All articles by Jon Hemmerdinger – Page 97
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Hybrid aircraft startup Zunum Aero hits financial trouble: reports
Zunum Aero, a Boeing- and JetBlue-funded aerospace startup, has reported significant delays to its hybrid-electric aircraft development project amid reports the company has essentially shut down operations due to insufficient funding.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing faces pricing pressure as Airbus encroaches
Market values for several top-selling Boeing commercial aircraft continue to face downward pressure amid a convergence of factors that include record-low aircraft lease rates, cheap fuel and fresh competition from Airbus.
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Qatar firms order for five 777Fs
Qatar Airways has converted into a firm order what had been a letter of intent to purchase five Boeing 777 Freighters.
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FAA certificates Gulfstream G600
The Federal Aviation Administration has certificated Gulfstream Aerospace's 19-passenger G600 business jet, clearing the path for first delivery later this year.
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FAA finds issue with 737 Max trim recovery procedures
Federal Aviation Administration flight tests of the 737 Max have uncovered a data processing issue that affected government pilots' ability to perform the procedure for counteracting so-called "runaway stabiliser".
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Bombardier halts CRJ sales amid pending divestiture
New Bombardier CRJ regional jets are no longer for sale.
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Calio to succeed Leduc as Pratt & Whitney president
Pratt & Whitney commercial engine president Christopher Calio will succeed Robert Leduc as president of the company in early 2020, says the Connecticut-based engine maker.
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Porter Dash 8's tires burst on landing after 'hydraulic issues'
All main landing gear tires of a Porter Airlines De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 burst during landing on 18 June at Hamilton, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB).
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Eva Air takes delivery of first 787-10
Taiwanese carrier Eva Air has received its first Boeing 787-10, an aircraft the airline intends to deploy on high-density inter-Asia routes this summer.
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Qatar offers to be launch customer for a 777X freighter
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker is urging Boeing to develop a freighter version of its 777X, and has confirmed his carrier’s willingness to serve as a launch customer for such an aircraft.
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PARIS: Boeing lands digital service deals worth more than $100m
Boeing's fast-growing services business has disclosed more than $100 million-worth of orders and contracts for digital products with customers including major US carriers and smaller regional operators.
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PARIS: Udvar-Hazy foresees single-pilot evolution for NMA
Air Lease wants Boeing's New Mid-market Airplane to be designed as a technology platform capable of being updated over decades with new technology or a one-pilot cockpit.
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PARIS: GE Aviation and Leonardo go digital to track parts
GE Aviation and aerospace giant Leonardo are jointly developing digital products intended to help Leonardo better manage components for the UK's fleet of Leonardo Helicopters AW101s and Eurofighter Typhoons.
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PARIS: Industry addresses sustainability challenge
The aerospace industry’s ambitious efficiency goals clashed with the realities of market economics and propulsion technology on the second day of the Paris air show.
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PARIS: Boeing Next chief lays out future of air travel
Boeing foresees a time when supersonic and hypersonic aircraft connect the world's cities, with small electric air taxis shuttling passengers within them.
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PARIS: Collins announces $1.5 billion in MRO deals
Collins Aerospace has secured $1.5 billion in power control and aerostructures maintenance agreements from commercial aircraft operators, including its first MRO deal with Ethiopian Airlines.
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PARIS: Spirit AeroSystems pitches composite manufacturing process
Spirit AeroSystems has developed a new, lower-cost composite manufacturing process for commercial aircraft fuselages it expects will be ready for production as soon as 2025.
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PARIS: Boeing ups 20-year forecast on global growth projections
Continued growth of developing economies has led Boeing to tweak upward its 20-year commercial aircraft market outlook.
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Boeing sticks to 777X timeline despite GE9X delays
Boeing insists its 777X programme remains on track for 2020 deliveries despite fresh engine issues that seemingly push the certification timeline toward the outer edge of the airframer’s expectations.
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PARIS: GE Aviation lands FlightPulse deals with Swiss and Qantas
GE Aviation is developing a version of its FlightPulse pilot efficiency tool for Swiss and is designing an updated version of the technology for existing customer Qantas.