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SINGAPORE: Bombardier to take Q400 up to 90 seats
Bombardier has announced a new 90-seat variant of its Q400 turboprop at the Singapore air show, as well as other payload and maintenance enhancements, that will enter service in 2018.
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SINGAPORE: Lessors keeping faith in CSeries – Bombardier
Lessors that have ordered the CSeries remain confident in the product despite the low numbers of airline customers, says Bombardier.
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SINGAPORE: Comac works to optimise ARJ21
Comac says it is working to optimise its ARJ21 regional jet, and that changes could be incorporated into production aircraft within the next two to three years.
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SINGAPORE: MRJ pushes ahead, confident of 2018 EIS
Mitsubishi Aircraft says it has incorporated all known risks into the MRJ regional jet’s schedule, and that it is confident of delivering the first aircraft in mid-2018.
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SINGAPORE: A330neo passes detailed design review
Airbus’s re-engined A330neo has passed its detailed design review, some six months after concept freeze.
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SINGAPORE: Israeli companies market debris and wildlife aviation protection systems
Israel's Controp is teaming with Pharovision to provide adapted electro-optical/infrared sensors for two new aviation safety systems.
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SINGAPORE: Extra assembly stations to handle A350 ramp-up
Airbus has completed an extension of its final assembly line at Toulouse which will be used for A350 ramp-up and integration of the -1000 variant of the twinjet.
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SINGAPORE: Airbus seals in-depth MRO pact for SIA A380s
Singapore Airlines has reached a flight-hour services maintenance agreement with Airbus covering the carrier’s A380 fleet.
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SINGAPORE: Kallman, AIA sign air show pact
Exhibition firm Kallman Worldwide has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the leading aviation trade body in the United States, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), aimed at boosting the US presence at international air shows.
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SINGAPORE: Government sees OEMs deepening regional supply chain
Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) sees OEMs increasingly broadening their supply chains to Southeast Asia, in an an effort to be closer to what will amount to the world's fourth largest economy.
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SINGAPORE: Aviage, Roketsan among newcomers at 2016 show
The Singapore Airshow this year has attracted several new aerospace firms in 2016, while retaining 75% of the companies that participated in 2014.
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SINGAPORE: MRJ misses Singapore air show
Mitsubishi Aircraft has decided not to bring its MRJ regional jet to the Singapore air show, to allow the aircraft to focus on its test programme.
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NewsBoeing stock price tumbles on fraud report
Boeing’s stock price is flirting with setting a one-day decline record on 11 February after a morning news report linked the company to a fraud investigation.
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Boeing plans new aircraft go-ahead decision by end-year
Despite spending months pleading for patience, Boeing executives are now telling employees a decision on whether to go ahead with a new airliner aimed at the “middle of the market” (MOM) could be made by the end of the year.
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Boeing predicts 747-8 rate increase in 2019
Boeing has revealed long-term plans to double the planned production rate on the 747-8 programme in 2019, according to new financial documents.
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PICTURE: Airbus starts final assembly of A350-1000
Airbus has commenced final assembly of the A350-1000, the stretched version of the airframer's long-haul twinjet.
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PICTURE: MRJ prototype resumes flight tests
The first Mitsubishi Regional Jet, FTA-1, has resumed flight testing after being on the ground for more than two months.
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Boeing reaffirms 737 Max 9 strategy despite slow sales
Though outsold by more than five-to-one by the Airbus A321neo to date, the 737 Max 9 remains "well-positioned" in the market, says Boeing vice-president of marketing Randy Tinseth.
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ANALYSIS: Freighter market converts Bedek into growth plan
Only a year ago it was still possible to speculate on the demise of the freighter aircraft market, one of the key strengths of Israel’s commercial aerospace industry.
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NewsFormer Sikorsky president killed in P-51D crash
Former Sikorsky president Jeff Pino was killed in a crash of his North American P-51D Mustang on 5 February.