All articles by Max Kingsley-Jones – Page 8
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The evolution of Airbus's biggest single-aisle
The launch by Airbus of its ultimate single-aisle – for the moment, at least – has put Toulouse on the front foot in the battle for the middle of the market. The vibe from the Paris air show was that the A321XLR was a good start – but by no ...
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Airbus stops publishing aircraft list-price data
Airbus’s new commercial chief Christian Scherer has dropped the long-held policy of publishing catalogue prices for its product line due to their relative irrelevance to real-world deal values.
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OBITUARY: Roger Beteille – father of Airbus
Roger Beteille viewed the decision whether Airbus Industrie should launch the A320 as a simple one: “We just had to do it,” he told Flight International in 1984.
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PARIS: Airbus ends show with over 240 A321XLR commitments
The new Airbus leadership team kicked off its first Paris air show with the launch of the long-range A321XLR twinjet which has ended the week backed by orders and commitments for over 240 aircraft.
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PARIS: Airbus happy to play NMA waiting game
Airbus remains convinced that its two-pronged assault on the middle-of-the-market sector is sufficient and it will wait to see whether Boeing reacts with its New Mid-market Airplane (NMA).
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NewsVIDEO: How Boeing is ramping up 737NG cargo conversions
Boeing’s freighter conversion programme for the 737NG was in the news at this week’s Paris air show, with lessor GECAS announcing the placement of additional aircraft and the manufacturer securing orders for more conversions.
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PARIS: Qatar expects A380 fleet retirement from 2024
Qatar Airways' Airbus A380s are set for an early retirement, as the airline expects to begin phasing out the fleet from 2024.
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PARIS: Boeing should rename 737 Max – Qatar chief
Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker expects that Boeing will need to rename the 737 Max after the damage done to its brand reputation in the wake of the grounding that followed two fatal accidents within five months.
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ANALYSIS: How Airbus is redesigning the A321XLR high-lift system
Airbus's revision of the trailing-edge system on the A321XLR will deliver weight and drag improvements as well as a reduction in complexity.
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PARIS: ASL signs for 20 additional 737-800BCF modifications
Boeing has reached agreement with Dublin-based aircraft management company ASL Aviation Holdings for 20 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) modifications.
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PARIS: Prime Air signs for 15 more 737-800BCFs from GECAS
GECAS has signed a deal with Amazon's all-cargo airline Prime Air for the lease of 15 additional Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft as the online retail giant expands to a fleet of 70 aircraft within the next two years.
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Lufthansa declines to comment on 777-9 delay ‘speculation’
Lufthansa is not commenting on the potential impact of any lengthy delay to the introduction of the 777-9, as Boeing and GE Aviation work to resolve issues that have pushed back the aircraft's first flight.
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NewsPARIS: IndiGo pivots from Pratt with huge CFM Leap A320neo deal
The decision by IndiGo to order Leap-1As to power 280 Airbus A320neos represents a key win for CFM International over the airline’s incumbent supplier Pratt & Whitney.
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PARIS: Boeing low-key on NMA but more details emerge
Boeing has so far at the Paris air show been keeping fairly quiet about its plans for the New Mid-market Airplane (NMA), but potential customers and suppliers have indicated that progress is continuing.
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PARIS: Peach goes Leap for A320neos as Vanilla merger nears
Peach has signed a deal at the Paris air show with CFM International for Leap-1A engines to power 10 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
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RETROSPECTIVE: When Concorde and 747 went head-to-head
By all accounts, the 1969 Paris air show was quite a memorable affair. The event, which was celebrating its Diamond Jubilee, was the venue where the two transatlantic airliner rivals – Concorde and the Boeing 747 – “rubbed shoulders” for the first time.
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PARIS: CFM56 hits billion hours as last commercial 7B is shipped
CFM International is celebrating passing a key milestone at the Paris air show, with the fleet of CFM56 engines having just passed the 1 billion flight-hours mark.
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PARIS: CFM plans Leap production hike despite Max uncertainty
CFM International aims to increase Leap output by 10% next year to 2,000 engines and is not currently planning any major adjustments in the wake of the Boeing 737 Max grounding.
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In depthFlight soars into its fifth decade
The latest in a series of articles marking Flight’s 110 years in aviation publishing examines how the magazine evolved during the 1950s as the industry went from strength to strength
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How are the all-new Airbus and Boeing widebodies faring?
Amid ongoing speculation about Boeing’s plans for a clean-sheet design to address the much vaunted mid-market segment and the likely response from Airbus, how are the most recent all-new airliners from those stables performing?