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MoM, 737 Max 10 projects fit in Boeing budget plans
Boeing has the financial ability to develop a new stretch of the 737 Max and a clean-sheet middle of the market (MoM) over the next nine years while reducing capital spending from a peak level in 2016, chief executive Dennis Muilenburg says.
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Boeing asked to bid for Air Force One replacement
The US Air Force has invited Boeing to submit a detailed proposal to supply and modify two passenger-carrying 747-8s to replace the 747-200-derived VC-25A fleet in the 2024 timeframe.
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Boeing ups forecast for Chinese demand for next jets
Boeing has raised its forecast for China’s demand for new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years to 6,810, making the country the first trillion dollar aviation market in its forecast.
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New PD-14 test facility nears completion
United Engine’s Perm Motors division expects to start powerplant tests at a new facility next year.
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Top 100 aerospace manufacturers hit by fall in revenues and profits in 2015
As is often the case, this year’s ranking of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers by revenue has a familiar feel, with the top eight companies staying in the same position as last year and only small movements throughout most of the list. The industry is dominated by big beasts and ...
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C919 pushes on with static tests in prep for first flight
Comac says static strength tests for its C919 programme are slightly behind schedule, but that the team is still on track to complete the required tests by the end of the year, which will give an indication of whether the first flight can go ahead.
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MRJ sensor investigation holds up US ferry flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft says the anomalies detected on its MRJ regional jet prototype are not due to faulty systems, but that it is nonetheless working to “uncover the cause” that forced it to abort two attempts to fly the aircraft to the US late last month.
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Bombardier slashes CSeries ramp-up on engine delay
Bombardier will deliver less than half of the CSeries family aircraft as expected this year due to production ramp-up delays by the engine supplier, the Canadian manufacturer says.
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TAP MRO arm retrofits sharklets to corporate A319
Portuguese-based TAP Maintenance & Engineering has retrofitted an Airbus A319 executive jet with ‘sharklet’ wing-tips, the first such modification for the corporate type.
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Cathay picks Monarch's MRO unit for A350 line support
Monarch Aircraft Engineering is to provide line maintenance for Cathay Pacific's Airbus A350s at London Gatwick.
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Québec completes $1bn investment in CSeries
Bombardier has received the second and last $500 million installment of a $1 billion investment by the Québec government to own a 49.5% share of the CSeries Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP) joint venture with the Montreal-based manufacturer.
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An-225 revival proposed in new Antonov-China pact
Ukrainian aircraft designer Antonov has agreed to cooperate with a Hong Kong-based Chinese company, intending first to revive production of a partially-assembled An-225 freighter and then restore series production.
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Boeing 747 designer Sutter dies at 95
Boeing engineer and aircraft designer Joe Sutter, who achieved aviation icon status as the “Father of the 747”, died on 30 August. He was 95.
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Embraer flies third E190-E2 prototype
A third E190-E2 aircraft has joined Embraer’s three-month-old flight test programme.
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MRJ aborts ferry flight to US twice in two days
Mitsubishi Aircraft made two failed attempts to ferry its first MRJ regional jet prototype to the US over the weekend, due to issues with the aircraft's air management system.
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Russian researchers to test damage-sensitive coating
Russian aerospace researchers are planning to test a coating designed to indicate areas of microscopic damage to composite aerostructures.
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China Airlines selects LHT for A350 component support
Lufthansa Technik's component maintenance contract with China Airlines has been expanded to cover on-order Airbus A350s.
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GE orders gear change to prevent 787 engine shutdown
About 600 Boeing 787 engines will be modified by the end of the year to correct a transfer gearbox problem suspected in several in-flight shutdowns.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: UAC chief looks to build on MC-21 with new widebody
In a Hollywood version of the Russian commercial aviation story, the last 15 years fits the narrative of a classic comeback script, with the final act – the unlikely-yet-somehow-triumphant entry-into-service of a Russian-Chinese widebody around 2025 – still to be written.
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ANALYSIS: Superjet primed for home stretch after false starts
At some point in the next 12 months, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) will be ready to give the Superjet programme a gift rarely bestowed in the modern aviation industry: a second chance.