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NewsNTSB urges grounding for certain GEnx-powered 787 and 747-8s
US aircraft safety investigators have called for grounding certain Boeing 787s and 747-8s powered by General Electric engines until they are inspected for...
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NewsBombardier completes assembly of first CSeries fuselage
Bombardier confirms the final section for the CSeries structural test aircraft will be delivered to the Montreal factory by the end of the month, and final...
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NewsBoeing trims vacated 787 delivery slots to reduce risk
Boeing has trimmed the pace of future 787 deliveries to reduce the risk of over-burdening the production system as it executes a swift and critical ramp-up....
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Embraer to restructure Chautauqua financings
Embraer has agreed to restructure its financing agreements with Chautauqua Airlines for its Embraer 145 family aircraft, as the regional airline seeks to...
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NewsAirbus 2050: the details are all in the future
Airbus has, for several years now, been promoting a vision of air travel in 2050. Starting with the basic structure, the "concept plane" was an attempt to imagine what might come to be if materials and aerodynamic ideas could be combined into a sort of "engineer's dream".
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Air China firms up five 747-8Is
Air China has firmed up its order of five Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft, according to the airframer's updated orders today. The state-owned...
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EADS-BAE tie-up unlikely to affect Airbus business
Proposals to merge EADS and BAE Systems would create an aerospace giant larger than Boeing, with revenues exceeding €70 billion ($90 billion). EADS...
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NewsBAE Systems, EADS in merger talks to create $100bn turnover business
EADS, the Airbus and Eurocopter parent, is in talks with defence manufacturer BAE Systems over a possible merger that would create the world's largest aerospace...
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ILA: Airbus defends sales pace of A330-200F
Airbus has defended the slow pace of sales for its A330-200 freighter, insisting the cargo twinjet's business is comparable to the Boeing 767's when the...
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NewsEmirates and AMR in partnership talks
Emirates is in talks with American Airlines parent AMR to launch a partnership that will involve codesharing on flights and reciprocal frequent flier benefits. The...
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NewsILA: Airbus pitches A400M for disaster-relief role
German federal civil protection organisation Technisches Hilfswerk (THW) is trying to identify ways to reduce expense and inefficiency in disaster-response...
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US-Germany sign biofuel development accord
The future looks green for US-German relations following an alternative aviation fuels development agreement signed at ILA. German transport minister...
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NewsPIA net debt of 123bn rupees prompts warning
Pakistan International Airlines's (PIA) liabilities exceed its current assets to the tune of 123 billion rupees ($1.3 billion), the airline's first half...
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NewsILA: A380 tweaks push up dispatch reliability
Airbus is underlining the positive effect that a number of retrofit measures on various systems has had on A380 dispatch.
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NewsILA: Airbus expects to deliver 200 sharklet A320s in 2013
Airbus expects some 200 A320-family aircraft to be delivered next year with sharklet wing-tips. While this figure is less than half of recent annual...
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NewsILA: Premium Aerotec develops corrugated wing spar for Boeing
Following in the wake of German aviation pioneer Hugo Junkers, who first used corrugated aluminium to stiffen the fuselage skin of his aircraft, EADS aerostructure...
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UK government delays decision on increasing airport capacity
A decision on whether to build new runway capacity in the southeast of England will not be taken before 2015, following the creation of a government commission...
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NewsBoeing 787s continue flying after ultrasound checks on GE engines
General Electric (GE) has completed an analysis of ultrasound inspections on all four Boeing 787s powered by an engine that failed in ground taxi tests six weeks ago.
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ILA: BDLI evaluates evolution of cabin interiors
A double passenger deck layout for standard narrowbodies is one idea the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI) is evaluating as part of a manufacturer...