All aerospace news – Page 358
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NewsAmerican seeks to stop alleged slowdown by mechanics
American Airlines claims that the unions representing its mechanics are promoting an illegal work slowdown, adding to the series of operational woes it already faces this year.
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Bell V-280 completes low-speed manoeuvre demo
Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor completed a series of low-speed pitch, roll, and yaw manoeuvres at the company’s Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas in early May.
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ANALYSIS: The five realities of Thailand's aerospace push
Thailand is poised to be a major hub for the aerospace industry, with advantages such as existing links to the automobile and electronics industry, and competitive wages.
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ANALYSIS: Bombardier builds momentum as new Globals near delivery
Bombardier set the bar high for itself and competitors at least year's EBACE when it unveiled the Global 5500 and 6500 programme, which it had surprisingly kept secret from the industry's prying eyes.
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Wizz maintenance deal lifts profit at FL Technics
Lithuanian maintenance provider FL Technics nearly doubled its new profit in 2018, to €10.8 million ($12.1 million) from €5.7 million the previous year, while revenue grew 14% to €103 million.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rolls-Royce's vision of a hybrid future
Short of a revolution in battery technology, electric flight is going to be a mixed affair
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K5 picks Gogo 2Ku solution for ACJ319neo
Gogo Business Aviation's 2Ku satellite-based in-flight connectivity solution will be installed on an Airbus ACJ319neo for the first time this summer.
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VIDEO: Maiden sortie for initial HH-60W combat rescue helicopter
Sikorsky has performed the first flight of the HH-60W combat search and rescue helicopter it is developing for the US Air Force (USAF), with the event taking place from the manufacturer's facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Cirrus Aircraft to open new service facility in Texas
Cirrus Aircraft is poised to open a new service centre at McKinney National airport in Texas, as it prepares to ramp up production of its Vision Jet single-engined business aircraft.
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Collins announces new seating and IFE contracts
Collins Aerospace will use EBACE to showcase its new Evolution aircraft seat and to announce its latest aircraft seating and in-flight entertainment contracts.
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NewsTextron highlights special missions capabilities of Cessna Citation Latitude
The banana-yellow Cessna Citation Latitude on static display marks Textron Aviation's renewed focus on promoting the special missions capabilities of its jets and turboprops.
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NewsFixed-wing general aviation shipments jumped in Q1
Shipments of fixed-wing general aviation aircraft surged in the first quarter of 2019, continuing a period of healthy growth despite a sag in deliveries of rotorcraft.
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Austrian upgrades A320 cabins with new luggage-bin doors
Austrian Airlines is retrofitting its Airbus A320-family fleet with new overhead bin doors to increase passenger luggage space in the cabin.
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ANALYSIS: Australia takes its Tigers to sea
The Australian Army has entered a new era with the deployment of four Airbus Helicopters Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters aboard the navy's HMAS Canberra as part of the vessel’s voyage through Southeast Asia.
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Boeing suggests propulsor, winged AH-64 Apache variant for US Army
Boeing is showing off conceptual images of what it calls a Compound AH-64 Apache, a variant of the attack helicopter with a pusher propeller and small wing.
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FAA chief tells Congress 737 manuals should have mentioned MCAS
Lawmakers grilled the head of the Federal Aviation Administration on 15 May, hammering acting administrator Dan Elwell with questions about the FAA’s certification and oversight of both Boeing and the troubled 737 Max.
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NTSB chair addresses aircraft safety at 737 Max hearing
A top US government investigator says aircraft must be designed to be safe in the hands of pilots from different regions of the world and with varying degrees of training, a notion challenging a narrative swirling since two Boeing 737 Max crashes.
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Magnetic MRO upgrades Norra ATR fleet
Magnetic MRO is refurbishing and repainting the ATR 72 turboprop fleet of Finnair partner Nordic Regional Airlines (NRA).
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Embraer posts higher Q1 loss but holds to 2019 delivery goals
Brazilian airframer Embraer lost $41.2 million in the first quarter of 2019, slightly more than its $34.9 million net loss in the same period of 2018.
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ST Engineering Aerospace Q1 profit down 8%
ST Engineering Aerospace posted an operating profit of S$63.9 million ($46.7 million) in the first three months of the year, a drop of 7.9% from the same period a year ago.