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Luxair orders two 737 Max 10s
Luxair has ordered two Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft – with options for two more – becoming the type’s newest customer.
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Wisk eyeing Australia as fertile ground for autonomous air taxi operations
Wisk’s partnership with Skyports Infrastructure to explore air taxi operations in Australia’s South East Queensland region ahead of the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane is part of broad effort to find the right integration opportunities.
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Korean CEO cites ‘full confidence’ in Boeing’s ability to deliver
Korean Air chief executive Walter Cho has expressed confidence in Boeing’s ability to deliver newly ordered widebody jets on time despite 787 production disruptions and 777-9 certification delays.
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Korean commits to up to 50 Boeing widebodies
Korean Air has signed a memorandum of understanding covering its intent to acquire 20 Boeing 777-9s and 20 787-10s, together with options on 10 more Dreamliners.
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National Air Cargo orders four 777-200 Freighters
US air freight company National Air Cargo has ordered four Boeing 777-200 Freighters, with plans to acquire two of the jets in the fourth quarter of 2025 and the remaining two in the first quarter of 2026.
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Eva Azoulay is taking newly-independent ITP Aero to the next level
ITP Aero is on a mission. With new chief executive Eva Azoulay at the helm, the former Rolls-Royce subsidiary is coming to the Farnborough air show for the first time as a standalone company, with a new appearance, and something to prove.
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Comac brings stretched and high-altitude C919 models to Farnborough
Comac has brought models of the stretched and high-altitude variants of its C919 single-aisle for the first time at this year’s Farnborough air show, while also revealing the seat-map for the in-development C929 widebody.
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Weak fares drag down Ryanair first-quarter profits
Ryanair’s net profit nearly halved over the first quarter, which the carrier blames on weak fares and the earlier Easter holiday. The carrier turned in a net profit of €360 million ($372 million) – down by 46% – on slightly lower revenues of €3.63 billion. Chief executive Michael O’Leary says ...
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How RTX is driving towards a more electric future
Electric power is likely to be at the heart of aviation’s net-zero ambitions and sister companies Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney are developing the technologies to help the industry meet its climate goals.
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RTX charges ahead as hybrid-electric work hits key milestones
RTX has validated “sustained operation” of its hybrid-electric STEP-Tech (Scalable Turboelectric Powertrain – Technology) demonstrator, even as it eyes potential future developments of the system.
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GKN thinks bigger with launch of 2MW-class fuel cell powertrain demonstrator
GKN Aerospace is to develop a 2MW-class cryogenic hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system under a new £44 million ($57 million) project – the latest in a series of hydrogen-focused research and technology programmes led by the company.
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Boeing settles on 737 Max 7 anti-ice system redesign, moves toward flight testing
Boeing has designed an engine anti-ice system fix for its 737 Max 7 and expects that the Federal Aviation Administration will certificate the jet in 2025.
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How will Farnborough compare for air show order announcements?
This week’s Farnborough air show follows one of the busiest events for aircraft order announcements at the Paris equivalent last year.
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Modified Pearl 15 ‘on track’ for hydrogen testing later this year
Rolls-Royce is on course to perform ground runs later this year of a Pearl 15 business jet engine adapted to run on gaseous hydrogen.
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Eve unveils remotely piloted prototype of electric air taxi
US air taxi developer Eve Mobility revealed on 21 July the first full-scale prototype of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, a remotely operated variant that the company is pushing to get off the ground this year.
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UK facility starts ex-Delta 777 freighter conversion work for Mammoth
Boeing 777 cargo conversion firm Mammoth Freighters has delivered a -200LR for modification to the UK-based specialist STS Aviation Services. Mammoth had reached an agreement for conversion work with STS, located in Manchester, two years ago. The pact covers cargo modification for both 777-200LRs and -300ERs. STS states that US-based ...
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Iberia prepares for A321XLR introduction following certification
Spanish flag-carrier Iberia has shown off its first Airbus A321XLR carrying the airline’s colours, as the long-range model receives European type certification. Iberia will be the first operator of the XLR. It is to take delivery of eight aircraft, part of a batch of 14 XLRs ordered in June 2019 ...
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Rolls-Royce details technology insertion plan to boost Trent durability
Rolls-Royce has revealed more detail on the hot-section improvements it is making to its Trent-series widebody engine family as it targets better durability and time-on-wing, particularly in hot and sandy operating environments.
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Newly solo GE Aerospace dives deeper into open-fan development as industry grasps for efficiency
GE Aerospace arrives at Farnborough with one eye trained on the future – specifically on developing an open-fan engine for future narrowbody jets – and the other focused on recovering from supply chain troubles that continue constraining engine production.
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Boeing nudges 20-year forecast higher to reflect lingering pandemic fallout
Boeing has tweaked upward its 20-year aircraft-demand forecast, predicting airlines will need more jets than previously expected due to an extraordinarily large number of older aircraft that soon must be replaced.