All Europe articles – Page 498
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why Airbus foresees laminar wings on next-gen aircraft
In the quest for greater efficiency of large transport aircraft, efforts to reduce wing drag through conventional aerodynamic tweaks have largely been exhausted, in the view of Airbus senior vice-president of research and technology Axel Flaig.
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News
Irkut production 'unaffected' after plant suffers fire
Russian airframer Irkut is reassuring that its production operations are unaffected by a fire which broke out at its aircraft plant on 9 July.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Are composite airframes feasible for narrowbodies?
Boeing and Airbus has been building aluminium aircraft for decades when they switched to composite designs for their respective 787 and A350 programmes. Whether that material change can be replicated for next-generation medium-haul aircraft, however, is unclear.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: A380 scrapes along in hope of revival
Only twice in the first decade since the Airbus A380 entered service has the double-deck aircraft ended a year with its order backlog higher than that of the previous one. On both occasions Middle Eastern carrier Emirates alone had spared the programme from recording a duck for the year. Emirates ...
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EgyptAir crash probe logjam frustrates French investigators
French investigators have openly criticised the Egyptian probe into the fatal loss of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 two years ago, after the inquiry was turned over to judicial authorities.
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Airbus touts A330neo flexibility in quest to replace 767s
Airbus claims that the flexibility of the Airbus A330neo makes it a strong candidate to replace the aging fleet of Boeing 767s and other widebodies at US carriers.
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EASA orders A330/340 ELT antenna damage check
Airbus A330 and A340-600 operators with 2Ku-band radomes fitted are being ordered to conduct checks of the emergency locator transmitter antenna, which appear to be vulnerable to a vortex-induced vibration.
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News
Regulators propose new rule for engine bird ingestion
Engine companies bidding for Boeing’s potential New Mid-sized Airplane (NMA) could face a new safety requirement proposed by regulators in response to a 2009 bird strike incident that caused an Airbus A320 to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River.
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Rostec to set up Moscow MRO venture with Atitech
Russian state corporation Rostec’s Technodinamika arm is to establish a new aircraft and engine maintenance centre in co-operation with Italian firm Atitech.
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Airbus pitches A330neo-A321LR pairing at middle-market
Airbus is pitching the combination package of its A321LR and A330neo at the middle-of-the-market sector as Boeing continues to explore its proposed NMA.
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Airbus urges pan-European solution to future combat air system
Airbus Defence & Space has urged Europe to come together to work on a future combat air system, warning that the bloc cannot support the development of several competing platforms.
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Rolls-Royce to divest commercial marine division
Rolls-Royce has arranged a sale of its commercial marine business to Norwegian group Kongsberg.
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Airbus 'not bluffing' over dire Brexit warnings: chief
Airbus commercial aircraft president Guillaume Faury insists the airframer is "not bluffing" in its warnings over the uncertainty surrounding the UK's future trade relationship with the European Union.
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Parked A320neo backlog declines after triple-figure peak
Airbus has started bringing down the backlog of parked engineless A320neo-family jets, after the total reached triple figures at the end of May.
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Enders: UK still has 'no clue' on Brexit strategy
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders has criticised the UK government's lack of clarity over its future European Union relationship.
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Airbus forecasts 20-year demand for 37,400 aircraft
Airbus is predicting demand for almost 37,400 new passenger and freighter aircraft over the next 20 years.
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In depth
FLIGHT TEST: Airbus A350-1000 takes growth in its stride
When Airbus first set out back in 2004 to develop a new widebody under the A350 designation, it originally posited an upgraded version of the existing A330 twinjet. Having taken aim at the then-new Boeing 787, Airbus quickly realised that this derivative programme would be handicapped in the race against the Dreamliner – and went back to the drawing board.
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News
Airbus takes orders for 10 more A350s and 10 A330neos
Airbus has disclosed an order for 10 more A350-900s as well as 10 A330neo twinjets, attributing both agreements to undisclosed customers.
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Ethiopian to set up cabin interior supplier with German partner
Ethiopian Airlines will establish a local cabin equipment production facility in co-operation with German interior specialist ACM Aerospace.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Just two women among the chiefs of top 100 airlines
Weeks after Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker stoked controversy with his "joke" at the IATA AGM that his airline had to be led by a man, FlightGlobal's latest survey of gender diversity in the industry shows that the number of female chief executives among the top 100 carriers ...