All Airframers news – Page 181
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Opinion
OPINION: A380 needs more customers to match 747's longevity
When the time comes for Emirates Airline to bid adieu to the Airbus A380, let’s hope the double-decker deserves the sweet and sincere farewell that United Airlines gave the 747 for its final revenue flight on 7 November.
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DUBAI: Airbus narrows Beluga XL maiden flight window
Airbus is aiming to fly the first Beluga XL outsize transport in the third quarter of 2018, and achieve power-on before the end of this year.
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Comac transfers C919 to Xian for flight tests
Comac has flown its first C919 prototype to Xian, marking the start of the next phase of flight test and certification work for the programme.
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A320neo deliveries accelerate in October
Airbus delivered 22 A320neo-family aircraft in October, the largest number for a single month so far this year.
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Italian authority formalises new Superjet certification pact
Italian and Russian authorities have signed a bilateral protocol enabling technical co-operation over Sukhoi Superjet 100s to continue.
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United requests pricing data on 767, other widebodies
United has confirmed sending a request to Boeing seeking pricing information about the 767 as part of wider, preliminary discussions on the carrier’s future widebody aircraft needs with Airbus and Boeing.
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News'We will still produce A380s in 10 years': Airbus chief
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders has expressed confidence in the A380 programme's future and hinted at further sales for the double-deck type.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Embraer comes of age with the E190-E2
If you had asked an Embraer executive in early 2010 what the Brazilian manufacturer's next commercial aircraft would be, the answer would probably have been a clean-sheet small narrowbody with a five-abreast cabin seating between 100 and 150 passengers.
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MC-21 begins flight-test programme from Gromov
Irkut has started the flight-test programme with the MC-21-300 from the Gromov institute at Moscow's Zhukovsky airfield.
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PICTURE: Emirates takes 100th A380
Emirates is today taking delivery of its 100th Airbus A380 at a ceremony being held at the manufacturer's delivery centre in Hamburg.
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OpinionOPINION: Will Dubai air show bring surprise sales?
The Dubai air show is almost a victim of its own success: previous blockbuster orders have raised expectations that the buying spree will be repeated every two years.
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C919 takes third flight; engines start up on FTA 2
Comac's first C919 prototype took its third flight on 3 November, a day after the manufacturer ran the engines on its second prototype for the first time.
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A350-1000 nears certification after finishing reliability tests
Airbus has wrapped up functional and reliability testing for its A350-1000, and is expecting to achieve certification for the twinjet this month.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing embarks on path to $50bn in services revenue
Boeing on 25 October released the first financial results of its new aviation services business, setting a benchmark against which to measure Boeing's progress toward an ambitious aftermarket goal.
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Short take-off freighter concept undergoes windtunnel test
Russian researchers are conducting windtunnel tests on a new conceptual freighter designed to operate from short unpaved fields.
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PICTURES: Retirement of KLM Fokker ends era that began in 1921
The retirement of KLM Cityhopper's last Fokker 70, after final flights on 28 October, marks the end of an era in Dutch aviation history.
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Airbus facing separate US-focused regulatory probe
Airbus has disclosed that it is facing a separate probe into business irregularities, centred on US regulatory compliance on defence contracts.
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Qatar agrees to take four previously-cancelled A350s
Qatar Airways has agreed to pick up four finished Airbus A350-900s, four months after the Middle Eastern carrier cancelled delivery of the aircraft.
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CFM reviews fleet after finding Leap-1A durability issue
CFM International is evaluating the Leap-1A engine fleet on Airbus A320neo aircraft for a prematurely deteriorating coating on a turbine part after identifying the problem on eight engines in service.
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United Aircraft among firms on US sanctions target list
Several Russian aerospace firms feature on a newly-issued list of companies against which the US government is aiming new sanctions.