Programmes – Page 631
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FAA gives green light to revised fan blade tests for General Electric GEnx engine for Boeing 787
The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved plans by General Electric to conduct the critical fan blade-off tests for the GEnx engine for the Boeing 787 which involves detaching the blade further along its length, rather than right at the root as in normal blade-off tests.
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Details of WTO subsidies case show USA believes Airbus drove rivals Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas from commercial airliner market
Airbus has been accused of driving US rivals Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas out of commercial aviation, as the first details emerge on the USA's case over unlawful aircraft subsidies.
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Airbus questions Boeing's certification plan for new widebody 747-8I to use grandfathered data from previous Jumbos
Airbus questions certification plan for new widebody
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Grand scale: Maintenance in the Middle East
Although modest in global terms, the ambitions of its airlines and local players such as DAE and Gamco make the Middle East a latent powerhouse in MRO
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Perception matters
It looks as if the USA and UK will agree to differ on the one-engine-shutdown case. After all, neither party is wrong
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Airbus plots production rate boost
A320 family and A330 deliveries to rise but sluggish demand for A340 will peg output at no more than two a month
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