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Boeing quietly plugs away at NMA pending 2019 decision
Boeing continues to explore the issues and possibilities around its New Mid-market Airplane (NMA), with its sights still firm on a potential 2025 service entry.
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EASA validates 737 Max 9 certification
European authorities have validated the type certificate for the Boeing 737 Max 9, eight months after US FAA approval.
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PICTURES: A330-800 nears first flight as engines fitted
Airbus insists the maiden flight of its A330-800 will be conducted “in the near future”, after the aircraft emerged with its engines installed.
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OpinionOPINION: Are business jets ready to soar again?
Signs at this year’s NBAA convention proclaimed: “The future of business aviation starts here.” For once, there were plenty of indications that 2018 could be a turning point for the sector – 10 harrowing years after the financial crisis – and particularly in its largest market, the USA.
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PD-14 engine for MC-21 secures Russian certification
Russian authorities have granted certification for the Aviadvigatel PD-14 engine which has been designed to power the Irkut MC-21.
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NBAA: Astronics demonstrates 30 new cabin systems
Aviation technology company Astronics has brought to NBAA a new cabin demonstration both to showcase about 30 cabin technologies.
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NBAA: Rolls marks six decades in business aviation
Rolls-Royce is celebrating its 60th anniversary in business aviation at NBAA, having first entered the sector in 1958 powering the Dart-powered Gulfstream I turboprop.
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NBAA: Honeywell sweetens GoDirect connectivity services
Honeywell is highlighting changes to several maintenance and connectivity products – tweaks the company says give customers better control over onboard data usage, helping them cut costs.
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NBAA: StandardAero lands new maintenance deals
Aircraft maintainer StandardAero has announced several new contracts involving engine maintenance and connectivity hardware installations.
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NBAA: Dassault shows off Falcon 6X mock-up as programme progresses
Dassault is unveiling its Falcon 6X cabin mock-up at NBAA 2018 as it begins cutting metal on the new super-wide cabin business jet ahead of a planned first flight.
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OpinionOPINION: Can Faury fly as Enders' successor at Airbus?
Guillaume Faury – named as successor to Airbus chief executive Tom Enders – has big paratrooper boots to fill. The former military man has achieved during six years as head of Europe’s aerospace behemoth what many believed could never happen. He brought a squabbling alliance of political and industrial egos ...
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Aviastar completes fuselage panels for first serial MC-21
Russian aerospace specialist Aviastar has completed production of a set of fuselage panels destined for the first serial Irkut MC-21.
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Charges consideration behind lighter BelugaXL
Airbus’s decision to develop a lower-weight version of the new BelugaXL outsize freighter is based on consideration of airport and route charges.
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Swedish humidity system no longer standard on 787
Boeing has opted to withdraw a Swedish humidity-control system from the list of basic equipment on the 787 line.
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Airbus names Faury as next chief executive
Airbus directors have named Guillaume Faury as successor to Tom Enders as chief executive.
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Conversions trim A319neo backlog
Airbus has trimmed the backlog for the A319neo after a customer converted orders for three jets to the larger A320neo.
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Analysts test cabin materials for shrunk Superjet 75
Analysts are conducting acoustic and vibration tests of panels as part of the initial development effort for the shrunk version of the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
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PICTURES: First Delta A220-100 conducts maiden flight
The first Airbus A220-100 bound for Delta Air Lines has conducted its maiden flight from Mirabel Airport in Quebec.
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Airbus tops 500 deliveries but faces tough final quarter
Airbus surpassed 500 deliveries at the nine-month mark, handing over nearly 50 more aircraft than it had by the same point last year.
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Arkia to replace Primera as A321LR launch operator
Israeli carrier Arkia is to take delivery of the first Airbus A321LR, replacing original launch operator Primera Air, although a date for the handover has yet to be fixed.