All Airframers news – Page 147
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Opinion
OPINION: Response to Max crashes will define Boeing's reputation
Bilateral arrangements in aviation safety rely on the assumption that the rules and practices across different jurisdictions are largely interchangeable.
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Boeing developing service bulletin for 737 Max operators: FAA
Boeing is developing a service bulletin for 737 Max operators for the installation of new flight computer software, says the US Federal Aviation Administration.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 737 Max crashes fuel longstanding safety concerns
The recent Boeing 737 Max crashes have fueled several long-simmering aviation safety concerns, including those related to pilot training, cockpit technology, regulatory oversight and corporate influence.
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Boeing chief reinforces safety focus in open letter
Boeing chairman, president and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg has released an open letter to airlines, passengers and the aviation community reinforcing the company’s commitment to safety, as most of the global fleet of Boeing 737 Max aircraft enters its second week of groundings.
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Embraer chief executive to step down in April
Embraer chief executive and president Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva will step down from his role at the manufacturer on 22 April, and will be replaced with an executive recruited externally.
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Ethiopian 737 flight data shows 'similarities' to Lion Air crash
Data retrieved from the recently crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 shows "clear similarities" with the October 2018 crash of a Lion Air aircraft, according to Ethiopia transport minister Dagmawit Moges.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How the industry has reacted to the Ethiopian Max crash
At first, only China and a few smaller carriers grounded their Boeing 737 Max fleets in the response to the 10 March crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, in which 157 people were killed.
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Helicopters lift Leonardo's 2018 results
Increased sales at Leonardo's helicopter division and its electronics, defence and security systems business were the main drivers behind a 4.3% rise in the Italian aerospace group's revenue in 2018, to €12.2 billion ($13.8 billion).
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NTSB to help analyse crashed 737 Max's flight data
The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching investigators to France where they will assist with analyses of data recovered from the recently crashed Boeing 737 Max 8's flight recorders.
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Boeing stops 737 Max deliveries in wake of grounding
Boeing has halted deliveries of Boeing 737 Max in response to the global grounding of the aircraft, the company says.
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NewsBoeing unveils 777X to employees
Boeing has released images of the first fully assembled 777X, a 777-9 variant that Boeing unveiled to employees on 13 March.
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Embraer posts 2018 loss amid declining deliveries
Embraer swung to a $171 million net loss in 2018 amid slumping revenue driven by fewer commercial and business aircraft deliveries.
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Opinion
OPINION: Forget the FAA, the Regulator in Chief has spoken
In an unprecedented move today, the President Trump issued the order to ground the USA's Boeing Max fleet.
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US orders Boeing 737 Max grounded
The US government has ordered Boeing's 737 Max grounded, marking an about-face for the Federal Aviation Administration that, as recently as last night, declined such a move despite a building worldwide wave of 737 Max groundings.
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Canada grounds 737 Max due to crash 'similarities'
The government of Canada has grounded the Boeing 737 Max after reviewing new data suggesting the flight profile of the recent crashed Ethiopian Airlines aircraft showed similarities to that of last year's crashed Lion Air aircraft.
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Bombardier and Embraer spar over 50-seater replacement
Bombardier and Embraer have differing views on how to replace the aging 50-seat regional jet fleet around the world.
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Hexcel to open thermoplastics research lab with Arkema
Composites supplier Hexcel and chemicals company Arkema are to establish a jointly owned laboratory in France to develop carbon thermoplastics for the aerospace sector.
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India and New Zealand join Max suspension
India and New Zealand have become the latest countries in Asia Pacific to ban the operation of the Boeing 737 Max over safety concerns.
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'No basis' to ground 737 Max: FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reiterates that it has seen "no basis" to order a grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, as the USA remains the prominent outlier among a handful of countries that have not suspended operations with the aircraft after the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash on 10 ...
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Boeing defends 737 Max amid wave of groundings
Boeing continues to stand behind the safety of the 737 Max, issuing a statement saying it has "full confidence" in the type even as multiple civil aviation authorities and airlines outside North America ground the Max.