All North America news – Page 427
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Qatar Executive to debut its G500 at Farnborough
Qatar Executive, the private aircraft charter division of Qatar Airways, will debut its Gulfstream G500 at the Farnborough air show in July ahead of the formal handover of the super-wide-cabin, long-range business jet to the Doha-based international launch customer later this year.
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Canada requests seven additional Australian Hornets
Canada has requested an additional seven surplus F/A-18 A/B Hornets from Australia.
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United cites demand in move to end three regional routes
United Airlines will end service to three US destinations from its Chicago O'Hare hub in September, citing low demand on the routes.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: American ends run of venerable Dash 8 turboprop
Piedmont Airlines retires its last Bombardier Dash 8 tomorrow, ending 33 years of turboprop history at the carrier.
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Delta aims to complete 777 premium retrofits by 2019
Delta Air Lines debuts the first Boeing 777-200 with its new premium products today, as it begins to install the onboard products on its existing widebody fleet.
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Amedeo to acquire Intrepid stake
Widebody lessor Amedeo is to make a minority investment in Intrepid Aviation and acquire its US management subsidiary as part of a broader strategic partnership.
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Airbus officially lists CSeries in product line-up
Airbus has formally added the Bombardier CSeries to its portfolio of commercial aircraft, for now retaining the CS100 and CS300 identities.
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Airbus formally takes control of CSeries programme
Airbus and Bombardier have confirmed that the closing of the CSeries transaction, giving the European airframer a majority stake in the programme.
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US FAA orders PW1100G checks for fan-hub damage
US safety regulators are ordering inspections of the fan hub on Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines, to check for defects or cracks.
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Delta sees no demand impact from Trump tariffs: Bastian
Delta Air Lines has yet to see any impact from the pending tariffs on certain Chinese imports to the USA, says chief executive Ed Bastian.
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Delta to connect Atlanta or New York to Mumbai
Delta Air Lines will connect either its Atlanta or New York John F Kennedy hubs to Mumbai in 2019, says chief executive Ed Bastian.
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Delta in talks with Boeing to launch NMA: Bastian
Delta Air Lines and Boeing have discussed the possibility of the carrier launching the proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA), as Delta seeks a replacement for more than 100 ageing mid-market aircraft.
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Sun Country grows seasonal service in Portland
Sun Country Airlines will grow service from Portland in Oregon, with seasonal service to five cities beginning November.
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Honeywell 757 testbed chases storms in Asia-Pacific
For an old airliner, the Boeing 757-200 operated by Honeywell as a flying testbed is enjoying a remarkable second career. Delivered new to Eastern Airlines in February 1983, it was the fifth 757 to be produced.
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Textron Aviation calls time on Citation X after 22-year run
Textron Aviation is halting production of the Cessna Citation X+, ending a 22-year run for the super-midsize business jet and its Citation X predecessor.
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Honda Motors reports $380 million annual loss on Hondajet and engine units
Honda Motors' aircraft and jet engine business lost ¥41.8 billion ($380 million) in the fiscal year ended 31 March, the Japanese conglomerate reports in an annual report filed with US regulators on 20 June.
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ANALYSIS: Civil simulator fleet nears 1,300 mark
Information gathered by FlightGlobal shows that the number of commercial airliner simulation devices currently in use is close to 1,270 units – up by about 50 simulators on the total at the same point in 2017.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The influence of engines on aircraft values
David Griffin, senior valuations analyst at Flight Ascend Consultancy, here examines the rising costs of engine maintenance, the relationship of engine values to overall aircraft values, and implications for the future
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A330neo route-proving points hint at target customers
Airbus's route-proving network for the A330neo might indicate particular marketing targets for the airframer as it attempts to generate further interest in the re-engined twinjet.
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No root cause found in 2015 GE90 failure in Las Vegas
GE Aviation was unable to identify the cause of a disk web crack that caused a GE90-powered British Airways 777-200 to fail during a takeoff roll on a Las Vegas airport runway nearly three years ago, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.