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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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PICTURES: First 777 freighter delivered to Air France
Boeing has delivered the first 777 freighter to launch customer Air France Cargo. The aircraft's delivery was marked at a ceremony on the afternoon...
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Ethiopian sees 300-seat jets in 70-aircraft fleet plan
Ethiopian Airlines is looking to take a further seven Boeing 787-8s and additionally may order up to 10 787-9s, 777-200LRs or Airbus A350 XWBs this year...
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NewsSR Technics to close Dublin maintenance base
Maintenance firm SR Technics is to close its Dublin base, one of its three main European stations, as a result of the loss of business for the centre. SR...
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Authorities clear ATR 72 for London City operations
ATR has secured approval for its ATR 72 turboprop to operate to London City Airport, clearing the way for Ireland's Aer Arann to use the type for its Isle...
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Europe prepares to boost business and general aviation
The European Union must recognise the importance to the community of business and general aviation, and take action to ensure that it can operate without...
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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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Cancellations exceed orders at both Airbus and Boeing
Both Airbus and Boeing have dipped into negative net orders for the year to date, having suffered more cancellations than secured sales.
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NewsLessor LCAL scraps most of its 787 order
Specialised Boeing 787 leasing company LCAL has cancelled 16 of the 21 aircraft it had on order, the second large-scale loss to the 787 backlog within a...
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Lessors’ calls for production cuts 'self-serving': Boeing
Boeing's leasing arm insists that calls by operating lessors for single-aisle production to be slashed in the wake of the economic crisis are "self-serving",...
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December Italian all-fuel cell flight planned
A modified Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 ultralight is expected to fly in June using only batteries....
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Airliner output heads for record levels in 2009 despite downturn
Civil aircraft manufacturing is forecast to break all production records this year in the face of deteriorating trading conditions and financing shortages...
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Russia delivers, barely
So far, there is little to show from drive to reinvigorate a once-proud aerospace industry
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NewsFirst Continental 787 scheduled for delivery in 2011
Continental's first 787 should arrive at the carrier close to two years passed its original target date, as carrier management readies for the first aircraft...
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NewsMexicana poised to lease 25 717s
Mexicana is negotiating leases for about 25 Boeing 717s that will be used to replace the 25 Fokker 100s now operated by its low-cost unit Click. A...
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Battling birdstrikes
Assuming the US Airways Airbus A320 ditched in New York's Hudson river two weeks ago proves to have been brought down by Canada geese, the incident will...
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Airlines and lessors face decreasing pool of capital
Airlines and lessors will have to battle for an ever-decreasing pool of capital in 2009, as the global economic downturn further weakens financiers
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NewsAirbus to continue with Tianjin ramp-up plan
Airbus will pursue plans to increase the production rate of its new Chinese A320 assembly line, but the target of four aircraft a month could be revised...