Programmes – Page 388
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R-R prepares to ground-test Trent XWB ahead of A380 trials next year
Rolls-Royce will begin ground-testing the first Trent XWB for the A350 in May, ahead of a 140h flight-test programme on board an A380 early in 2011.
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Newfoundland updates waterbomber fleet
Bombardier has delivered the first of four 415 amphibians to the government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Saab names new chief executive
Saab has appointed a new chief executive to replace Åke Svensson, who will leave the Swedish company later this year.
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NewsLufthansa to operate first A380 flights to Tokyo and Beijing
Lufthansa plans to operate its first Airbus A380 flights to Tokyo Narita and Beijing. The Star Alliance carrier, which will take delivery of its first...
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NewsAirbus to flight-test XWB carbonfibre skin panel on A340 this year
Airbus will fly a carbonfibre fuselage panel on its A340-300 testbed this year as part of its investigation of acoustic transmission within the A350 XWB's composite cabin.
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NewsBoeing halts 787 shipments to final assembly
Boeing will hold shipments of 787 fuselage sections at Boeing Charleston and other supplier partners, halting deliveries until June.
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Business: Good week - Bad week
DELTA AIR LINES The carrier only lost $246 million before taxes in the first quarter, which is rather better than the $794 million it dumped in the period a year ago.
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Interview
Working Week: testing times for Airbus apprentice
Zimbabwean Vukile Dumani has been named Airbus UK's Filton apprentice of the year. He completed his higher engineering studies in September and is now a specialist engineer in non-destructive testing
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McNerney hints at new 737 in response to A320 upgrade
Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney has indicated that the airframer may take on Airbus's proposed re-engined A320 family with an all-new single-aisle aircraft, rather than upgrade the 737 with new powerplants.
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NewsAirbus devises plan to compress A350 flight-testing by three months
Airbus aims to meet the A350's mid-2013 service-entry target by compressing the flight-test programme into 12 months, after revealing that it has burnt up some of the development programme's " buffer".
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GA pilots get advice on piston operations in ash
Volcanic ash engine damage is less of a risk in piston engines than turbines, because the combustion air is normally filtered, according to the UK Civil...
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Airbus opts for larger wing on A350-1000 through trailing edge extension
Airbus is working to reach the design freeze for the largest A350 variant, the -1000, in the middle of this year and has revealed that the stretched aircraft will feature a slightly larger wing the -800/900 models.
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Frontier to fit E-Jets with Gogo, eyes connectivity for A320s
Frontier Airlines is to equip its Embraer E-Jets fleet with Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet system, but says it will continue to research connectivity...
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First serial Superjet 100 nears power-on
Sukhoi is nearing power-on for its first serial Superjet 100, and has 14 production airframes in various stages of manufacture.
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MRO USA: TAM to overhaul regional aircraft
Brazil's TAM plans to add maintenance capability for regional aircraft, starting with the ATR 42/72 and likely expanding into Embraer E-Jets. TAM MRO...
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NewsA350 launch customer Qatar Airways unconcerned by three-month first flight slip
Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways is unconcerned about the three-month slip in the twinjet's first flight schedule, believing that the buffer built...
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Liberalisation: Breaking the bilateral web
Aviation has grown up, constrained by a tangled net of bilateral agreements. Liberalisation efforts have broken some of the bonds, but airlines are calling for greater action to release them from their regulatory strait jacket
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P&W explores Russian partnerships for MS-21 engine
Pratt & Whitney is exploring opportunities for teaming with Russian companies to develop its PW1400G geared turbofan engine that has been selected to power...
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Swiss regional Baboo names new chief executive
Swiss regional carrier Baboo has named Caribbean carrier LIAT's former head, Mark Darby, as its new chief executive. Darby succeeds Jacques Bankir...
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Embraer rethinks Phenom 100 brake-by-wire system, training
A series of runway overruns, blown tyres or failure indications on landing have prompted Embraer to review the flight training regime and design of the brake-by-wire system for its Phenom 100 six-seat twinjet.