first year-on-year increase since 2014.
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UAC unifying civil aircraft with Irkut-Sukhoi combination

2017-09-02T20:14:00Z

Russia's United Aircraft is to combine airframer Irkut with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft under a programme to unify civil aircraft manufacturing.
Analysis
ANALYSIS: Ryanair chief sees airline consolidation gathering pace

2017-09-01T13:59:31Z

European airlines, look away now: Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary expects that most will disappear over the next half-decade.
Analysis
ANALYSIS: Top 100 aerospace companies grow more profitable

2017-09-01T12:00:43Z

Last year proved highly profitable for most of the world's biggest aerospace companies. Despite near-stagnant revenues, the industry's largest 100 businesses significantly boosted returns, with profits soaring more than 17% in dollar terms over the previous financial year, and operating margins averaging 9.3%.
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EASA certifies A350-1000 engine

2017-09-01T05:52:00Z

Rolls-Royce has secured European flight certification for the Airbus A350-1000's powerplant, the Trent XWB-97.
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Delta picks Air France-KLM's maintenance arm for A350 support

2017-08-31T15:13:46Z

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance has won a contract to provide component support for Delta Air Lines' Airbus A350 fleet.
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Ryanair to bid for Alitalia's jets: O'Leary

2017-08-31T15:05:52Z

Ryanair intends to make a firm bid to acquire Alitalia's fleet of jets, chief executive Michael O'Leary has indicated.
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Pilatus calls time on PC-6

2017-08-31T13:14:41Z

Pilatus will cease production of its PC-6 multirole trainer in 2019 after a 60-year run. The decision follows poor sales of the single-engined turboprop, also known as the Porter, and limited development opportunities for the platform.
Analysis
ANALYSIS: How the Berlin market changed while Brandenburg stalled

2017-08-31T10:10:00Z

Air Berlin's insolvency filing has deepened the malaise surrounding the yet-to-be-opened Brandenburg airport. And the Oneworld airline's challenges and likely break-up highlight how the market has changed since the German capital's long-delayed future gateway was conceived.
Analysis
ANALYSIS: Qantas's Singapore-London redux tightens Asia focus

2017-08-31T08:01:52Z

Qantas’s reversion to operating its Sydney-London services via Singapore says much more about its Asian ambitions than its legacy focus on flying to Europe.
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Qantas to drop Dubai under renewed Emirates pact

2017-08-31T00:55:50Z

Qantas will switch its Sydney-Dubai-London flights will return to operate via Singapore under a new from 25 March 2018 under a renewed partnership with Emirates.
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MC-21 stabiliser passes initial life-cycle load tests

2017-08-30T09:11:00Z

Initial testing of the Irkut MC-21-300's horizontal stabiliser has demonstrated that the design can withstand stresses over a 60,000-cycle operating period.
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Air Berlin confirms deadline for bids

2017-08-30T09:05:29Z

Potential buyers of Air Berlin have until 15 September to submit their offers, the carrier has confirmed.
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TAP and Azul studying joint venture

2017-08-29T18:25:12Z

TAP Portugal and Brazil's Azul are working on a joint venture so the two airlines can collaborate on pricing on transatlantic flights between Europe and Brazil.
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Ryanair to add five routes from Dublin next summer

2017-08-29T11:20:26Z

Ryanair has disclosed plans to operate a handful of new routes from Dublin next summer.
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Light aircraft passed under Monarch A321 on final: probe

2017-08-29T07:35:00Z

Spanish investigators have detailed an encounter at Menorca airport in which a light aircraft flew into conflict with a Monarch Airlines Airbus A321 on final approach.
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American sees market-specific pressure on transatlantic

2017-08-28T22:50:19Z

American Airlines is seeing pressure from long-haul low-cost carriers on a market-by-market basis across the Atlantic, says senior vice-president of revenue management Don Casey.
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Technodinamika eyes AJW to partner on Russian CFM56 support

2017-08-25T12:47:52Z

Rostec division Technodinamika aims to collaborate with UK parts specialist AJW Group in order to support CFM International CFM56 powerplants in Russia.
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Italian authority probes Alitalia A320 tail-strike

2017-08-25T09:43:00Z

Italian investigators have opened an inquiry after an Alitalia Airbus A320 suffered a tail-strike on departure from Milan Malpensa.