All Airframers news – Page 24
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NewsBoeing to cut 10% of workforce and end 767F production, while delaying 777X
Boeing plans to lay off roughly 17,000 workers, delay its first 777-9 delivery and end 767 Freighter production, part of a plan to restructure its business around “core” products and keep afloat amid a crippling machinists strike and numerous other business challenges.
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NewsHigher take-off weight A321XLR secures European certification
Airbus’s higher-weight A321XLR has been approved by European regulators, three months after the basic model secured certification. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has formally amended the aircraft’s type certificate to include the 101t maximum take-off weight version, listing it as variant 100. Airbus had originally designed the XLR with ...
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NewsEmbraer secures FAA certification of E190F
Embraer’s passenger-to-freighter conversion, the E190F, has been certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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NewsAirbus records order for 85 aircraft including 10 A350s
Airbus has revealed an order for 85 aircraft including 10 A350s and 75 A320neo-family jets in its latest backlog figures. It has not identified the customer but the order, placed on 5 September, features five A350-1000s and five A350-900s. The agreement also comprises 55 A321neos and 20 A320neos. ...
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NewsBoeing withdraws contract offer to striking union after talks fail again
Boeing has withdrawn a pay offer to some 33,000 striking workers, after the latest round of negotiations again ended in stalemate.
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NewsBoeing delivered 33 jets last month despite machinists’ strike
Despite an ongoing machinists’ strike, Boeing managed to close September with a healthy number of aircraft deliveries for the month, saying it has been able to continue handing over some aircraft with help from non-striking employees.
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NewsBoeing and union to resume contract talks on 7 October as strike pain spreads
Boeing and its machinists’ union will resume contract negotiations on 7 October, as workers and the company feel increasing pressure from a strike now exceeding three weeks.
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NewsToyota plans $500m of investments to boost certification of Joby’s aircraft
Toyota Motor Corporation is planning to invest in two phases a total of $500 million into Joby Aviation as the start-up pushes to certificate and commercialise its electric air taxi as soon as next year.
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NewsTextron Aviation reverses course and will exhibit at NBAA
Textron Aviation now says it will exhibit at this month’s NBAA business aviation exhibition in Las Vegas, reserving course after last week backing out of the event amid a machinists strike in Wichita.
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NewsProtracted longshoremen strike could disrupt Airbus production in Mobile: analysts
If a US dockworkers’ strike continues for more than a few weeks Airbus could start experiencing shortages of structural components used to assemble A320neo-family jets in Mobile, Alabama, possibly disrupting production.
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NewsSpanish start-up Crisalion names new CEO to advance air taxi design
Spanish air taxi developer Crisalion Mobility has appointed Manuel Heredia Ortiz as its new chief executive, replacing founder Carlos Poveda.
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NewsLilium powers up its jet for the first time on march to maiden sortie
German air taxi developer Lilium has powered up its Lilium Jet for the first time, marking what it calls a “significant milestone towards first flight”.
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NewsEmbraer underlines safety aspects of automatic rotation and take-off system
Embraer has emphasised the safety aspects of its automatic take-off system, as it prepares for European and US certification measures.
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NewsEmbraer appoints SIAEC as E2 MRO service centre
SIA Engineering’s Philippines unit will become Embraer’s first authorised service centre in the Asia-Pacific region for the airframer’s E2 aircraft family.
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NewsTextron Aviation to sit out NBAA show next month as strike disrupts production
Textron Aviation has decided not to exhibit at the NBAA business aviation trade show in Las Vegas next month, a move coming as the company’s operations remain hobbled by an ongoing machinists’ strike.
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NewsMachinists union says members reject Boeing’s latest proposal as strike continues
Boeing’s machinists “overwhelmingly” view the company’s latest contract offer as insufficient, and the union has seemingly dug in its heals, suggesting no imminent end to a walkout now entering a 13th day.
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NewsBoeing gives union more time to consider offer as relations sour
Boeing has given the International Association of Machinists (IAM) more time to evaluate the company’s latest contract proposal, hoping to end a costly strike that has halted its aircraft production in the Pacific Northwest.
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NewsTextron Aviation’s machinists go on strike
Textron Aviation’s machinists walked off the job on 23 September after members of the 5,000-strong work group voted down the company’s proposed new employment contract. The Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer, which owns the Cessna and Beechcraft brands, confirms that workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) went on strike. ...
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NewsBoeing makes ‘best and final offer’ to union as strike continues
Boeing has agreed to pay machinists 30% more over four years and has sweetened retirement benefits as part of a new proposed employment contract the company hopes will end a costly strike that brought its production lines to a halt.
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NewsFlight of the Phenix: Start-up completes first phase of flight tests with Ultra 2XL rotorcraft
Uncrewed rotorcraft developer Phenix Solutions has completed a flight-test programme with a full-size prototype of its Ultra 2XL heavy-lift aircraft.