All Airframers news – Page 266
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Southwest taps BAE Systems for engine control MRO
Southwest Airlines has tapped BAE Systems for a five-year, exclusive agreement covering MRO services for the full authority digital engine controls (FADECs) on its Boeing 737 fleet.
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MAS GMR secures British Airways as first line maintenance client
MAS GMR Aero Technic (MGAT) has secured British Airways as its first line maintenance customer.
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Boeing obtains licence to supply spares to Iran
Boeing has secured approval to supply aircraft parts to Iranian companies under the terms of an international agreement negotiated last year.
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NewsAirbus anticipates A330neo decision by mid-2014
Airbus is likely to make a decision on whether to move forward with a re-engined A330 by the middle of 2014, says Airbus Americas president Barry Eccleston.
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NewsPICTURE: Boeing confident on 787-9 schedule after smooth test effort
The Boeing 787-9 flight-test programme has progressed smoothly over its first six months and the manufacturer is on course to deliver the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered version this summer as scheduled.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Deep ties help Boeing win out in Japan
All Nippon Airways, a Boeing stalwart for many years, on 27 March placed a series of tentative commitments that will have disappointed and pleased Airbus in almost equal measure.
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NewsPICTURES: Asiana A380 emerges from Hamburg paint shop
Asiana Airlines’s first Airbus A380 aircraft has emerged from the paint shop in Hamburg, Germany.
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NewsMH370 search area moved after aircraft speed data revised
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has shifted the search area for the lost Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER northeast from the previous location owing to revised calculations of the aircraft’s speed.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What does Boeing's 777X mean for airlines and Airbus?
When Boeing launched the 777X at last year’s Dubai air show, backed by commitments for over 300 aircraft from four customers, Toulouse’s worst nightmare became a reality. Having suffered at the hands of Boeing in the “big-twin” sector for much of the last decade,, Airbus has been making good headway ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 777X closes on A350-1000 order tally in Asia-Pacific
If All Nippon Airways firms up today’s order for 20 Boeing 777-9X aircraft, it will put the new Boeing type in striking distance of surpassing the Airbus A350-1000’s Asia Pacific order book.
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NewsBad weather suspends MH370 search
Rain and high seas in the southern Indian have forced a temporary cessation of search operations for a lost Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER.
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Air France-KLM picks GEnx-1B to power 787 fleet
Air France-KLM selected General Electric engines in a deal valued at more than $1.7 billion at list prices to power a fleet of 37 Boeing 787-9s, including 12 aircraft to be leased from ILFC.
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NewsSouthern search for MH370 picks up despite possible rain
Ten aircraft have been deployed in the search for a lost Malaysia Airlines 777-200 today, while analysis of the aircraft’s last Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) transmission shows that Beijing was still the aircraft’s programmed destination 15 minutes before its transponder fell silent.
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ANALYSIS: US MROs widen their horizons
It is no secret that cost-conscious US airlines have sought to minimise expenses by contracting MRO abroad in recent years. But with labour rates rising overseas, fuel prices staying high, and shops in the Asia-Pacific region working on more aircraft to meet local operators’ needs, more of that work could ...
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NewsPICTURE: Airbus to offer 11-abreast economy seats on A380
Airbus is to offer A380 customers the option of an 11-abreast economy-class layout using 18in-wide (46cm) seats made possible by raising the floor 2in on the main deck of the superjumbo.
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LHT and Ameco to complete A380 wing-rib fixes next year
Ameco Beijing and Lufthansa Technik are about halfway through the Airbus A380 wing-rib feet modifications that the manufacturer has allocated to the two MRO partners.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Latin American MROs plan ahead for fleet needs
Today, fleets in the Latin American and Caribbean region are young – but maintenance providers are making moves to plan for the opportunities that booming growth in the region will create over the next 20 years.
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NewsBoeing, FAA share blame for 787 reliability issues
Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 19 March jointly blamed the 787’s “teething issues” and battery crisis on a failure of both parties to monitor and communicate with a newly-empowered supply chain.
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NewsPICTURE: Final assembly starts on A320neo
Airbus has commenced final assembly of the first A320neo, the re-engined version of its single-aisle A320 family.
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ANALYSIS: How Embraer is keeping faith with the regional market
Selling airliners in the regional market is a tough business. In the past 30 years, the short-haul segment has spawned and slain whole companies and aircraft. From turboprops like the BAe ATP and Saab 340/2000 to jets like the Fokker 100 and the Fairchild Dornier 728, entire aircraft programmes have ...