All air transport news – Page 660
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Thai to defer delivery of 14 widebodies
Thai Airways International will postpone delivery of 14 widebody aircraft originally scheduled to enter the fleet between 2016 and 2018.
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Airbus start-up to launch helicopter venture with Uber
An Airbus innovation start-up in Silicon Valley has teamed up with ride-sharing service Uber to supply helicopters for a new on-demand transportation service, Airbus Group chief executive Tom Enders announced on 17 January.
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Embraer starts building first E195-E2
Embraer has started building the first parts for the E195-E2 regjional jet, the second version of the re-winged and re-engined aircraft to enter manufacturing.
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NewsDelta taking a ‘serious look’ at the CSeries
Delta Air Lines is taking a “serious look” at the Bombardier CSeries, says chief executive Richard Anderson.
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Book-to-bill decline not a sign of demand weakness: Ascend
Airbus and Boeing saw dramatic declines in their book-to-bill ratios last year as their combined result fell below the industry’s long-term average.
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Irkut receives first MC-21 composite wing sections
Russian airframer Irkut has taken delivery of the first composite wing panel structure for the MC-21 single-aisle twinjet.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Indonesian Aerospace powers up turboprop ambitions
Indonesian Aerospace (IAe) is determined to build a name for itself in the turboprop market, through development of a new commuter aircraft called the N219 and a commercial variant of the CN235 tactical transport.
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BA looking at second-hand A380s: IAG chief
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh has raised the prospect of British Airways adding "five or six" second-hand Airbus A380s to its fleet of 12 new superjumbos, describing the the type as a "fantastic" but "inflexible" aircraft.
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Aviastar ships fuselage panels for second MC-21
Russian aerostructures supplier Aviastar has shipped fuselage panels for the second prototype MC-21 to the aircraft's developer Irkut.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why Airbus, Boeing need supply chain reaction
There are jitters on the Chinese stock market and worries about many emerging economies, but John Leahy has a view on the orders bubble: there simply isn’t one. At the Airbus annual press conference in Paris on 12 January, the airframer’s top salesman again dismissed suggestions that the industry is ...
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A350-1000 to enter final assembly next month
Airbus is expecting the first A350-1000 to enter the final assembly line in February, with first flight set to take place by the end of this year.
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Rolls-Royce extends engine support for SIA's 777s
Rolls-Royce will extend its TotalCare support package for the Trent 800 engines that power Singapore Airlines' fleet of Boeing 777-200s and -300s.
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Mitsubishi reduces MRJ seat count
Mitsubishi Aircraft has reduced the number of seats on both the MRJ90 and the MRJ70, ostensibly with the goal of increasing seat pitch.
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Airbus outlines path to resolving A320neo hitch
Airbus expects to deliver its first A320neo by the end of January, as it set a target of 650 overall aircraft deliveries for 2016.
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Ameco completes PTF conversion on five Boeing 757-200s
Ameco Beijing has completed freighter conversions on five Boeing 757-200s at its Chengdu facility, located at Shuangliu International airport.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing takes single-aisle output lead – for now
Boeing's 737 stole the single-aisle output crown from Airbus last year after a hiatus of more than a decade. But it is likely to be a briefly held lead, with the European manufacturer moving back ahead as it ramps up output this year.
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Airbus points to supply chain after missing A350 target
Airbus believes it could have reached its target of 15 A350 deliveries for 2015 had it not been hamstrung by cabin interior problems.
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Airbus ends 2015 with over 1,000 orders
Airbus took net orders for 1,036 aircraft last year, comfortably above rival Boeing's total of 768.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why aviation won't reach environmental Utopia
Our special report this week highlights the fraught nature of the relationship between aviation and the planet: flying is not environmentally friendly, and there is no easy way around that. It is difficult to avoid the conclusion, then, that new thinking is needed.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Europe gears up for intensive Clean Sky push
As preparations continue for the second phase of Europe’s Clean Sky technology development initiative, the first phase has reached its “most intensive” period – in terms of what has been achieved and what is about to be demonstrated.