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Sabrelet-fitted Superjet needs repair after test accident
Sukhoi’s winglet-fitted Superjet 100 test aircraft has sustained damage during a landing incident in Moscow.
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BA incident revisits 787 cockpit-recorder clarity
UK investigators are seeking modifications to the Boeing 787 audio system to improve clarity of cockpit-voice recorder information.
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INFOGRAPHIC: How is the narrowbody market-share shaping up?
As orders for the re-engined A320neo and 737 Max soar past 10,500 aircraft, we call on Flight Fleets Analyzer data to show how the narrowbody market-share battle is shaping up
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LHT to start dry-ice engine washing in 2019
Lufthansa Technik will use dry ice, rather than water, for on-wing engine-washing procedures from 2019.
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Helicopter fuel leak put 747-8F at risk of explosion
Failure to defuel a helicopter before it was shipped on board a Cargolux Boeing 747-8F resulted in a serious leak of more than 250kg of fuel, presenting a substantial risk of explosion and badly contaminating the jet’s interior.
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PICTURE: New livery features on second MC-21
Irkut has unveiled a new paint scheme on the second flight-test airframe of the MC-21-300 programme.
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Hi Fly to show off A380 at Farnborough
Portuguese wet-lease specialist Hi Fly’s first Airbus A380 is set to make an appearance at the Farnborough air show.
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LHT teams with Oerlikon for 3D-printing MRO study
German maintenance provider Lufthansa Technik is co-operating with Swiss engineering group Oerlikon to develop additive manufacturing processes for the MRO industry.
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Zenith takes delivery of latest Learjet 75
UK charter and management company Zenith Aviation has taken delivery of the final Bombardier Learjet 75 from an October 2017 order for a pair of the superlight business jets.
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PICTURE: CSeries renamed as Airbus A220
Airbus has formally redesignated the Bombardier CSeries as the A220, complementing its larger A320 single-aisle range.
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Boeing secures '797' trademark
Boeing has quietly registered the name ‘797’ as a trademark, European intellectual property documents show.
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Bombardier introduces HUD/EVS option on Challenger 350
Bombardier has introduced a combined Rockwell Collins head-up display and enhanced vision system (EVS) as a factory option on new Challenger 350 super-midsize business jets, with the modification also available as a retrofit item for in-service examples.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why Airbus foresees laminar wings on next-gen aircraft
In the quest for greater efficiency of large transport aircraft, efforts to reduce wing drag through conventional aerodynamic tweaks have largely been exhausted, in the view of Airbus senior vice-president of research and technology Axel Flaig.
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Irkut production 'unaffected' after plant suffers fire
Russian airframer Irkut is reassuring that its production operations are unaffected by a fire which broke out at its aircraft plant on 9 July.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Are composite airframes feasible for narrowbodies?
Boeing and Airbus has been building aluminium aircraft for decades when they switched to composite designs for their respective 787 and A350 programmes. Whether that material change can be replicated for next-generation medium-haul aircraft, however, is unclear.
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ANALYSIS: A380 scrapes along in hope of revival
Only twice in the first decade since the Airbus A380 entered service has the double-deck aircraft ended a year with its order backlog higher than that of the previous one. On both occasions Middle Eastern carrier Emirates alone had spared the programme from recording a duck for the year. Emirates ...
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EgyptAir crash probe logjam frustrates French investigators
French investigators have openly criticised the Egyptian probe into the fatal loss of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 two years ago, after the inquiry was turned over to judicial authorities.
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Airbus touts A330neo flexibility in quest to replace 767s
Airbus claims that the flexibility of the Airbus A330neo makes it a strong candidate to replace the aging fleet of Boeing 767s and other widebodies at US carriers.
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EASA orders A330/340 ELT antenna damage check
Airbus A330 and A340-600 operators with 2Ku-band radomes fitted are being ordered to conduct checks of the emergency locator transmitter antenna, which appear to be vulnerable to a vortex-induced vibration.
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Regulators propose new rule for engine bird ingestion
Engine companies bidding for Boeing’s potential New Mid-sized Airplane (NMA) could face a new safety requirement proposed by regulators in response to a 2009 bird strike incident that caused an Airbus A320 to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River.