All articles by Max Kingsley-Jones – Page 48
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From on the buses to Airbuses
When Matt Jones set out to train as an airline pilot the events of 9/11 intervened, so he took up driving coaches. He is now a senior first officer on BA's 737 fleet and about to start another bus-driving course, of the A320 variety
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Focus: Airbus racks up 200 orders for the A380
Airbus reached an important milestone for its A380 programme in February when the addition of Korean Air's deal for two more aircraft brought total firm orders for the giant to 200 aircraft.
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Airbus targets 600 sales to existing A380 client base
Airbus expects several more of its A380 customers will join Emirates with ultimate fleets of at least 50 aircraft, as it targets 600 sales of the giant to its existing clients.
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Regional airframers suffer orders slump in 2008
After the regional market's strong revival two years ago, the picture changed dramatically in 2008 as orders declined by almost half, to 255 aircraft. However,...
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CSeries questions remain despite Lufthansa firm deal
Bombardier has finally moved the CSeries ...
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Bombardier redesignates CSeries variants as CS100, CS300
On the back of the confirmation of Lufthansa's deal for up to 60 Bombardier CSeries aircraft, the Canadian manufacturer has redesignated the models in the...
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CSeries talks 'in the freezer': Qatar Airways
Bombardier looks to have missed the opportunity to land a key second major airline customer for the...
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P&W signs off successful GTF flight-evaluation effort
After a successful series of tests, Pratt & Whitney is confident its GTF geared turbofan will live up to its promises
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Airbus works flat out to address A380 reliability issues
Airbus is working flat out to resolve A380 technical...
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PICTURE: Qatar Airways prepares to introduce new 777-200LRs
Qatar Airways took delivery of its first two ultra-long-range Boeing 777-200LRs in February. The twinjets will be introduced on services to its latest US...
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France closing on structure of tanker deal: AirTanker
Airbus Military and its partner AirTanker are hopeful that long-running dialogue with the French air force about the replacement of its tanker fleet is close to reaching the point where the structure of any acquisition deal will be finalised.
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PICTURES: Wings for RAF’s first A330 tanker head for assembly
Airbus UK has shipped the wings for the UK Royal Air Force's first Airbus A330-200-based tanker to Bremen for equipment installation ...
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Forecasting the long-term demand for airliners
The world's civil airframers provide regular long-term forecasts on airliner demand, which give their view about the general size of the market in terms of numbers of units.
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Airbus and partners gear up for A350 production
Airbus and its programme partners across Europe and the USA are gearing up for the launch of A350...
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A350 wing assembly to set new pulse
Production of Airbus's first carbonfibre wing for a commercial product is being undertaken by a mix of in-house divisions and outside suppliers, with a new...
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Airbus targets monthly build-rate of 10-13 A350s
"For the A350 we will use the test stations in Gramont 1 for all ground test activities" Philippe launay Airbus head...
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Working Week: Bob Bell of Renault F1
Renault F1's technical director Bob Bell was inspired by the Apollo space programme to pursue a career in aerospace engineering, but ended up creating championship-winning Formula 1 cars
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P&W rules out any early move to offer GTF architecture for widebody powerplant
Pratt & Whitney has ruled out any near-term development of a high-thrust development of its GTF...