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NewsEmirates A350 cancellation cuts Trent XWB backlog by £2.6 billion
Rolls-Royce says Emirates’ cancellation of orders for 70 A350s will cut its backlog for the Trent XWB will reduce its backlog by about 3.5%, but it is hopeful the slots will be taken up by other carriers.
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NewsEmirates cancels 70 A350s after A380 deal
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is cancelling its order for 70 A350s, comprising 50 A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s.
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NewsBoeing receives order for 777-300ER BBJ
Boeing Business Jets has received an order from an undisclosed customer for a 777-300ER aircraft configured for VIP use.
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Boeing seeks FAA waivers to deliver first 787-9 in June
Boeing needs a last-minute regulatory intervention to avoid a delay of the entry-into-service date later this month for the 787-9.
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NewsCSeries restarts engines, but rules out Farnborough debut
Bombardier has restarted engine ground runs for the CSeries test fleet 13 days after an uncontained engine failure, and reaffirmed entry-into-service is set for the second half of next year.
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NewsAirbus discloses multiple C295 orders
Airbus Defence & Space has disclosed its receipt of orders for a combined 20 C295 medium transports from multiple customers so far this year, and confirmed the delivery of a first example to a new Latin American operator.
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NewsJetBlue happy with Mint demand ahead of launch
Demand for JetBlue Airways new Mint premium product is “where we want to be” less than a week ahead of its launch, says director of product development Jamie Perry.
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NewsDutch surveyors to map seabed for MH370 search
Australian investigators are recruiting a Dutch-based surveying specialist to assist with the preparations for a new search for Malaysia Airlines' missing Boeing 777.
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P1XX twinjet still a possibility – Piaggio Aero
Piaggio Aero has not ruled out adding a business jet to its expanding aircraft line-up, but any decision to launch a new programme is unlikely to be made before 2017.
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NewsFire damages PAK-FA prototype on landing
Sukhoi has played down the impact on its T-50/PAK-FA programme of a fire that damaged one of the five flight-test aircraft while on the ground at Zhukovsky air base near Moscow on 10 June.
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German ANSP to hike charges 30% in 2015
Airlines are protesting plans by German air navigation service provider DFS to increase charges 30% from 2015.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Northrop, Lockheed vie to connect F-22 to airborne network
Lockheed Martin has packed the F-22 with sophisticated tactical intelligence systems, but – in a throwback to a pre-networked era – no means of transmitting data to different aircraft.
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NewsPIA assessing possible aircraft damage in Karachi airport raid
Pakistan International Airlines is assessing whether any of its aircraft were damaged during a Pakistani Taliban raid at Karachi’s airport during the early morning of 9 June.
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NewsKhazanah plans to restructure Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah will create a restructuring plan for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in the coming 12 months.
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NewsLockheed bullish on F-16 upgrade revival
Forty years on from first flight of the YF-16 prototype, the Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is enjoying an unlikely – albeit fiscally challenging – renaissance
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NewsVirgin Australia ATR operated 13 sectors with damaged tail
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is continuing its investigation into an incident where a full inspection of a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600 may have failed to discover structural damage to the aircraft’s tailplane.
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NewsSpanish pilot killed in Eurofighter crash
The pilot of a Spanish air force Eurofighter was killed when his combat aircraft crashed at Morón air base near Seville on 9 June.
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NewsTurkish converts 15 options to 737 Max firm orders
Turkish Airlines has decided to order 15 more 737 Max 8 aircraft, adding to a previous firm order of 40 of the type and 10 of the larger 737 Max 9 aircraft.