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NewsBoeing makes progress on 737 Max backlog
Boeing's latest single-aisle product, the 737 Max, entered the industry's premier event this year faced with high - and perhaps even impossible - expectations.
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NewsFAA should have issued GE CF6 directive in 2006: NTSB
The US National Transportation Safety Board says an engine fire on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300ER in February would not have occurred had the Federal...
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NewsBurned FDR sets back Dana MD-83 dual-engine failure probe
Investigators probing the fatal Dana Air Boeing MD-83 approach crash to Lagos face a substantial hurdle to explain an apparent dual-engine failure on the...
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NewsGE: CMCs may yield 1.5% fuel burn cut in Leap engines
Lightweight, high-temperature ceramic matrix composites will play a key role in the long-term evolution of CFM's Leap-X turbofan engine, ultimately yielding...
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NewsSnecma prepares dual fan factories for Leap engines
By 2019, Snecma will be producing one CFM Leap engine composite fan blade every 30 minutes, or 32,000 per year, from two identical manufacturing centres...
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NewsPICTURE: Pilot injured as OV-10 Bronco crashes in Cotswolds
An inquiry has been launched after a vintage OV-10 Bronco crashed at Cotswold Airport ...
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NewsUnited cites fleet flexibility for 150 jet order
United Airlines will have the option to keep its fleet size flat, or even reduce it, following today's order for 150 Boeing 737s.
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NewsUnited Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737s
United Airlines has placed an order for 150 Boeing 737s, including 100 of the re-engined 737 Max 9. The order, which includes 50 current generation...
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus wrestles with A350 wing drilling
Airbus is aiming to deliver the wing for the first flying A350-900 to the final assembly line in October, but is still assessing whether additional cautiousness...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing charts course for 787-10 launch
Even after eight years of development, delays and attempted recovery, Boeing still is not quite ready to share the 787's spotlight with another widebody...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cathay A350-1000 deal redraws big-twin battle lines
Cathay Pacific has redrawn the battle lines of the transatlantic 'big twin' rivalry, giving the stagnated Airbus A350-1000 programme a long-awaited confidence...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: AirAsia boss confirms talks for 100 CSeries CS300
AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes has confirmed that he is in preliminary talks to buy up to 100 Bombardier CSeries CS300 jets in a 160-seat configuration. "We...
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FARNBOROUGH: Viking evaluates market for DHC-5 Buffalo relaunch
Viking Air is looking to relaunch production on the de Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo following strong interest in an upgraded version from existing operators of...
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing details 787 ecoDemonstrator technologies
Boeing will trial various composite components and flightdeck management technologies on its 787-8 ecoDemonstrator aircraft when flight tests begin next...
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FARNBOROUGH: EADS Astrium models secure military satellite
EADS Astrium (OE13) showed a model of what it claims is the world's most sophisticated satellite for secure military communications. The company's Paradigm...
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FARNBOROUGH: Sikorsky advances Black Hawk deal with Thailand
Thailand has signed a letter of offer and acceptance to acquire two UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters, with Sikorsky to deliver the aircraft via the...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: EADS reveals laminar flow technology
EADS (OE13) is showing a simple device for achieving laminar air flow that promises to cut drag by about 0.3%, potentially saving huge quantities of fuel...
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FARNBOROUGH: Pratt deal expands Pattonair's horizon
UK parts distributor Pattonair (H1/A12) is leaping ahead with its diversification strategy as it implements a $60 million supply contract with Pratt & Whitney. The...
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FARNBOROUGH: UK business secretary pledges to get behind aerospace sector
UK secretary of state for business Vince Cable visited the show to hail the nation's "superb, world class" aerospace companies - and said it was a "no-brainer"...
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FARNBOROUGH: Saab to open Gripen fighter pilot school in South Africa
Current and future pilots of the Saab Gripen fighter will be able to cut their teeth at a new training centre in South Africa from late next year, following...