All air transport news – Page 569
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PICTURES: Air Italy displays livery on 737 Max 8
Air Italy has unveiled the first two aircraft featuring its new livery.
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CFM issues new inspection protocol for 737 engine fan blades
CFM International has sent an alert to Boeing 737 operators recommending ultrasonic inspections within the next 20 days to fan blades on CFM56-7B engines with more than 30,000 cycles since they were delivered.
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Boeing delivers first 737-800BCF to West Atlantic
Boeing has delivered the first 737-800BCF, within three years of the programme's launch.
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PICTURE: Drukair orders one A320neo
Bhutan's Drukair has signed a purchase agreement for a single Airbus A320neo.
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USAF eyes more orders as B-21 finishes preliminary design review
Northrop Grumman has finished preliminary design review of its B-21 Raider stealth bomber.
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Norwegian transferred six on-order 787-9s to BOC Aviation
Norwegian transferred orders for six Boeing 787-9s to BOC Aviation in a deal that was announced as a new order by the lessor in March.
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MRJ eyes Farnborough flying display appearance
Mitsubishi Aircraft plans to bring its MRJ regional jet to the Farnborough air show, where it may appear in the flying display.
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New software flaw requires FAA intervention to avoid KC-46 schedule slip
A newly-discovered software flaw could trigger another schedule delay for the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus unless the US Federal Aviation Administration approves a temporary waiver from certification requirements.
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USAF awards Lockheed Martin $928 million contract for hypersonic cruise missile
Huntsville, Alabama-based Lockheed Martin Space will develop the US Air Force’s first hypersonic cruise missile under a new contract awarded on 18 April.
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Dynetics wins DARPA’s Gremlins programme
Dynetics was selected for phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Gremlins programme, an effort to launch and retrieve unmanned aerial vehicles from an aircraft.
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DOD reveals F-35 multiyear procurement strategy to start in 2021
The Department of Defense has quietly revealed a long-term plan for signing a series of cost-saving, multi-year procurement contracts to buy a total of nearly 2,000 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II starting in Fiscal 2021.
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Textron Aviation downplays dramatic sales backlog swing in first quarter
Textron Aviation’s sales backlog for new business jets and turboprops swelled suddenly by 33% from the end of December to 1 April, reversing a long-term trend in a stagnant market.
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United inspecting 737 engines following service bulletin
United Airlines is inspecting 698 CFM International engines on its Boeing 737 fleet following a recent service bulletin from US safety officials, says chief operating officer Greg Hart.
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F-22 Raptor skids across runway at Navy’s Top Gun school
A Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor skidded on its belly across the runway of NAS Fallon near Reno, Nevada on 16 April after a takeoff mishap.
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PICTURE: Vietnam's latest A350 is first in SkyTeam livery
The latest Airbus A350-900 to be delivered to Vietnam Airlines is also the first of the type to wear the silver colours of the SkyTeam alliance.
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INTERVIEW: Duncan Beckman, base safety pilot and senior first officer, EasyJet
Duncan Beckman is a base safety pilot and senior first officer with UK airline EasyJet – a role that sees him take on fresh challenges each day
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Fernandes calls A350 too expensive for AirAsia X
AirAsia X group co-chief executive Tony Fernandes has thrown the carrier's order for 10 Airbus A350-900s into doubt.
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General Atomics demos Wii-like deck-handling system for MQ-25
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems demonstrated aircraft carrier deck-handling controls for its MQ-25 tanker bid using a pair of motion-sensing director wands and an Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle as a stand-in for its yet-to-be-built prototype.
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FAA limits ETOPS flights for certain R-R-powered 787s
The US Federal Aviation Administration will limit a fleet of Boeing 787-8s and -9s powered by certain Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines from flying on extended operations (ETOPS) routes longer than 140min flight time from the closest diversion airport.
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PICTURE: Primera receives first A321neo
European leisure carrier Primera Air has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo.