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PICTURE: Airbus manufactures first A350 fuselage barrel
Airbus has started producing the first fuselage barrel for the A350 at the company's Spanish plant in Illescas. It says the barrel, for section 19...
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Opinion
Comment: End of a stand-off
In taking the bold step of avoiding a new-product strategy, Airbus sets in train a long-postponed game-theory exercise of which indefinite status quo is the only impossible result
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MEBA: Broadening VistaJet seeks to sustain 20% yearly sales growth
All-Bombardier block charter specialist VistaJet expects to match last year's 20% revenue growth in 2010, after what chairman and founder Thomas Flohr terms a "very good summer".
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Airbus outlines expected market impact of A320NEO
Airbus's long-awaited re-engined narrowbody programme, the A320 New Engine Option, or NEO, will mean there is "virtually no business case left" for Bombardier's CSeries, according to the European airframer's chief salesman John Leahy.
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Industry renews pleas for EU research support
European aerospace leaders are urging the European Union to fund research into scale production of aviation biofuels, citing the astronomical costs that inhibit their use.
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Qantas unhappy with Rolls-Royce reaction
Qantas has made clear that it is not happy with Rolls-Royce's handling of the Airbus A380 engine failure crisis, and has prepared the way for court action against the engine manufacturer.
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Larger CSeries CS500 would be "ideal" for Southwest: AirInsight
Bombardier should add a 150-seat, single-class CS500 with 32in pitch to its CSeries family, as such an aircraft would be "highly competitive" and provide...
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MEBA: Greenpoint offering bespoke lift for 747-8I VIP
In a region known for its luxuriously adorned aircraft, an elevator entryway on a Boeing 747 may be the perfect addition for the VIP who has everything....
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Aircastle unimpressed by Airbus A320NEO
US lessor Aircastle is unimpressed by the Airbus A320NEO programme, with chief executive Ron Wainshal telling the FBR Capital Markets conference in New York on 30 November that it would have a negative impact on residual values of existing A320-family aircraft.
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Air India shelves plans for leasing out 777s
Air India has shelved plans to lease out part of its Boeing 777 fleet but could reassess leasing out 777-200LRs once it starts taking delivery of new Boeing...
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Volaris to launch Chicago service this month
Mexico's Volaris has unveiled plans to launch services later this month to Chicago, its first new US destination since Mexico's return to a category one...
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Vemina Aviaprestige wins EASA approval for interior MRO
EASA has granted Vemina Aviaprestige, a Moscow-based cabin completions centre for business and VIP aircraft, Part 145 approval to provide interior equipment...
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Ethiopian Airlines considers 777F and more A350s
Ethiopian Airlines is eyeing Boeing 777 freighters and more Airbus A350s as part of its new strategy for the period to 2025, which will see it expand to a fleet of 119 aircraft.
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Sixteen Qantas Trent-900s require modification or replacement
Qantas says 16 Rolls-Royce Trent 900 powerplants for its Airbus A380 fleet require modifications or replacement.
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Trent 900 failure caused extensive damage to Qantas A380
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says the 4 November uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on a Qantas Airways Airbus A380 caused...
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Bombardier hopes for new CRJ orders in the coming months
Bombardier is aggressively "going after" three-to-four customers interested in its CRJ-700/900/1000 aircraft, and hopes to clinch some of those deals in...
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P&W: CSeries fan excels in testing
Pratt & Whitney says the new-development bi-metallic 18-blade fan for the PW1524G geared turbofan engine for the Bombardier CSeries airliner is demonstrating double-digit performance margins in initial engine-level testing.
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Bombardier believes A320neo heightens GTF credibility
Bombardier believes the selection by Airbus of the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofan engine (GTF) as one of two powerplant choices for the A320neo...
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Pratt & Whitney sets 'dramatic' cost reduction plan for F-35 engine
Pratt & Whitney has unveiled a new cost-reduction goal as the F135 engine programme nears the end of a seven-year testing phase that was partly marred by...