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FARNBOROUGH: GKN wins Bell 525 airframe part deal
Bell Helicopter (chalet L2) has contracted UK aerostructures specialist GKN Aerospace (Innovation Zone) to provide fuselage components for the 525 Relentless...
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FARNBOROUGH: CFM predicts $3-4 million cost advantage for Leap engine on A320neo
CFM International predicts a $3 million to $4 million advantage in net present value for each A320neo powered by a Leap-X instead of a Pratt & Whitney PurePower...
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FARNBOROUGH: Bombardier dual-sources early CSeries centre fuselage barrels
Bombardier confirms that a risk mitigation strategy for the centre fuselage barrel of the CSeries includes spreading work on the earliest shipsets to suppliers...
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FARNBOROUGH: Civil and defence prospects 'farther apart than ever'
The $500 billion cut to the US military budget looming in January 2013 is threatening to reshape the defence industry, but the impact of the so-called sequestration...
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FARNBOROUGH: Engineering role models for Farnborough Futures Day
Futures Day at the Farnborough Innovation Zone will star two young GKN Aerospace engineers, Laura Cundy and Karen Murphy, who plan to inspire an audience...
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ANALYSIS: Farnborough brings crucial phase in Airbus/Boeing narrowbody battle
Farnborough brings a crucial phase of the Airbus-Boeing battle of re-engined narrowbodies, as both strive to speed slowing sales while asserting superiority over the rival
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FARNBOROUGH: GKN expands wing production capacity
GKN Aerospace (Innovation Zone) has opened a new engineering and technology centre at the company's Filton, UK site to expand its wing design and manufacturing...
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AF447 inquiry grapples with stall-warning enigma
French investigators' attempts to unravel the reasons why Air France flight AF447's crew failed to recognise the Airbus A330's stall situation are seeking...
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Monopolistic pricing drives Boeing away from single-sourcing
Boeing is rolling back single-sourcing within its supply chain in an effort to reduce the risk of capacity shortfalls and blunt monopolistic pricing attempts...
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Uruguay's Pluna halts operations indefinitely
Embattled Uruguayan carrier Pluna has suspended all flights for an indefinite period, after running into financial difficulties. The airline states...
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Open rotor noise not a barrier to entry: GE
Initial performance and noise studies conducted in the wind tunnel show that an open rotor engine with counter-rotating propellers in pusher configuration...
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Vueling set for end of summer fleet decision
Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling expects to finalise its fleet renewal decision by the end of the summer. The Barcelona-based carrier is in the middle...
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AF447 crash inquiry bids to explain pilot's nose-up input
French investigators have laboured to explain the nose-up inputs made by the pilot of Air France flight AF447 which led the Airbus A330 to climb and subsequently...
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MAS introduces first A380, explains premium-economy u-turn
As Malaysia Airlines' second A380 is put through its paces in the flying display at Farnborough, the carrier's first aircraft is now earning money on the Kuala Lumpur-London Heathrow route.
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Virgin Australia orders 23 Boeing 737 Max
Virgin Australia has ordered 23 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, with an option for another four. The aircraft will be delivered between 2019 and 2021, says...
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Emirates to operate A380 to Moscow Domodedovo
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to deploy the Airbus A380 on services to Moscow Domodedovo later this year. It will operate the 517-seat aircraft...
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FedEx fails to block A300 rudder-warning modification
Operators told to fit Airbus warning system to stop dangerous inputs despite freight carrier's claim that training suffices
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Bombardier reveals CSeries final assembly plan
As airframer progresses towards assembly of first flight-test aircraft, new centre will be capable of building 100 per year
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Low-cost manufacturing lures Airbus to Boeing's back yard
In a flashy ceremony more Hollywood than Deep South, Airbus on 2 July confirmed plans to install its first direct manufacturing facility on US soil with...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: CSeries questions linger as flight tests approach
Bombardier faces sharp criticisms as it struggles with a small backlog, proven competition and bringing its all-new aircraft from testbed to first flight