All United States articles – Page 106
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NewsTextron offers Scorpion and AT-6 for OA-X effort
Textron Aviation is promoting both the Scorpion jet and Beechcraft AT-6 turboprop to the US Air Force for its OA-X light attack demonstration effort.
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Boeing elaborates on 777-9 design details
Boeing has published further preliminary details of the 777-9 configuration three years ahead of entry into service, revealing a slightly shorter aircraft with an interior resculpted to carve out a precious 10.2cm (4in) of internal diameter.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: MoM poses next question for Boeing presence in Washington cluster
Spread over about 71,000sq miles2, the state of Washington is home to diverse climates, with the Cascade mountains dividing a temperate rainforest in the west and semi-arid steppe in the east. It is also home to a diverse aerospace industry – anchored by Boeing.
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Air Lease kicks off inaugural $345 million ABS
Air Lease has launched its first asset-backed securities deal, $345 million Thunderbolt, according to sources familiar with the deal.
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NewsVIDEO: Boeing begins 737 Max 9 flight testing after "sporty" first flight
Boeing has begun roughly eight months of flight testing on the 737 Max 9 to focus on validating the aerodynamic and environmental system changes compared to the smaller variant.
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Opinion
OPINION: S&P's actions on ECAF are much ado about nothing
In February, ratings agency S&P Global put Element's 2015 asset-backed securities deal (ECAF 2015-1) on "CreditWatch negative", usually the precursor to downgrading a deal. Since then, there has been a lot of buzz about what this means for the securitisation market.
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Alaska adds new Love Field flights, assumes some Virgin routes
Alaska Air Group announces a major shakeup of its operations at Dallas Love Field, unveiling new routes and a plan to replace much of subsidiary Virgin America's flying with regional aircraft operated by SkyWest Airlines.
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Spirit parked A320neos due to known engine problem
Spirit Airlines has parked three Airbus A320neos due to a known, fleet-wide problem with a carbon air-seal within the PW1100G geared turbofan engines, Pratt & Whitney tells FlightGlobal.
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United promises 'thorough review' of policy for oversold flights
United Airlines has committed to a review of its crew management and oversold-cabin policies following an incident in which a passenger was forcibly removed from a flight.
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Republic edges towards bankruptcy exit as judge settles ERJ feud
A US judge has settled a bankruptcy dispute between Republic Airways Holdings and aircraft lessor Residco, a move that brings Republic one step closer to exiting bankruptcy protection.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing prepares for unprecedented 737 Max ramp-up
Delivering a new version of the 737 is old hat at Boeing. Eighteen major models have entered service since the debut of the 737-100 in 1968, including 10 versions of the NG series over the past 19 years alone. In all, 9,448 individual 737s have rolled out of the factory ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What predictive maintenance can offer in a big-data era
The time has arrived and the technology is available – airlines need only embrace it. That’s the message delivered by experts of predictive maintenance, a subject long discussed by the civil aviation industry, but one that for years seemed one step removed – a goal for the future, not a ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Half-century milestone marks 737's enduring appeal
Mike Lombardi is looking for an unusual aircraft model, but distractions come easily in the bowels of the Bellevue, Washington office building where Boeing keeps its corporate archive.
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Opinion
OPINION: Charleston debut breaks with 101 years of history
After 101 years of history, the choreography of a first flight event for a Boeing commercial aircraft seems rather routine. The telemetry truck is stationed at an appropriate location, the Boeing-owned Lockheed T-33 chase plane taxies by and takes off and then the new model or sub-model completes pre-flight checks ...
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Boeing, Lockheed debate F-35C capability gaps
Compared to a Lockheed Martin F-35C, a Block III Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet will be able to detect and track stealth aircraft at long range by their heat emissions and carry a full load of external weapons for significantly longer distances, says Boeing programme manager Dan Gillian.
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A320neo issues prompt CSeries operators to move up engine checks
The two airlines operating Bombardier CSeries are performing precautionary borescope inspections of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofans – checks that follow reports of issues with related PW1100G engines, Bombardier confirms.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How London-NYC capacity has changed since last year
Last year we reviewed the seating capacity and premium economy products available between London and New York, using schedules and aircraft interiors data from FlightGlobal. Here we update the report by comparing the available seat capacity of the same week in 2017
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The best connections across the USA
New York JFK to Los Angeles is a hotly contested route between four big US operators: legacy carriers American Airlines and Delta Air Lines and hybrids JetBlue and Virgin America. Here we look at how these carriers compete in this market in terms of passenger experience, calculating typical fleet ages ...
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Aurora revives Orion UAV production for 2019 delivery
Aurora Flight Sciences will revive production of the Orion ultra-long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and the proof-of-concept aircraft will transfer from US Air Force storage to perform a series of demonstrations with the Coast Guard.
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Commonality push for 787-10 alters HLFC and wings for -9
Boeing’s effort to ensure as much industrial and design commonality between the two largest variants of its Dreamliner family has evolved into a two-way transfer of technology, with major elements of the 787-9, including the wing and hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) system, now matching those of its bigger brother, ...