All air transport news – Page 708
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Hainan to order 50 737 Max 8s
Hainan Airlines has committed to 50 Boeing 737 Max 8s.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Qatar signs for 100 777Xs
Qatar Airways has signed its largest-ever order at the Farnborough air show with a deal for up to 108 Boeing 777s, comprising 100 777Xs and eight Freighter variants.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: First A350-1000 parts take shape
Airbus has started manufacturing forgings for the root joint on the centre wing-box of the A350-1000, the largest member of the twin-engined aircraft family.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Production lessons learned on 787 – McNerney
Boeing has learned lessons from its ill-fated decision to outsource so much of the 787’s design and production to first-tier suppliers, says chairman and chief executive Jim McNerney.
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FARNBOROUGH: Diamond Aircraft takes aim with new Dart 450
Austrian aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft Industries is moving forward with development of its Dart 450, a new single-engined model that the company says could perform a variety of civilian and military roles.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Collins and BAE win 777X fly-by-wire systems deals
BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins have won key roles in producing flight-control systems for the 777X family of aircraft, the suppliers disclosed today.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Airbus withdrew A380 to ‘pressure’ Qatar
Airbus cancelled plans to display Qatar Airways’ A380 at the Farnborough air show to “bully” the airline into taking delivery of the aircraft. That’s the view of the airline’s boss Akbar Al Baker.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: RUAG repositions Dornier 228 for twin markets
RUAG says it is refocusing the way it markets the Dornier 228 NG, the venerable high-wing twin-turboprop it relaunched production of in 2010.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Azul strikes tentative deal for 50 E2 jets
Brazil's Azul has signed a letter of intent to order up to 50 Embraer E195 E2 jets.
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FARNBOROUGH: Lessor Intrepid joins 777-300ER customer list
Intrepid Aviation has placed an order for six Boeing 777-300ERs, taking options for an additional four.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: CIT signs for 15 A330-900neos
Aircraft lessor CIT Group has become the second customer for the re-engined Airbus A330 after today disclosing at the Farnborough air show a memorandum of understanding that covers 15 A330-900neos.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Lessor BOC orders 43 more A320s
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has placed an order for 43 A320-family aircraft.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Lessor ALC orders six 777-300ERs
Air Lease has placed an order for six Boeing 777-300ERs.
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FARNBOROUGH: Comac still targeting FAA certification for ARJ21
Comac is confident that it will achieve Chinese certification for its ARJ21 regional jet programme by end 2014, and affirmed that getting an endorsement from the US Federal Aviation Administration is still in its plans.
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FARNBOROUGH: GE to open Alabama 3-D printing factory
GE Aviation has decided to equip a factory in Auburn, Alabama, to make engine fuel nozzles using additive manufacturing techniques.
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FARNBOROUGH: Fokker 120 edges closer to go-ahead
Long-running plans to resurrect production of the Fokker 100 twinjet appear to be gaining momentum as the Netherlands Aircraft Company works on securing the financing and supply chain partners to launch the aircraft, dubbed the F120NG.
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FARNBOROUGH: Avio Aero powering through first 'eventful' year under GE's wing
When Riccardo Procacci says it has been “an eventful year”, the Avio Aero boss knows of what he speaks.The Italy-based maker of jet engine components is just a couple weeks shy of its first year inside the GE Aviation business, which bought it on 1 August 2013 for $4.3 billion ...
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FARNBOROUGH: US airport selected for MRJ flight tests
Mitsubishi Aircraft will be using Grant County International airport in the United States as a flight test centre for its MRJ regional jet programme.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Qatar in ‘impasse’ with Airbus on A380
Qatar Airways remains in a deadlock with Airbus over the ongoing delay to its A380s, and chief executive Akbar Al Baker is remaining tight lipped about the likely delivery schedule.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Pratt & Whitney, Alcoa forge blades partnership
Pratt & Whitney and Alcoa have sealed a partnership that underpins the Pure Power PW1000G geared turbofan engine programme – by signing a 10-year, $1.1 billion deal for forged aluminium fan blades.