All articles by Jon Hemmerdinger – Page 52
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Boeing shuffles commercial engineering roles
Boeing is shuffling some top commercial aircraft engineering positions, starting with making chief commercial engineer Lynne Hopper its next vice-president and general manager for engineering strategy and operations.
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Embraer’s Eve signs deal to operate 100 air taxis in the Asia-Pacific region
Embraer’s urban air mobility business continues to push forward ambitious plans for intra-city transport, now saying it intends to operate up to 100 electric air taxis in the Asia-Pacific region via a partnership with Ascent Flights Global.
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Emerald Airlines to lease ATRs from Chorus Aviation
Canadian aircraft lessor Chorus Aviation Capital will lease six ATR 72-600 turboprops to start-up Irish regional carrier Emerald Airlines.
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Predators seeking rich pickings in aerospace
The past 18 months have seen little consolidation among the industry’s biggest businesses. But fresh bids for two of the UK’s key players are raising concerns over foreign ownership of the country’s industrial and security assets.
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FAA order targets PW1500G and PW1900G high-pressure compressors
In a move responding to inflight engine shutdowns, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines to replace components in the high-pressure compressors (HPC) of Pratt & Whitney PW1500G and PW1900G turbofans.
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Former Embraer CEO Silva becomes advisor to electric-aircraft start-up Airflow
Former Embraer chief executive Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva has become advisor to US electric aircraft developer Airflow, which now says it has secured sales commitments worth $600 million.
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Latvia to invest another €90m in Air Baltic, citing pandemic
Latvian lawmakers have agreed to grant government-owned Air Baltic another €90 million ($105 million) in equity for the purpose of alleviating pandemic-related losses and helping the airline recover.
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Alaska orders another 12 737 Max 9s
Alaska Airlines has ordered another 12 Boeing 737 Max 9s and taken 25 new purchase options – a deal handing another needed win to Boeing’s rebounding narrowbody programme.
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Boeing details 737NG nacelle redesign following 2018 in-flight failure, asks for exemption
Boeing has disclosed details about “structural enhancements” it has developed for 737NG nacelles to ensure nacelles maintain integrity in the event of fan blade failures.
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Embraer looks to double its revenue in ‘medium term’
Embraer thinks its can possibly double its revenue in the “medium term”, the result of increasing aircraft delivery rates and expanding its aircraft services business.
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Embraer’s electric EMB-203 Ipanema makes maiden flight
Embraer in recent days completed first flight of an electric-powered EMB-203 Ipanema, part of a project by the company to develop electric technologies for use in future aircraft projects.
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Embraer rolls out carbon-reduction targets, supports ‘net-zero emissions’ by 2050
Embraer has pledged to develop “solutions” to achieve “net-zero aviation emissions” by 2050, saying it will work expand the use of biofuel and continue developing aircraft powered partly and fully by electricity.
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Embraer tweaks turboprop concept to have aft-mounted engines
Embraer has unveiled a new configuration for its conceptual turboprop, now pitching a 70-90 seat aircraft with aft-mounted engines – a design the company says can replace 50-seat regional jets.
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Embraer ends two year run of quarterly losses with $88m profit
Embraer in the second quarter swung to its first quarterly profit in two years, earning $87.9 million in a period marked by a surge in revenue and bump in aircraft deliveries.
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Air taxi developer Joby Aviation becomes publicly traded company
Start-up air taxi developer Joby Aviation has become a publicly traded company by merging with investment firm Reinvent Technologies Partners.
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Southwest cuts third-quarter financial expectations as Covid-19 infections surge
Southwest Airlines has trimmed its third-quarter revenue forecast to reflect declining demand for air travel and a jump in ticket cancellations – both stemming from surging Covid-19 infections.
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Wake up: US airlines warn smelling-salt shortage could cause flight cancellations
US airlines are asking regulators to wake up to a shortage of smelling salts, also called ammonia inhalants.
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Boeing logs 31 aircraft orders, 17 cancellations in July
Sales of 31 new commercial jets helped Boeing’s backlog to tick higher in July, despite continued airline cancellations.
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Boeing to move 737 fan cowl manufacturing from Airbus to Turkish Aerospace and India’s Tata
Boeing is making a supply chain shift that will see Turkish Aerospace and India’s Tata Advanced Systems take over 737 fan cowl production from Airbus in around 2025.
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Why two aircraft lessors have not jumped into the electric-aircraft craze
Some top aircraft lessors remain unconvinced about the viability of electric passenger aircraft and whether in-development air taxis and other first-generation electric types even fit within their leasing business models.