All Airframers news – Page 138
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United wants ‘clarity’ from Boeing on NMA
United Airlines says Boeing has a little more time to make a decision about its New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) programme, confirming that the US major is in talks with both large jet manufacturers.
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NewsTextron CEO sees possible simulator mandate for Max pilots
The chief executive of Textron says signs suggest aviation regulators may require Boeing 737 Max pilots to complete simulator training, though perhaps not immediately when the global grounding lifts.
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NewsTextron's Q2 revenue sags amid aircraft demand concerns
Textron’s aircraft manufacturers delivered fewer units in the second quarter of 2019 as revenue slipped, stoking concern about the health of the business-jet market among investment analysts.
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ALPA and US lawmakers ask ICAO to review pilot training standards
The largest US pilots' union and US lawmakers have urged civil aviation agency ICAO to review its global pilot training standards – requests coming in a wake of two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes.
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OpinionHow the Airbus effect transformed A220 sales
Back when the Airbus A220 was still the Bombardier-owned CSeries, there was always the sense that the twinjet was a good product whose potential was hamstrung by, well, everything else.
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New programmes' start-up costs hit FACC first-quarter profit
Austrian composites manufacturer FACC has cited start-up costs for new programmes after its first-quarter operating profit declined by nearly two-thirds.
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Boeing's Q2 deliveries slow, new orders scarce
Boeing's aircraft orders tumbled to just 13 in the second quarter of 2019, while deliveries slipped to 90 aircraft due to the grounding of the 737 Max.
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Hybrid aircraft startup Zunum Aero hits financial trouble: reports
Zunum Aero, a Boeing- and JetBlue-funded aerospace startup, has reported significant delays to its hybrid-electric aircraft development project amid reports the company has essentially shut down operations due to insufficient funding.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing faces pricing pressure as Airbus encroaches
Market values for several top-selling Boeing commercial aircraft continue to face downward pressure amid a convergence of factors that include record-low aircraft lease rates, cheap fuel and fresh competition from Airbus.
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CR929 targets airlines in Southeast Asia, Middle East
The CRAIC CR929 widebody programme has received “commitments” from airlines in Russia and China, and is pitching itself to airlines farther afield.
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Leonardo to build composite turboprop fuselage demonstrators
Leonardo is nearing the end of the design phase for a pair of composite fuselage demonstrators for a future aircraft under the Green Regional Aircraft workstream of the EU’s Clean Sky 2 programme.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How the A321XLR gained initial order momentum
When looking at the launch of the Airbus A321XLR at this year’s Paris air show, it is perhaps instructive to cast your mind back two years earlier to the 2017 event.
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DLR trials lightweight wing designs for avoidance of flutter
European researchers have used scaled aircraft demonstrators to test new concepts for lighter, larger-span wings intended to avoid flutter problems.
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Boeing pledges $100 million to 737 Max victims' families
Boeing has pledged $100 million to impacted families and communities who lost loved ones in the two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes.
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Dassault buys Ruag's Swiss business aircraft operations
Switzerland's Ruag has sold its business aviation facilities in Geneva and Lugano to Dassault Aviation as it restructures to concentrate the business on aerostructures and space programmes.
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NewsPICTURE: MA700 forward fuselage completed
AVIC has completed its first MA700 forward fuselage, as it makes progress in assembling the first static test aircraft.
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FAA certificates Gulfstream G600
The Federal Aviation Administration has certificated Gulfstream Aerospace's 19-passenger G600 business jet, clearing the path for first delivery later this year.
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OpinionHow price and convenience will dictate supersonic travel
Decades ago, test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the rocket-powered Bell X-1. Now, Lockheed Martin is building a new supersonic aircraft for NASA designed to reduce the noise from a sonic boom.
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NewsLockheed Martin adds momentum for supersonic travel
Lockheed Martin is considering how to build a commercial supersonic aircraft that would draw on the noise-reduction technology it is testing with NASA, making it the latest company aiming to create a market for travel faster-than-sound travel.
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FAA finds issue with 737 Max trim recovery procedures
Federal Aviation Administration flight tests of the 737 Max have uncovered a data processing issue that affected government pilots' ability to perform the procedure for counteracting so-called "runaway stabiliser".