All Airframers news – Page 183
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PICTURES: A330neo takes off on maiden flight
Airbus's first A330neo has lifted off from Toulouse on its maiden flight, commencing the airborne test programme for the re-engined twinjet.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus-CSeries deal raises new Bombardier questions
Bombardier's deal to grant Airbus majority ownership of CSeries throws a needed lifeline to a flagship aircraft that observers widely compliment for efficiency, technological advances and relatively smooth entry-into-service.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: CSeries sector flat in Airbus single-aisle outlook
Airbus forecasts put 20-year demand in the Bombardier CSeries category at just over 4,450 aircraft, although the total has stayed largely flat and represents a declining proportion of the single-aisle market.
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Success of Max 10 to dictate Boeing's NMA: Ascend
Boeing's NMA strategy could depend on the reception of its 737 Max programme, Flight Ascend Consultancy has suggested.
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US-built CSeries still subject to import tax: Boeing
Boeing insists that Airbus's intention to deliver Bombardier CSeries aircraft from an Alabama final assembly site would exempt the aircraft from potential US import taxes.
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Undisclosed buyer adds to Super Tucano backlog
Embraer has announced a new order for six of its armed A-29 Super Tucano, but declines to identify the latest customer to have committed to the type.
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Irkut conducts long MC-21 flight to Gromov test centre
Irkut has flown the initial MC-21-300 on a long-range route, from its base at Irkutsk to Moscow Ramenskoye, where the Gromov experimental test centre is located.
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NewsAirbus aims to fly A330neo on 19 October
Airbus has tentatively fixed a 19 October date for the maiden A330neo flight.
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Airbus revisits CSeries as programme risk diminishes
Airbus's timing of its revisit to the Bombardier CSeries, two years after dropping out of partnership talks, removes much of the risk it previously associated with the programme.
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Airbus envisions harmonising CSeries with A320
Airbus will look to smooth the boundary between the Bombardier CSeries and its own single-aisle aircraft line in order to create a more harmonised range.
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CSeries will avoid 300% duties with US assembly: executives
Bombardier and Airbus executives confirm that plans to open a CSeries final assembly line in the USA would enable the companies to avoid a potentially disastrous 300% tariff on imports of CS100s.
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Airbus to acquire majority share in CSeries programme
Airbus will acquire a majority stake in the Bombardier CSeries programme and open a second final assembly line for CS100s and CS300s in Mobile, Alabama, to serve US customers, the companies announced late on 16 October.
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New tests move P&W closer to ultra-high bypass GTF
Pratt & Whitney is a step closer to developing an ultra high-bypass version of the PW1000G geared turbofan after completing a second round of ground testing of key components.
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OpinionOPINION: Is A380 fleet overtaking 747 a hollow victory?
News that the Airbus A380 fleet now exceeds that of the Boeing 747 will have been met with mixed emotions in Seattle.
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NBAA: Dassault commits to autonomous co-pilot development
Dassault Aviation has revealed a long-term effort to develop an autonomous co-pilot for future business jets, says chairman and chief executive Eric Trappier.
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China Express takes first A320
China Express has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320, adding the type to its fleet of 32 Bombardier CRJ900s.
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Scaled Composites reveals first flight of experimental Model 401
Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites has unveiled and flown a new experimental aircraft called the Model 401 built as a demonstrator for low-cost manufacturing techniques and to provide research flight services.
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First Tianjin-built A320neo conducts maiden flight
Airbus has conducted the maiden flight with the first A320neo to be produced at its Chinese plant in Tianjin.
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A330neo poised to fly in third week of October
Airbus appears to be aiming to fly the re-engined A330neo for the first time next week.
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UK defends Bombardier with outright rejection of Boeing case
Boeing's trade case against Bombardier over the CSeries has been categorically rejected as having no merit by the UK government, which has urged the US airframer to withdraw the complaint immediately.