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ILA: Airbus pushes for radical propulsion leap
Airbus is literally powering ahead with its vision of a hybrid-electric regional transport aircraft – by preparing to begin serious development of the radical propulsion system on a Munich testbed that will be fully functioning within two years.
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NewsEBACE: GE prepares to take on PT6A with new engines
GE Aviation plans to take on rival Pratt & Whitney’s market-leading PT6A with new engines in the 1,100-1,200 shaft horsepower and 1,800-2,000shp class, by developing a turboprop “centre of excellence” in Prague – the former Walter Aircraft Engines business it acquired in 2008.
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EBACE: GE on track to begin flight tests of Passport
General Electric is on track to begin flights tests of the Passport jet engine this summer, as it continues to carve out a growing share of business and general aviation markets, a top executive said yesterday.
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NewsPratt & Whitney increases thrust on PurePower geared turbofan
Pratt & Whitney is developing a PurePower geared turbofan engine with a higher thrust of up to 35,000lb, the company announced.
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Russia and China to submit joint long-haul jet plan
Russia’s United Aircraft and China’s Comac are to submit a feasibility study on a jointly-developed long-haul passenger aircraft to their respective governments this summer.
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Boeing surpasses 2,000 737 Max orders
Boeing has added 30 new orders for the 737 Max from unidentified customers in the past week, pushing the re-engined and updated narrowbody’s order backlog beyond the 2,000 mark.
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ILA: Airbus demonstrates faith in A380
Sluggish sales of its flagship model have not dented Airbus’s insistence that the market for the A380 will grow as the number of international hub airports increases.
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EBACE: Honda reveals first production HondaJet
Honda Aircraft revealed the first production HondaJet at the show. The aircraft is in final assembly with the first set of production GE Honda HF120 engines installed.
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NewsILA: Premium Aerotec gears up to meet the demands of parent Airbus
It was a very European compromise. Back in 2007, reeling from a feeble dollar, the A380 debacle and the need to fund development of the A350, bosses of the then-EADS launched a drive to cut costs and streamline the Franco-German group’s cumbersome vertically-integrated organisation. Part of the solution involved divesting ...
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NewsPICTURES: Lion Group's first A320 in final assembly
Lion Group’s first Airbus A320 aircraft has entered final assembly, which will be operated by its full service unit Batik Air.
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NewsPICTURES: Air Canada receives first 787
Air Canada has received its first Boeing 787 aircraft – the -8 variant – on 18 May.
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NewsRe-launched Eastern Air Lines orders up to 20 737s
Miami-based start-up Eastern Air Lines Group has signed an “initial” order for 10 Boeing 737-800s and with purchase rights for 10 more 737 Max 8 in a deal with potential combined value of $1.95 billion at list prices.
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NewsILA: Show to fly flag for German aerospace
Berlin’s ILA air show may not have the global status of Paris or Farnborough, but its importance to the German aerospace industry and the federal republic’s international image is illustrated by the fact it will once again be opened by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Republic puts off decision on CSeries order
Republic Airlines has put off making a decision on its order for 40 Bombardier CSeries aircraft for the time being, says chief executive Bryan Bedford.
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Aerolia names new chief executive
Cedric Gautier has succeeded Christian Cornille as chief executive of Airbus Group’s French aerostructures subsidiary Aerolia.
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NewsPICTURE: First United 787-9 leaves paint shop
United Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 has left the paint shop, as it is readied for delivery in July.
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NewsAirbus 'needs to do homework' on re-engined A330
Airbus Group’s finance head has reiterated that the airframer will reach a decision this year on whether to develop a re-engined version of its A330.
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NewsAirbus expects to sell some of A350 test fleet
Airbus expects eventually to sell part of the A350-900 test fleet to customers, although it has not indicated how many of the five jets could be transferred.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Is the passenger-carrying 767 really dead?
Although passenger-carrying 767 orders have largely dried up, Seattle is convinced there's still a potential market out there for the ageing type in a role other than special military applications
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NewsIN FOCUS: German fallout of Airbus restructuring remains in flux
Two years after a failed merger with BAE Systems, the newly restructured Airbus Group is finally getting back to the status quo – but some of the long-term ramifications of the strategy are yet to come to light