All Engines articles – Page 60
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Boeing earns $1.2bil profit by relying on defence & services
Boeing squeaked out $1.2 billion in net earnings for the third quarter of 2019, despite a $40 million loss from operations in its commercial airplanes division.
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Boeing profit plummets as 737 Max crisis deepens
Boeing’s profit in the third quarter fell by more than half as the company continues to suffer from fallout following the global 737 Max grounding.
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Boeing’s Kevin McAllister resigns amid growing 737 Max crisis
Kevin McAllister, Boeing’s commercial aircraft chief since 2016, has become the first management casualty of the ongoing 737 Max drama which has grounded all of the next-generation aircraft for the past eight months after two accidents killed 346 people.
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Bombardier brings big data to business aviation
Bombardier is to offer to install a health monitoring unit (HMU) in every Global and Challenger free of charge, as part of an initiative to bring the growing world of big data to business aviation.
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P&W Q3 profit rises 15% on aftermarket sales
Pratt & Whitney's third-quarter operating profit rose 15% year-on-year to $471 million on growth in its military and commercial aftermarket as well as due to cost reduction for its geared turbofan (GTF) engine programme and favorable commercial OEM mix.
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NewsNext-gen Chinese engines power down – but for how long?
When Chinese airframer Comac's C919 passenger aircraft was still being developed as a competitor to Boeing's 737 and Airbus A320, much was said about a "home-made engine" for a home-grown aircraft.
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Textron upbeat after Longitude certification
Textron Aviation officials are upbeat ahead of this year’s NBAA, as the company’s new super midsize jet, the Cessna Citation Longitude, makes its official post-certification debut at an international airshow.
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Europe’s regulator targets January return for Max, Reuters reports
European regulators say that the earliest date they may be able to certify the Boeing 737 Max to return to service would likely be in January 2020 following flight tests independent of the Federal Aviation Administration, Reuters news service reports on 21 October.
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P&W works to identify cause of PW1500G compressor failures
Pratt & Whitney confirmed on 16 October that it was continuing to work on determining the cause of PW1500G engine failures that have affected Swiss' Airbus A220-300 fleet – a month on from a second in-flight shutdown, and the day after a third engine failure forced a diversion.
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Boeing says text messages between pilots were misinterpreted
Boeing says instant text messages between company pilots suggesting that it may have had prior understanding of the flaws in its Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) on 737 Max aircraft have been misinterpreted, and it was “unfortunate” that they were released without “meaningful explanation”.
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Vistara picks Leap for A320neo orders
Indian carrier Vistara has selected CFM International Leap-1As for its order of 13 Airbus A320neos.
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Textron Q3 deliveries flat as defence drags
Deliveries at Textron’s aircraft manufacturers were stable in the third quarter, helping the parent company raise its earnings per share and operating margins during the time frame even as defence products continued to drag on the company’s income.
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Air Baltic calm over additional A220 engine inspections
Air Baltic, the second-largest European operator of Airbus A220s, is following guidelines on engine checks in the wake of a series of failures which affected the Swiss A220 fleet.
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R-R acquires ex-Qantas 747 for flight testing new engines
Rolls-Royce has acquired a former Qantas Boeing 747-400 as part of a $70 million investment that will see the aircraft converted into a testbed for evaluating new engines and engine technology.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Becoming a hacker's worst enemy
As cybersecurity threats on business aviation increase, Josh Wheeler, senior director entry into service and cybersecurity solutions at Satcom Direct leads the battle against the invisible attacks.
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EASA puts limit on batch of Trent 1000 compressor cases
Operators of some Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s are being cautioned over time limits for low-pressure compressor front cases.
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OpinionCould Genx-powered 767-X usurp Boeing’s NMA?
Boeing’s closely guarded studies into what would effectively be a relaunch of the 767 for the 2020s add a fascinating new aspect to the long-running debate about the mid-market sector.
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Boeing examines GEnx-powered 767-X for cargo and passenger roles
Boeing is studying a re-engined derivative of the 767 widebody primarily for the cargo market, with service entry slated for the mid-2020s.
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Ethiopian 767 suffers uncontained engine failure at Dakar
One of Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 767-300ERs has suffered an apparent uncontained engine failure during departure from the Senegalese capital Dakar.
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Flight-test PD-14 engines edge towards MC-21 installation
Flight-testing of the Irkut MC-21 with the Russian-built Aviadvigatel PD-14 engine is set to commence next year, although the initial powerplants have yet to be moved to the assembly line.