All Engines news – Page 149
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Embraer full-year earnings miss guidance margin
Embraer is expecting to deliver 95-100 commercial aircraft this year, and to achieve overall revenues of $6.1-6.6 billion.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GE's growth at Peebles shows scale of ambitions
Drive west from Cincinnati along Ohio state highway 32 towards Virginia and the roads get progressively emptier. Small towns hunker down in the frigid Midwestern winter landscape, dots of colour in a sea of rolling brown hills. The further west you get, the deeper into Amish country you are - ...
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Airbus chief flags interest in future high-speed aircraft
Airbus Group will one day deliver a supersonic aircraft that can connect Paris and Sydney within 3h, chief executive Tom Enders has told a French newspaper.
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NewsRolls-Royce looks to hit key milestones with three big development programmes
Rolls-Royce expects to hit key milestones on its big two in-development engine variants this year, with expected first flight of the Airbus A350-1000’s Trent XWB-97 in the third quarter and certification of the Trent 1000-TEN for the Boeing 787 earmarked for November or December.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How 3D printing could change the way R-R develops products
Contained within the vast complexity of a modern widebody jet engine it may look like just another large, intricately-designed metal structure. But a 1.5m-diameter titanium front bearing housing (FBH) inside a Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine is a structure with a difference. It could point the way to an eventual revolution ...
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NewsPICTURES: C919 takes shape in Shanghai
Final assembly work on the Comac C919 has kicked into high gear, with assembly of the airframe almost complete.
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OpinionOPINION: Why the A380 is a Neo too far
Slightly more than a decade ago, it was Boeing’s turn to make a hard decision. Airbus had launched the A380, so the company weighed up whether to respond with a clean-sheet design or a simpler product revamp.
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NewsBombardier: CS300 to fly on 27 February
Canadian airframer Bombardier is set to conduct the maiden flight of its CS300 aircraft today.
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NewsAirbus assures on A380 break-even this year
Airbus Group has assured that its A380 will achieve production break-even this year, as it unveiled a strong full-year commercial aircraft performance.
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NewsAirbus to take A320 rate to 50 but cut A330 output
Airbus is to hike the monthly production rate for its A320 family to 50 from the first quarter of 2017.
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NewsBAE selection installs final piece of 777X fly-by-wire revamp
Boeing has decided the supplier for the final piece of the revamped fly-by-wire and flight control system currently in development for the 777X aircraft family, announcing on 24 February that it has selected BAE Systems to provide the system's remote electronic units (REUs).
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NewsSafran ready to support A320 rate increase
Airbus engine supplier Safran believes current demand for narrowbody aircraft justifies a further increase in production of the A320 family to 50 per month within a few years, even as the supply chain transitions to a new model at the same time.
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Bombardier delays CS300 first flight
Bombardier has pushed back the first flight of its CS300 aircraft, due to unfavorable weather conditions in Mirabel.
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Thai Airways signs GE90 MRO deal
Thai Airways has signed a 12-year MRO agreement with General Electric for maintenance, repair and overhaul of GE90-115B engines that power its 14 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: P&W reveals new aggressiveness in A320neo orders race
In a little over four years, Airbus has signed firm orders for more than 3,600 A320neo-family aircraft. Forty percent of those tail numbers – representing an astounding roughly 1,450 aircraft – remain up for grabs in the competitive engine duel between CFM International and Pratt & Whitney.
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Bombardier schedules CS300 first flight for 26 February
Bombardier has scheduled first flight for the CS300 for 26 February, pending optimal weather conditions.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: IAI to start widebody TaxiBot certification in autumn
Israel Aerospace Industries and Lufthansa Technik's ground services unit LEOS have signed a tentative agreement to jointly conduct certification tests for an in-development widebody version of IAI's pilot-controlled tow tractor TaxiBot with a Boeing 747.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A380 re-engining continues to divide analysts
In a lightly attended Dubai air show press conference about 15 months ago, then-Engine Alliance president Dean Athans delivered an unexpected message. The joint venture between GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney was evaluating a wide range of performance upgrades for the GP7200, including offering an all-new engine to power ...
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Bombardier opens window for CS300 first flight
Bombardier has set a three-day window next week to achieve first flight of the 135-160-seat CS300, the largest and most popular version of the CSeries family.
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NewsRolls-Royce to fly Trent XWB with largest-ever 3D-printed part
Rolls-Royce will flight-test later this year a Trent XWB-97 engine fitted with what it claims is the largest component ever built using additive layer manufacturing (ALM).