All articles by Jon Hemmerdinger – Page 146
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ANALYSIS: Airframers set out on differing aftermarket paths
As the aircraft services market continues heating up, three major aircraft manufacturers are providing a closer look at their strategies for tapping the rapidly-expanding sector.
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Alaska to overhaul A320 cabins
Alaska Airlines has kicked off a major overhaul of the cabins of its Airbus A320-family aircraft – an effort to make the cabins of Airbus and Boeing 737s similar.
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Alaska to lease Southwest 20 slots at National and LaGuardia
Alaska Air Group has leased to Southwest Airlines takeoff and landing rights at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport and New York LaGuardia airport.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: FAA and CFM seek to address complex fan blade issue
Federal regulators in 2017 proposed inspections aimed at preventing engine failures like the one that damaged a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 and killed one passenger on 17 April.
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NTSB finds 'interior' crack in failed Southwest CFM engine
Internal cracks had developed in a fan blade that exploded out of a CFM International CFM56-7B powerplant on 17 April, severely damaged a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 and killing one passenger, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Alaska insists Virgin was smart buy as cutover looms
A top Alaska Air Group executive has made clear the company has no misgivings about its 2016 acquisition of Virgin America – a pricey deal that catapulted Alaska into major-player status while driving up costs amid intense competition.
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Southwest engine failure kills one person ending safety streak
The National Transportation Safety Board confirms that one person died when a CFM International engine of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 failed inflight on 17 April.
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Southwest 737 engine mangled following emergency landing
Pilots of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 made an emergency landing in Philadelphia on 17 April after encountering apparent significant damage to the aircraft's left-side CFM International CFM56 turbofan.
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American still eying NMA despite recent 787 order
An order for Boeing’s proposed New Mid-market airplane (NMA) remains an option for American Airlines despite the carrier’s recent purchase of 47 787s, says a top American executive.
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PICTURES: UPS 757 and 767 cockpit updates near certification
UPS has started flight testing its first Boeing 757-200 Freighters with new cockpit systems, putting UPS on a path to receive airworthiness certification next month.
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Initial E190-E2s will require engine swaps: Embraer
Early-delivery Embraer 190-E2s will get replacement engines within two or three months of entering service, addressing a problem with the combustion liners in the Pratt & Whtiney PW1900G powerplants.
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MRO industry wary as OEMs make services inroads: survey
Airlines and maintenance providers have grown increasingly wary of efforts by large OEMs to significantly expand their aviation services divisions and to capture huge swaths of the MRO industry, according to a 2018 survey produced by consultancy Oliver Wyman.
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Bombardier’s 2018 goal in reach as CSeries deliveries accelerate
Bombardier in the last several weeks significantly picked up the pace of CSeries deliveries, handing four aircraft to customers in March and putting the company on a trajectory that makes it 2018 delivery goal within reach.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Canada to enter ULCC era with Swoop’s June launch
For years, Canada stood largely on the sidelines as the ultra-low-cost airline business model swept with great success across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
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UPDATED: Airbus to resume Pratt-powered A320neo deliveries in April
Update: On 4 April Airbus corrected previous information given to FlightGlobal. The company now says deliveries of PW-powered A320neos will resume in April, as the company's CEO Tom Enders said in February.
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Great Lakes lays off staff and puts aircraft up for sale
Great Lakes Airlines has started laying off staff and is seeking to sell assets including Beechcraft and Embraer turboprops, moves that follow the company’s decision to halt operations several days ago.
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China Eastern signs broad data analytics deal with GE
GE Aviation and China Eastern Airlines have signed a deal under which the US engine maker will provide China Eastern with digital analytics covering some 700 aircraft.
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Great Lakes Airlines ceases flights after pilot shortage warnings
Great Lakes Airlines, a turboprop operator with a network that connected cities in the western USA, suspended all scheduled flights on 26 March.
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Boeing will not appeal US trade panel's Bombardier tariff vote
Boeing confirms it will not appeal a decision by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that nullified steep tariffs on the importation into the USA of Bombardier CS100s.
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787 suffers nose gear failure at VIP conversion site
A Boeing 787 undergoing conversion into a VIP configuration recently suffered an apparent nose gear collapse at Grant County International airport in Moses Lake, Washington.