All Engines articles – Page 82
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Trent aircraft-on-ground situation improving: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce believes the number of aircraft withdrawn from operations over Trent engine issues is starting to decline, without reaching the manufacturer's peak estimate of 50.
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Rolls-Royce outlines additional costs from Trent issues
Rolls-Royce believes additional issues discovered during its efforts to correct Trent engine problems could create additional cash costs of £100 million ($132 million) this year.
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A350-900ULR will have inactive forward freight hold
Airbus's ultra-long range A350-900ULR will feature a de-activated forward cargo compartment, the airframer confirms in the variant's formal technical documentation.
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ANALYSIS: Latest Trent inspections affect half of ANA's 787 fleet
All Nippon Airways is the largest operator of Boeing 787s powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 787s engines, which have been newly included in the UK manufacturer’s inspection regime to deal with durability issues on the turbofan family.
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Rolls-Royce: Job cuts will not affect engine commitments
Rolls-Royce is insisting that plans to slash 4,600 positions over the next two years will not cut the capabilities it needs to handle its engine ramp-up programmes.
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Boeing widens order lead over Airbus in May
Boeing added 43 orders for commercial aircraft to its backlog in May to widen its strong lead over Airbus through the first five months of the year, according to a monthly update to the company’s online database.
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Airbus details higher- and lower-weight A350-1000 options
Airbus has formally introduced a new higher-weight variant of the A350-1000, taking the maximum take-off weight to 316t.
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Japan looks at airworthiness laws ahead of MRJ entry
Japan has set up an expert panel to look into regulations governing aircraft type certificate holders, ahead of Mitsubishi Aircraft’s plan to enter the MRJ regional jet into service in 2020.
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C919 undergoes cabin pressurisation load limit test
Comac has started static load limit tests for the C919, focusing on cabin pressurisation load limits.
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Rolls-Royce further broadens Trent 1000 checks
Rolls-Royce is extending its inspection regime on Trent 1000 engines to include other models of the powerplant which may be affected by the blade durability issue.
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ANALYSIS: Can Airbus make the CSeries realise its potential?
One month before of the 10th anniversary of the programme’s launch event at the Farnborough Air Show, Bombardier and Airbus executives met in Montreal to finalise an agreement to transfer the majority ownership of the CSeries aircraft family to the European manufacturer.
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Airbus to close CSeries deal on 1 July
Airbus will close the deal to acquire a majority stake in the Bombardier CSeries programme on 1 July.
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Airbus restores engine balance to A320neo deliveries
Airbus has restored powerplant parity to A320neo-family deliveries, handing over 22 aircraft in total during May, equally split between the two engine manufacturers.
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Order for 15 A350s gives Airbus long-haul figures a lift
Airbus's long-haul sales showed signs of revival in May as the airframer recorded an order for 15 A350-900s.
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FAA pushes back on Boeing exemption for 787 safety flaw
The US Federal Aviation Administration is pushing back on a request by Boeing for a temporary exemption from a safety regulation to allow the GE Aviation-powered version version of the 787-10 to enter service on schedule in August.
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ANALYSIS: How will Boeing-Safran venture shake up APUs?
Tucked discreetly into the aft fuselages of most aircraft, auxiliary power units (APUs) almost never get the attention lavished on their wing-mounted, thrust-producing cousins in the gas turbine market, but that changed on 4 June with the announcement that Boeing and Safran were teaming up to take on Honeywell and ...
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GippsAero GA10 Airvan crashes near Mojave
Two pilots on board a turboprop GippsAero GA10 Airvan were able to parachute safely to the ground shortly before their aircraft crashed west of Edwards Air Force Base at around 11 am on 4 June.
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Boeing and Safran partner to disrupt APU market
Boeing Global Services (BGS) and Safran have agreed to establish a joint company to design, build and service auxiliary power units in a move that could threaten the dominance of Honeywell and United Technologies Aerospace Systems (UTAS).
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ANALYSIS: Siemens ideally qualified for aircraft electrification
Since its founding 170 years ago, German conglomerate Siemens AG has built a global industrial empire, making electric power components for cars, hospitals and power stations.
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