All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 14
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DUBAI: Boeing predicts exciting show for orders
Boeing's top commercial sales executives expect an "exciting", albeit unpredictable, Dubai air show for aircraft orders, as the company remains upbeat on the region's sales prospects despite the growing political turmoil that has roiled airline balance sheets.
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DUBAI: Boeing looks for ways around supplier impasse for Saudi AH-6is
A bitter dispute with a key supplier will not prevent Boeing from completing deliveries of the long-delayed AH-6i scout helicopter to the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) and try to sell the aircraft to new customers.
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DUBAI: Boom to make a big noise at show about shortening long-haul travel
A one-way Emirates flight in an Airbus A380 business-class seat from Dubai to Sydney takes about 13.5h at Mach 0.85.
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Start-up plans World Airways revival with 787s, ULCC model
Serial start-up airline executive Ed Wegel has announced plans to re-launch former widebody freighter operator World Airways as a long-haul passenger carrying airline flying Boeing 787s using an ultra-low-cost model.
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USAF puts comms gateway for F-22 and F-35 back on shopping list
A communications system that can translate messages between the US Air Force’s most advanced and oldest fighters is back on the service’s expedited shopping list, according to a recent acquisition notice.
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United requests pricing data on 767, other widebodies
United has confirmed sending a request to Boeing seeking pricing information about the 767 as part of wider, preliminary discussions on the carrier’s future widebody aircraft needs with Airbus and Boeing.
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PICTURES: Air China, Air Canada take their first 737 Max this week
Boeing delivered 737 Max 8 aircraft to two new operators – Air Canada and Air China -- within the last three days this week.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Embraer comes of age with the E190-E2
If you had asked an Embraer executive in early 2010 what the Brazilian manufacturer's next commercial aircraft would be, the answer would probably have been a clean-sheet small narrowbody with a five-abreast cabin seating between 100 and 150 passengers.
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New long-range missile project emerges in US budget
The existence of a two-year-old project to develop a new air-to-air missile capable of intercepting targets at great distances has emerged in US budget documents.
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Delayed Saudi AH-6is spark new lawsuits between MDHI, Boeing
A batch of helicopters delivered years late and allegedly with parts missing and broken has led to a second legal dispute between MD Helicopters (MDHI) and Boeing, two acrimonious neighbours and former corporate partners in Mesa, Arizona.
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PICTURE: Horizon unveils new Q400 livery
Horizon Air has rolled-out the first Bombardier Q400 turboprop adorned in the new green-and-blue livery adopted by parent Alaska Airlines nearly two years ago.
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Airbus reports inaccuracies in US arms export filings
Airbus has alerted US authorities about “certain inaccuracies” made in filings with the US State Department that cover commissions and political contributions in international arms exports.
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CFM reviews fleet after finding Leap-1A durability issue
CFM International is evaluating the Leap-1A engine fleet on Airbus A320neo aircraft for a prematurely deteriorating coating on a turbine part after identifying the problem on eight engines in service.
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Vanilla UAV completes record-breaking five-day flight
A Virginia-based start-up has demonstrated that a sub-500kg unmanned air vehicle (UAV) can fly more than five days without refueling with a conventional diesel motor.
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Supplier delays first G500 delivery to early 2018
A delayed supplier has forced Gulfstream to backtrack on a promise to deliver the first G500 ahead of schedule by the end of this year, says parent company General Dynamics’ chief financial officer.
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New $329 million charge deepens Boeing's KC-46 losses
Boeing reported a $329 million reach-forward loss on the KC-46 tanker programme to cover the costs of incorporating multiple design changes into the first lot of production aircraft.
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Boeing responds to revived interest in passenger-carrying 767
Boeing sees “broader customer interest” in the 767 beyond military tankers and commercial freighters, says chairman, president and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on a 25 October earnings call.
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Boeing margin inches higher in Q3
Boeing improved operating margin by 1.6 percentage points in the third quarter compared with last year, as commercial deliveries rose 7% with the ramp-up of the 737 Max.
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P&W speeds up GTF deliveries, but considers new design changes
Pratt & Whitney shipped 120 geared turbofan engines in the third quarter to stay on pace to meet an annual delivery target, but durability concerns still require diverting 12-15% of output to a spares pool and drive company officials to consider new design changes.
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Aurora Flight Sciences to evaluate NASA electric airliner design
NASA wants to get a second opinion from Aurora Flight Sciences on the system-level performance of a turboelectric-powered commercial aircraft concept for starting the next iteration of a multi-year design process.