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NewsSafran outlines goals for EU-backed open-fan research project
Safran Aircraft Engines has detailed the key technologies it will mature as part of an EU-funded project that will support work on the RISE open-rotor demonstrator being conducted by the CFM International joint venture in which the French firm is a partner alongside GE Aerospace.
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Flydubai shows off sliding-door privacy suite for business-class cabin on 737s
Middle Eastern carrier Flydubai has unveiled a new premium business suite for single-aisle aircraft, which will include a sliding privacy door. The airline showed off the development at the Arabian Travel Market and states that it will be introduced on its fleet from November this year. Flydubai operates some 75 ...
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MC-21 and Superjet roll out in United Aircraft’s new corporate livery
United Aircraft has rolled out an Irkut MC-21 and Superjet 100 in a unified corporate livery ahead of the MAKS Moscow air show. The updated livery follows a corporate branding change at United Aircraft. It will feature on the MC-21 – prototypes of which have previously carried an Irkut design ...
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Moscow institute ships CR929 wing-box parts for testing
Moscow Aviation Institute has manufactured and shipped components for a prototype wing-box intended for the proposed long-haul CRAIC CR929. The CR929 is joint Russian-Chinese project to develop a widebody twinjet. Moscow Aviation Institute says its experimental facility has produced the components – which took around two months – and shipped ...
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Boeing adds 787-10 to 2023 ecoDemonstrator technology programme
Boeing intends this year to operate a 787-10 under its “ecoDemonstrator” programme, using that jet and a 777-200ER to evaluate technologies intended to improve aircraft efficiency.
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Airbus expands aircraft storage and recycling activity with new Chinese facility
Airbus has established a Chinese joint venture to expand the aircraft storage and recycling capabilities of its specialist affiliate Tarmac Aerosave. The new Chinese facility – to be located in Chengdu – will have storage capacity for 125 aircraft, and its creation follows a provisional agreement reached in January last ...
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Airbus and Safran finalise acquisition of troubled strategic parts firm Aubert & Duval
Airbus and Safran have finalised the acquisition of specialist materials supplier Aubert & Duval, a year after disclosing that they were seeking to take over the loss-making firm in order to reinforce the aerospace supply chain. Previously owned by French minerals and metals company Eramet, the subsidiary specialises in strategic ...
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Opinion
How can we know when options are exhausted amid the noise over Schiphol?
European legislation is in place to ensure alternatives are explored to mitigate the impact of aircraft noise on communities before flights caps are implemented, but understanding when all such options have been exhausted is harder to judge, writes former director general of air traffic management trade body CANSO, Graham Lake
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Too few Honeywell turbofans hold up Gulfstream’s Q1 deliveries
Shortages of Honeywell turbofans kept Gulfstream from delivering two G280 super-midsize business jets in the first quarter, as supply chain troubles persisted – and in some cases worsened.
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SAF and turboprops are best way to decarbonise aviation in short-term, says white paper
Only increased production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and reintroduction of turboprops in place of jets, plus incentives to speed retirements of older gas-guzzlers, will help commercial aviation reach its decarbonisation goals in the short term, a new white paper argues.
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Newsletter
Will there be enough clean energy to produce future fuel for airlines?
A report published this week highlights the huge amount of new infrastructure and investment required to ensure there will be enough clean energy to produce the alternative fuels that will power the aviation sector towards decarbonisation.
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MTU chief confident on supply chain improvements
Germany’s MTU Aero Engines predicts that disruption to the aerospace industry supply chain will ease as 2023 progresses but cautions there may be further bumps along the way.
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Boeing encouraged by China’s signals on 737 but keeps conservative outlook
Boeing is taking a conservative view on the Chinese market but is encouraged by the gradual return to service of 737 Max jets in the country. Speaking during a first-quarter briefing, chief executive Dave Calhoun said all Max operators in China have brought at least part of their fleet back ...
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P&W only at halfway point of PW1100G durability upgrade programme
Pratt & Whitney is “only about 50%” through a critical upgrade programme designed to improve the durability of components in its PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF), an executive at the engine maker’s parent company has admitted.
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Boeing confident of overcoming 737 fuselage issue within months
Boeing is confident that it will recover within months from the recent 737 manufacturing process snag affecting aft fuselage sections, having understood the situation and the rework required. Chief executive Dave Calhoun stressed, during a first-quarter briefing, that the company was “working in a very constructive way” with fuselage supplier ...
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Embraer ships 15 aircraft in first quarter
Embraer delivered seven commercial aircraft – a pair of E175s and five E195-E2s – and eight business jets, six light and two large, in the first quarter of 2023.
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Boeing maintains 737 delivery target despite near-term production hitch
Boeing is still expecting to deliver 400 to 450 737 aircraft over the course of this year, and is planning to reach a monthly production rate of 38 aircraft from the current 31. The US airframer reiterated its delivery expectations as it turned in a first-quarter operating loss of $615 ...
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CFM to roll out Leap durability fixes over next two to three years, says Safran chief
CFM International will over the next two to three years roll out a series of “improvement steps” for the high-pressure turbine blades on Leap engines designed to address premature wear issues seen on examples operated in “harsh environments”.
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Asia Digital Engineering raises $100 million for new hangar, further expansion
Asia Digital Engineering (ADE) has secured $100 million funding from investment firm OCP Asia, which will go towards the expansion of hangar space in Kuala Lumpur in what it calls “the next phase of growth”.
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Night vision goggle error likely behind NZ BK117 crash in 2018
The crash of a Kawasaki Heavy Industries BK117-C1 in the Southern Ocean off New Zealand underlines the challenges of operating with night vision goggles (NVGs) over a flat sea.
