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Rolls-Royce upbeat over large-engine transition period
Underlying profit for Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division was down by more than 90%, to just £31 million ($41 million), over the first half as revenues slipped by 5% to £3.2 billion.
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Boeing reviewing widebody production rates
A recent softening in demand for widebody aircraft has Boeing executives re-considering planned rate increases for the 787 and 747-8 programmes and questioning the sustainability of an already slower rate on the 777.
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Airbus: Delivery of P&W 'golden' A320neo engine imminent
Airbus is expecting first delivery of the revamped Pratt & Whitney PW1100G powerplant to Lufthansa this week, enabling the airframer to start putting deliveries of the A320neo back on track.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why lessors didn't place huge orders at Farnborough
Airbus, Boeing and Embraer, combined, had nearly 90% fewer firm aircraft orders from lessors at the Farnborough air show compared with 2015's Paris air show.
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NewsBoeing reports $3bn pre-tax charge on 787, 747 and KC-46
Boeing will report nearly $3 billion in pre-tax charges in the second quarter financial results scheduled to be released on 27 July.
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E190-E2 runs ahead of schedule, but no early deliveries
Embraer has no plans to rush the timeline for delivering the first E190-E2 regional jet in the first half of 2018, even the flight test programme remains ahead of schedule, a top executive tells FlightGlobal.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: UK aerospace ponders Brexit unknowns
While politicians, citizens and business people digest the shock of the UK’s 23 June referendum vote to leave the EU, one word crops up repeatedly in any attempt to anticipate the implications: uncertainty.
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OpinionOPINION: Is A380 rate cut beginning of the end for superjumbo?
At Farnborough, the Airbus A380 was once again a sight to behold as it manoeuvred almost silently, almost balletically through its aerial routine. More than a decade after its air show debut at Paris, the world’s largest airliner remains a whispering wonder of European engineering, as impressive as the Boeing ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Flight looks through its pages at 100 years of Boeing
We look back through our archives at the pivotal moments in the 100-year history of aerospace’s biggest company, from the early days of aviation to the space programme.
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China's HNA acquires SR Technics
China’s HNA Group is to take over Swiss-based maintenance firm SR Technics, with the acquisition of a majority shareholding from sole owner Mubadala.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing details range-boosting 737-7 redesign
Remaking the smallest version of the 737 Max family to carry more passengers and fly further presents three options: Shrink the larger 737-8, stretch the smaller 737-7 or combine elements of both.
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FARNBOROUGH: A380 drought duration unclear
Airbus chief executive Fabrice Bregier expects the production rate cut on the A380 programme to last “a few years” but would not put a more specific figure on the period.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus highlights A350 reliability figures
Airbus has put A350-900 dispatch reliability at 98.5%, and remains confident that it can achieve its delivery target of 50 of the type this year.
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FARNBOROUGH: Comac breaks silence on Russian-Chinese widebody
Comac has spoken for the first time about its planned widebody joint venture with Russia's United Aircraft, detailing the size and range of the jet as well as the timeline for the project.
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FARNBOROUGH: Volga-Dnepr deal boosts 747-8 but leaves questions
Boeing brightened the future of the flagship 747-8 programme by confirming a year-old agreement with Volga-Dnepr Group to acquire 20 more freighters over the next six years, although exact terms and scheduling for the deliveries were not released.
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FARNBOROUGH: Stalled sales forced A380 rate cut
Airbus’s decision to slash the production rate on the A380 is the inevitable result of a clash between long lead times for the type and the airframer’s policy of avoiding building ‘white-tail’ aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus to halve A380 output
Airbus is to halve its production output on the Airbus A380, aiming for just 12 deliveries annually from 2018.
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FARNBOROUGH: Air show launched in Turkey
There is a new air show on the calendar – in Turkey. Farnborough International is teaming with local company Medyacity to launch the Eurasia Airshow at Antalya Airport on 25-28 April 2018.
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FARNBOROUGH: Bravo Industries commits to LM-100J freighter
Bravo Industries has announced that it will purchase 10 Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighters.
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FARNBOROUGH: Nordam wins parts supply deal for A350
US airframe component specialist Nordam has won a contract from Airbus to supply structural parts for the cargo floor on the stretched A350-1000.