All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 59
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NewsMTU confident on Airbus rate-rise readiness
German propulsion specialist MTU believes it can cope with any Airbus narrowbody production rate increase next year without the need for additional investment.
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NewsAirbus delivers first A330-800s with handover to Kuwait Airways
Airbus has delivered its first A330-800s, both aircraft being handed over to Middle Eastern operator Kuwait Airways. The -800 is the smaller of the two A330neo family members. Kuwait Airways had ordered eight of the twinjets, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, in late 2018 as part of a deal ...
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NewsAirbus acknowledges ‘white-tails’ among inventory of stored aircraft
Airbus has acknowledged that its inventory of undelivered aircraft includes a number of ‘white-tails’, but stresses that the proportion is relatively small. The airframer put the undelivered total at 135 by the end of September, down from 145 at the end of June, although it has not specified the extent ...
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NewsAirbus shifts timeline for potential A320neo ramp-up to third quarter 2021
Airbus has shifted the timeframe for a potential ramp-up of single-aisle production to the beginning of the third quarter of 2021. Speaking during a third-quarter briefing, Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said the airframer had “pushed to the right” the possible starting point to raise production – from the second ...
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NewsAirbus cuts undelivered aircraft to 135 as production converges
Airbus has reduced to about 135 the number of aircraft it has been unable to deliver as a result of the air transport crisis. The airframer insists it has managed, over the third quarter, to achieve convergence between production and deliveries. Airbus recorded €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) in charges over ...
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NewsMax absence has propped up 737-800 values and utilisation rates: Ascend
Although the grounding of the 737 Max has been a disaster for Boeing, its absence has had the effect of propping up utilisation levals and values for the earlier-generation 737-800.
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NewsRussian budget proposal cuts near-term subsidy for CR929
Russia’s government is proposing heavily reduced near-term budget allocations for the joint Russian-Chinese long-haul aircraft project, as part of a broad review of state aviation strategy funding. United Aircraft and Chinese aerospace firm Comac have been working to develop the CRAIC CR929, a 280-seat twin-engined widebody jet. The legislative proposal ...
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NewsMinistry proposes diverting Il-96-400M subsidy to fund other programmes
Russia’s ministry of transport is tabling a legislative proposal to withdraw subsidies intended for the Ilyushin Il-96-400M programme and redirect them to support other areas of the domestic aircraft industry. The draft legislation follows a meeting on the Russian air transport industry held in May and a presidential directive in ...
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NewsQatar takes first long-haul jets in months with delivery of A350-1000s
Airbus has delivered three A350-1000s to Qatar Airways, its first handover of long-haul aircraft to the Middle Eastern carrier for eight months. Qatar received its last long-haul jet from the airframer, an A350-1000, on 27 February – giving it 15 of the larger A350 variant. It had already completed deliveries ...
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NewsCrisis impedes Airbus’s progress towards 13,000 deliveries
Airbus’s reduced productivity during the air transport crisis has obstructed its progress towards 13,000 deliveries, and it would need to hand over about 70 aircraft to reach the mark in October. The airframer highlighted its 12,000th delivered aircraft in May last year, with an A220 to Delta Air Lines. Analysis ...
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NewsChina Express details delivery schedule of initial 50 domestic jets
China Express Airlines has detailed its agreement to take 100 domestically-built jets, with at least 50 set to be Comac ARJ21s. It had previously disclosed, in June, provisional plans to acquire a mix of ARJ21s and Comac C919s. China Express says that “all or part” of the balance of 50 ...
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NewsAir Lease boss stands by plan to keep Max orders and ‘not panic’
Boeing’s 737 Max is “going to have a role” in meeting airlines’ future narrowbody needs, and lessors “can be very helpful” in ensuring the airframer is able to place the aircraft once it is cleared to fly again, Air Lease chief executive John Plueger has predicted. Speaking during the virtual ...
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NewsUS start-up GlobalX tentatively signs for Vallair A321 freighters
US company Global Crossing Airlines is intending to lease 10 converted Airbus A321 freighters from the asset management specialist Vallair, the launch customer for the modification. Vallair says the preliminary agreement – still a letter of intent – is the “most significant deal” for the narrowbody freighter. Miami-based Global Crossing ...
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NewsIrkut progresses with MC-21 domestic composites and engines
Russia’s air transport regulator has accepted applications to approve major structural changes to the Irkut MC-21, centred not only on the installation of Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines but also the use of domestically-produced composite structures. Rosaviatsia’s chief, Alexander Neradko, said that this work is being carried out as a “priority”, during ...
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NewsA330 joins exclusive club of 1,500 twin-aisle deliveries
Airbus’s A330 has become the first of the European airframer’s twin-aisle aircraft to reach 1,500 deliveries, a mark only previously achieved by two Boeing widebody models. Delta Air Lines received two A330-900s last month – on 21 and 23 September – which respectively represented the 1,500th and 1,501st A330s to ...
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NewsUnresponsive aileron puzzle emerges after Dash 8-400 cable incident
Investigators are attempting to understand the reason behind unresponsive ailerons on De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 turboprops, an anomaly discovered during a separate probe into an aileron cable break on a Flybe aircraft. The cable break, involving the left-hand aileron, occurred on Flybe’s G-FLBE during a service from Newquay to ...
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NewsUganda Airlines’ first A330-800 emerges in full colours
Airbus has rolled out the first A330-800 for Uganda Airlines, following completion of the twinjet’s livery painting. The aircraft, MSN1977, has been shown off in the full colour scheme. Uganda Airlines ordered two of the aircraft last year. The A330-800 is the smaller of the two A330neo variants. Like the ...
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OpinionThe factors at play as 737 Max closes in on operational return
As controversial narrowbody nears FAA recertification, Max Kingsley-Jones, senior consultant at Ascend by Cirium, outlines key issues around jet’s revival.
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NewsEASA readies draft airworthiness directive for 737 Max
European regulators will next month publish a draft airworthiness directive (AD) which should enable the Boeing 737 Max to return to service in the bloc before year-end.
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In depthWhy Boeing might shift where it manufactures jets
Amid the troubles of 2020, Boeing’s strategy for returning to past heights remains unclear, with open questions about the company’s product strategy and future production footprint.