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Boeing sets roll-out date for 737 Max 9
Two months before the anticipated entry into service of the 737 Max 8, Boeing has scheduled the official roll-out of the first 737 Max 9 for 7 March in Renton, Washington.
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Leap-powered A321neo gains US and European approval
Airbus has gained type certification for the A321neo variant powered by CFM International Leap-1A turbofan engines, the airframer disclosed today.
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MRJ to undergo cold soak tests in Florida
One of the Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ regional jet flight test aircraft has been sent to McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin AFB in Florida for cold weather testing.
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Mitsubishi still finalising new MRJ production schedule
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation stresses that it has not yet completed its revised production schedule for the MRJ regional jet following the latest design changes that have delayed delivery of the first aircraft to 2020.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus hits stride in Mobile as political winds turn in its favour
Four years and four months before Donald Trump rode a wave of industrial nationalism to the White House, Airbus decided to plant a factory in Mobile, Alabama, to deliver A320-family aircraft to US customers. In retrospect, that fateful announcement looks, well, prescient.
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P&W develops plan to exceed GTF 2017 delivery targets
Pratt & Whitney has an internal plan to exceed delivery targets for the geared turbofan GTF) engine family this year after falling short of the objective in 2016, says chief executive Greg Hayes of P&W parent United Technologies.
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VIDEO: A320 family first flights
When an Airbus flight test crew took the A320 to the sky for the first time, they must have known they were flying a special aircraft. For sure, as this video shows, that 1987 sortie was a sight to behold. But what must have surprised even its flight crew and ...
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ANALYSIS: How Airbus is managing A320's production transition
Airbus has not quite reached the point of declaring: “The A320 is dead – long live the A320neo,” but the transition to the re-engined version is accelerating and the backlog for the original model of its first single-aisle aircraft is rapidly diminishing.
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ATR opens Miami training center to fix pilot shortage
ATR today opened a new pilot training centre in Miami as part of a wider effort to address a global pilot shortage problem that lately has become an "impediment to growth" for the turboprop manufacturer.
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ANALYSIS: Three decades of the A320, by the numbers
By the end of 2016, Airbus had received 13,066 orders and delivered 7,422 A320-family aircraft. With the announcement of a re-engined version in 2010, the airframer refreshed the programme in response to customer demands for lower fuel-burn and competition from Boeing and Bombardier as it aims to stay at the ...
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ANALYSIS: How A320 changed the world for commercial pilots
As the world’s first digital fly-by-wire (FBW) airliner, Airbus Industrie’s A320 was positioned to bring commercial flying and flight management into the 21st century when it was rolled out in 1987.
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Boeing rolls out 787-10 in politically charged ceremony
Boeing formally introduced the first 787-10 on 17 February in North Charleston, South Carolina, in a strikingly political ceremony led by US president Donald Trump.
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Bombardier recovery in 'full motion' with 2016 results
The first year of Bombardier’s five-year recovery plan ended as promised, with the Canadian manufacturer recording a $981 million net loss overall, including a $903 million loss before interest and taxes in the Commercial Aircraft division.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: V1EWPoint - a review of 2016 and how this year will be different
At first glance, 2017 looks like it will be a tough year. Demand outlook indicators have largely turned from green to amber as we see the potential slowing of the demand cycle. Traffic growth will also be lower in 2017 than 2016, with Airlines facing cost increases from fuel prices ...
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: What you want to know about commercial aviation in 2017
Audience questions prompted by Flight Ascend Consultancy’s latest commercial aviation market update webinar reveal much about the industry’s concerns, with our consultants’ views sought on areas such as the future of the Bombardier CSeries and Airbus A380, values trends, and the likely impact of higher oil prices or Donald Trump’s ...
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Boeing workers deny IAM bid to organise North Charleston
Nearly 3,000 workers at Boeing’s eight-year-old campus in North Charleston, South Carolina have rejected a second attempt to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
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A330neo maiden flight date still hazy
Rolls-Royce is progressing with assembly of the initial flight-test Trent 7000 engines for the Airbus A330neo, although a maiden flight date has yet to become clear.
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Boeing confirms 737 Max 10 spec's amidst frenetic activity
As the 737 Max 8 approaches the airworthiness certification milestone, Boeing’s narrowbody hub in Renton, Washington, enters a frenetic period of activity, with the first 737 Max 9 test aircraft nearing first flight in early March, a proposed 737 Max 10 wrestling with a key design decision, a multi-airline entry ...
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Airbus to use shortened vibration-test method on A330neo
Airbus is planning to use a quicker technique to validate ground-vibration responses on the A330neo, having tested it on the A350-1000.
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Rolls-Royce poised for rise in large-engine output
Rolls-Royce has secured capacity to delivery around 500 large engines this year, having increased output by 15% to some 355 in 2016.