All air transport news – Page 550
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VIDEO: Boeing details 737 Max 10 landing gear design
Boeing has released details about the design of the landing gear on the 737 Max 10, the longest version of the Max aircraft family.
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PICTURE: Assembled ANA A380 emerges for tests
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways’ first Airbus A380 has rolled off the final assembly line in Toulouse.
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Leap-1A thrust incidents prompt FADEC software update
Operators of CFM International Leap-powered Airbus A320neo-family jets are set to be told to update engine-control software to prevent possible loss of thrust.
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ATR sees demand for 1,000 turboprops in Asia-Pacific
ATR predicts that 1,000 turboprops will be needed in Asia-Pacific over the next 20 years, with a number of those aircraft to be used to open up new routes.
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Virgin Australia converts 10 737 Max 8 orders to Max 10s
Virgin Australia has converted orders for 10 of the 40 Boeing 737 Max 8s it has on order to the larger Max 10 variant.
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Supply chain slowdown impacted Embraer's E1 production
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer faces the same type of supply chain slowdown that has impacted Boeing's 737 production and led Airbus to consider slowing A320neo deliveries.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Embraer eyes Alaska, Spirit and United as E2 targets
Embraer has highlighted Alaska Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines as US carriers that would most benefit from operating the Brazilian company's new-generation E-Jets E2.
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Qantas eyes new fleet renewal, bats away capex concerns
Qantas asserts that it can renew its entire fleet and keep within its capital expenditure guidance, and admittied that it is evaluating new narrowbody and regional jets.
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Air NZ commits to taking seven more A321neos
Air New Zealand has committed to add seven more Airbus A321neos to its fleet between 2020 and 2024.
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Qantas eyes regulatory, labour issues for Project Sunrise
Qantas believes that Airbus and Boeing can deliver an aircraft capable of meeting its ‘Project Sunrise’ requirement for ultra-long-haul routes, with the focus now on required changes to regulations and its agreement with pilots.
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LATAM hopes to return grounded 787s to service by year-end
LATAM Airlines Group expects to have its entire Boeing 787 fleet back in service by year-end, after it was forced to ground more than half of its 787s in the second quarter due to engine issues.
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SkyWest to operate new Delta CRJ900s
Utah-based SkyWest Airlines will operate 20 Bombardier CRJ900s that Delta Air Lines ordered in June.
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Superjet manufacturer's half-year net loss deepens
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has posted a deeper half-year net loss of Rb804 million ($12 million), despite a sharp increase in revenues.
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Eurowings picks SR Technics for CFM56 support
Swiss maintenance specialist SR Technics has won an engine support agreement from Lufthansa’s low-cost arm Eurowings.
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PICTURE: Airbus prepares to fly first ACJ320neo
Airbus has unveiled the first corporate version of its re-engined A320neo, which is due to be delivered to operator Acropolis Aviation.
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Comac completes high temperature testing on ARJ21
Comac has completed a 12 day programme of high-temperature tests on the ARJ21-700 regional jet at Turpan Jiaohe airport in China’s Xinjiang province.
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Hypersonic airliner "may not be as hard as people think": Boeing CTO
Hypersonic passenger travel still seems more like dreamy work of science fiction than a feasible commercial project, but this is now a fact: Boeing is working on it, and it’s a serious project.
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Opinion
OPINION: USA should show common humanity over Iran
Nearly eight years after it was agreed, the treaty on suppression of unlawful acts relating to international civil aviation entered into force on 1 July.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How CFM is adjusting its MRO policy
The IATA-CFM International agreement which opens up the maintenance market to third-party competitors was disclosed at a time when much of Europe – France, in particular – had embarked on vacation.
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CDB Aviation to convert 787 order to 737 Max 8s
CDB Aviation Lease Finance will convert its order for eight Boeing 787-9s into one for 22 additional 737 Max 8s.