All Airframers news – Page 169
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News
Boeing starts fuselage assembly for first 777-9
Major fuselage sections of the first 777X aircraft have entered Boeing’s Fuselage Assembly Centre in Everett, Washington, Boeing says.
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Boeing will not appeal US trade panel's Bombardier tariff vote
Boeing confirms it will not appeal a decision by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that nullified steep tariffs on the importation into the USA of Bombardier CS100s.
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Opinion
OPINION: Continued EASA membership is vital for UK aerospace
To put it bluntly, whatever the rights and wrongs of Brexit, leaving the European Aviation Safety Agency as well as the EU would be an act of supreme folly for the UK.
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Opinion
OPINION: Boeing must heed 787 lessons for NMA success
Boeing's annual report for 2004 – the year the 787 programme was launched – reads like a time capsule of a very different company. That year the manufacturer reported a "strong" net cash flow, totalling $3.5 billion. Operating margins had "improved" significantly compared with 2003, rising to 3.8% of operating ...
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Airbus waiting on A330-200 cycle to lift A330-800 orders
Airbus believes its A330neo is capable of defending the airframer's position against the Boeing 787 as a replacement wave for older A330s accelerates.
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Airbus pitches higher-weight A330neo at transpacific sector
Airbus is expecting that a planned higher-weight version of the A330neo will provide a 650nm range hike compared with the current 242t variant.
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GE completes tests on GEnx-2B upgrades for 747-8
GE Aviation plans to start delivering a durability upgrade in mid-2018 for the engines powering the Boeing 747-8, the engine maker confirms to FlightGlobal.
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NewsVIDEO: Boeing delivers first 737 Max 9 to Thai Lion Air
Ten months after handing over the first 737 Max 8, Boeing has now delivered the second major variant in re-engined single-aisle family with Thai Lion Air taking the first 737-9 in a 21 March ceremony in Renton, Washington.
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PICTURES: Second BelugaXL will be first into service
Airbus's high-capacity Beluga fleet is likely to peak at eight aircraft before the new XL version fully replaces the current A300-600ST.
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'No big technology push' required for NMA: Boeing
Boeing intends to employ "proven and understood" technologies, rather than radical new ones, on its proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA).
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Interview
INTERVIEW: A driving force in engineering at Honeywell Aerospace
Anne Lillywhite developed a passion for technology from a young age, so a career in engineering beckoned. After a spell in telecommunications, she moved into aviation and is now director of engineering for Honeywell's European aerospace engineering division, specialising in cockpit and navigation systems.
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Boeing drops objections to UTAS-Collins merger
Boeing has dropped its objections to a proposed merger of United Technologies Aerospace Systems and Rockwell Collins after completing long-term agreements on cost reductions with its suppliers.
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Bombardier sends CS300 to New York for demonstrations
Bombardier appears to be demonstrating a CS300 to JetBlue Airways, which has been moving closer to completing a fleet review that could include a new aircraft order.
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Problems emerge in Leonardo's aerostructures business
Leonardo's bottom line was hit by poor "industrial performance" at its aerostructures unit last year, the Italian company has reported.
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UK lawmakers warn of 'serious' impacts from any no-deal EASA exit
UK members of parliament have warned that exit from the EU could be "costly and disruptive" for the nation's aerospace industry if no agreement can be reached to maintain membership of the European Aviation Safety Agency.
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MRJ flight test jets on ground for upgrades
Mitsubishi Aircraft’s four flight test MRJ regional jets at Moses Lake have been on the ground for more than a month, undergoing upgrades and executing ground tests.
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VIDEO: Boeing launches 737 Max 7 into flight testing
Boeing will begin the flight certification campaign for the 138-seat 737 Max 7 after the third and smallest variant of the re-engined single-aisle family completed a more than 3h-long maiden flight on 16 March.
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Fixing faulty GTF seal to cost $50 million: P&W
A new design flaw discovered in January on about 100 Pratt & Whitney engines for the Airbus A320neo family will cost the engine manufacturer $50 million to resolve, P&W chief executive Bob Leduc said on 16 March.
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Opinion
OPINION: 737 will be a hard act to follow
When the first A320 was handed over three decades ago this month, few – Airbus included – would have put odds on deliveries reaching 1,000 aircraft, let alone the 8,000-mark recently passed.
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Boeing publishes plan for 'non-normal' 777X wing-tip ops
A folding wing-tip on a commercial airliner is never supposed to fail.