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NewsAirbus braced for A350 ramp-up as MSN5 nears flight
Airbus is expecting to fly its final flight-test A350 by the end of the month as it prepares for production ramp-up, with the final assembly line already handling aircraft up to MSN10.
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Airbus expects sales breakthrough for A380
Airbus executives expect the A380 to make a significant sales breakthrough in the next few years as a result of passenger pressure, and have reiterated that a re-engined variant, called for by largest customer Emirates, is under consideration.
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NewsAirbus bides time over A330neo decision
Airbus executives have dampened expectations of an A330neo launch at July’s Farnborough air show, stressing the airframer does not want to “rush into a decision”.
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NewsBoeing preserves Japanese supplier content on 777X
Boeing has signed a preliminary agreement with a consortium of five Japanese suppliers to “provide” about 21% of the major structural components of the 777X.
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NewsAirbus shows off A350 after a year of testing
Airbus has introduced the A350-900 to travellers outside of the company with a special media flight to coincide with a briefing on the programme at Toulouse.
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NewsEmirates ‘very close’ to firming 777X commitments
Emirates Airline expects to firm its commitment for up to 200 777-9Xs very soon after completing discussions around the aircraft’s technical aspects with Boeing and General Electric.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why XWB isn’t extra enough for Emirates
Emirates’ decision to terminate its A350 XWB contract with Airbus as part of the A380 mega-order signed last year at the Dubai air show is not a major surprise. But could the loss of such a high-profile customer – not to mention some $13 billion-worth of business at list prices ...
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NewsA330neo decision might not come before Farnborough
Airbus might not be in a position to reach a decision on proceeding with a re-engined A330 by the time of the Farnborough air show.
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NewsEmirates A350 cancellation cuts Trent XWB backlog by £2.6 billion
Rolls-Royce says Emirates’ cancellation of orders for 70 A350s will cut its backlog for the Trent XWB will reduce its backlog by about 3.5%, but it is hopeful the slots will be taken up by other carriers.
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Boeing seeks FAA waivers to deliver first 787-9 in June
Boeing needs a last-minute regulatory intervention to avoid a delay of the entry-into-service date later this month for the 787-9.
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NewsVirgin Australia ATR operated 13 sectors with damaged tail
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is continuing its investigation into an incident where a full inspection of a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600 may have failed to discover structural damage to the aircraft’s tailplane.
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NewsBoeing tweaks 777X wingspan, preserves folded length
Boeing has slightly increased the in-flight wingspan and the length of the wing-fold on the 777X.
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NewsThree F-35B Lightning IIs to fly at RIAT 2014
More than 150 military and civil aircraft from all over the world are confirmed as participants in the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, UK, the stars of the show being three Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs.
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NewsPICTURE: Mitsubishi Aircraft unveils first P&W engine
Japanese airframer Mitsubishi Aircraft has published an image of the first Pratt & Whitney PW1200G geared turbofan engine for its MRJ regional jet.
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NewsIrkut untroubled by CSeries engine incident
Irkut is unconcerned by the 29 May failure of a Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared-fan engine on a Bombardier CSeries aircraft.
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NewsLiebherr to test electric-powered air pack for next-generation narrowbody
Liebherr will soon use a demonstration aircraft to test a power-generation system capable of replacing bleed-air-driven systems in the air-conditioning units of narrowbodies.
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Russian firms developing Superjet electric-taxi drive
Russian aerospace firms United Aircraft and Aviation Equipment are jointly developing an electric-drive system for the Sukhoi Superjet 100, designed to reduce fuel-burn while taxiing.
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NewsIndian Ocean acoustic data could yield clues about MH370
A team of Australian researchers recorded an unusual acoustic event around the time Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 would have crashed owing to fuel exhaustion.
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NewsPICTURES: Ryanair hails coach partner with special livery
Ryanair has painted three of its Boeing 737-800s in a special livery highlighting its partnership with coach operator National Express.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Change in the air for NASA’s aeronautics research arm
NASA’s aeronautics research programme has seen a long period of decline since its glory days. Since 2000, a $1 billion annual budget for atmospheric flight research has been chopped roughly in half, and its share of overall NASA appropriation has declined from 7% to 3%.