All articles by Max Kingsley-Jones – Page 44
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Idle talk - stored airliner fleet balloons to record level in latest census
The growth of the world airliner fleet has almost ground to a halt while the number parked is at an all-time high. Our annual census counts up the aircraft and examines the effect that the downturn has had over the last year
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World's parked jet fleet balloons to record level
Stored jet fleet has increased almost 30% over last 12 months to around 2,900 aircraft as operators slash capacity
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PICTURES: Airbus rolls out A350 carbon-fibre fuselage barrel demonstrator
Airbus has rolled out its second complete carbon-fibre test barrel as part of its development programme for the A350...
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PICTURES: First Airbus A330-200F shows off nose-gear blister fairing
Airbus has completed structural assembly of the first Airbus A330-200...
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PICTURE: Qatar Executive begins operations with Challenger 605s
Qatar Executive, the on-demand charter division of Qatar Airways, has begun operating its two Challenger 605 business jets recently delivered from Bombardier's...
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A350 flightdeck an evolution of A380 concept
Airbus has evolved the A350 XWB's flightdeck design from the A380, using the same display philosophy but adopting fewer, larger screens for improved inter-changeability,...
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Airbus devises 'class 2-plus' electronic flight bag offering for A350 XWB
Airbus aims to revolutionise electronic flight bag philosophy with the A350 XWB ....
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Airbus outlines key features of A350 flightdeck, takes innovative electronic flight bag approach
Airbus has given the first detailed briefing on the advances it will offer in the flightdeck of the A350...
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PICTURES: Airbus’s Shanghai double delivery
Airbus has completed deliveries of new A320 family aircraft to two Chinese carriers - Shanghai Airlines (pictured) and Juneyao Airlines - both of...
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New technologies key to competitiveness of Embraer studies
Engine, structures and systems technologies will be key to any new airliner design from Embraer if it is to successfully take on the Bombardier CSeries and...
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The long walk back to the Moon
Forty years after mankind's giant leap and 37 years after the final Apollo landing, a return to the Moon seems a long way away...
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Airbus and Boeing see orders collapse as deliveries hit record levels
Orders slump as output hits new high Big Two's slow sales exacerbated by large number of cancellations during...
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Vought move could signal Boeing airliner production shake-up
The Carlyle divestment of Vought's 787 operations may be the precursor to a fundamental realignment of Boeing's airliner assembly strategy if it proceeds...
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Boeing took decision to delay 787 first flight 'last Friday'
Boeing identified a structural issue with the 787 several weeks ago but it was not until last Friday that analysis confirmed that the first flight should...
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Boeing announces delay to 787 first flight and deliveries
Boeing has announced that it has postponed the maiden flight of the 787 after deciding to reinforce an area within the side-of-body section of the first...
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Qatar Executive plans to quickly build business jet fleet
Qatar Airways' new on-demand charter division plans to build rapidly on its initial fleet...
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Airbus king again as Paris sees over $13bn worth of airliner orders
Airbus took the lion's share of the airliner orders at a show which, although a pale reflection of the salesfest...
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Mitsubishi touts success in dismissing concerns about MRJ weight
Mitsubishi Aircraft believes fuel burn performance will trump any weight gain in the minds of potential customers of its MRJ 70- to 90-seat regional jet family.
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Engine Alliance claims lead over Trent 900
Engine Alliance is confident it can maintain or extend the 1% fuel burn advantage it claims for its GP7200 on the Airbus A380 over the rival Rolls-Royce Trent 900 through systematic upgrades over the coming years.