All Airframers news – Page 149
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Analysis
Brakes applied after commercial orders glut
January is traditionally a quiet month for commercial aircraft sales, and 2019 did not break from this trend. Information from Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer shows there were 27 new orders recorded during the month, along with 11 cancellations, leaving a net total of 16.
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News
HAI: Sikorsky launches drive to develop urban air taxi technology
Sikorsky has entered the urban air mobility segment with a campaign aimed at collaborating with other companies to develop technologies and infrastructure needed to make intra-city air taxis a reality.
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HAI: Honeywell trims five-year civil helicopter forecast
Honeywell has trimmed its five-year turbine-powered civil helicopter demand forecast to 4,000 units, down 5% from last year's forecast due largely to a sagging Latin American market.
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Carlyle Group backs Nordam restructuring efforts
Carlyle Group is to provide funding to restructuring US-based Nordam to enable the aerostructures manufacturer and repair provider to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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PICTURES: Inside Comac's C919 assembly line
Comac is targeting to get three more C919 prototypes flying this year, bringing it to a fleet of six aircraft engaged in flight tests, as it works towards getting the narrowbody type certificated in 2020.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Supersonic projects speed towards Concorde's successor
Almost exactly 20 years after the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde's final revenue flight from New York touched down in London in October 2003, a commercial jet will once again cross the Atlantic at speeds faster than sound. At least that is the ambition of Tom Vice, chief executive of Aerion, one of ...
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OpinionOPINION: Concorde still sets the pace, 50 years from first flight
"From the beginning of time until about 1840, the distance a man could travel between getting up and going to bed was about 75 miles… then technology produced the aeroplane, and today a man can travel 7,000 miles in his waking hours. When the supersonic era is inaugurated this 12h ...
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News
Two Boeing executives land on Aerion's five-member board
Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has named two Boeing executives to its five-member board of directors, giving Boeing significant sway over a company in which it recently invested.
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News
Embraer shareholders approve Boeing tie-up
Embraer's shareholders have approved a plan to sell majority ownership of its commercial aircraft unit to Boeing, bringing the companies closer to achieving a goal of closing the deal by year-end.
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News
Comac, UAC aim to secure CR929 launch customers this year
Comac and United Aircraft are both in deep discussions with airlines about the CRAIC CR929 widebody, as they work towards securing launch customers for the type this year.
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Comac to ramp up ARJ21 production, open second assembly line
Comac will open a second assembly line for its ARJ21 regional jet this year, as it prepares to ramp up production of the type.
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Rolls-Royce touts modernised Indiana factory for B-52 engine bid
Rolls-Royce plans to build its F130 turbine at a modernized factory in Indiana if selected by the US Air Force to replace the engines on the service’s fleet of Boeing B-52 bombers.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Taking a lead at Aerogility
Alex Wenk is a technical lead and graduate trainer at Aerogility, a US-headquartered company that delivers maintenance scheduling systems to global civil and defence aerospace companies.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Demonstrating the value of communication
Adam Konowe is vice-president of client strategy for US advertising and commuications agency TMP Worldwide. Konowe also teaches communications at American University in Washington DC, which he says "keeps me on my toes".
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Aero Vodochody recharged the L-39
Most of the pilots who honed their combat skills in the Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros single-engined jet trainer were defending the Soviet empire. The 21st century-born aviators who fly its successor – the L-39NG – will only know of the Cold War from history books.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: CR929 boss details progress, timeline
Sino-Russian joint venture CRAIC is “very close” to finalising the engine supplier for its CR929 widebody programme, with certification pushed back two years to 2027.
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News
Air Lease expects Airbus delays through 2020
Air Lease will continue to experience delays to its deliveries in 2019, management says.
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Spirit AeroSystems to do preliminary design of Aerion AS2’s fuselage
Spirit AeroSystems agreed to do the preliminary design work for the forward, pressurized fuselage of Aerion’s supersonic business jet, the AS2.
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News
Analysts call attention to cracks in widebody demand
Aerospace analysts are calling attention to indications of easing demand for widebody aircraft, with some suggesting manufacturers could eventually respond by trimming some production rates.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How the NMA might prepare Boeing for a 737 replacement
Boeing's new mid-market airplane (NMA) concept may be much larger than a single aircraft programme.