All MRO articles – Page 120
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Bombardier plans $500m loss on recent CSeries deals
Bombardier expects to record an average loss of $3.93 million on 127 orders and commitments for the CSeries added to the backlog since February, the company says in a quarterly filing released on 28 April.
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Margin to meet A350 delivery target eroding: Airbus
Airbus Group still believes it can reach a target of delivering at least 50 A350s this year, but the company remains concerned about cabin supply-chain issues.
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Delta orders up to 125 CS100s
Delta Air Lines has signed a firm agreement to buy 75 CS100s and take options on another 50 of the 110-seat aircraft in a major victory for Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
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Airbus ramp-up snags tip delivery balance to second half
Airbus Group is maintaining a production target of 10 A350s per month by the end of 2018, but acknowledges that the ramp-up efforts is becoming “increasingly challenging”.
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NewsPICTURES: Bell's third 525 Relentless takes flight in Amarillo
Bell Helicopter has added a third flight test aircraft to its 525 Relentless helicopter fleet as the company works toward type certification and first customer delivery next year.
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MC-21 passes cockpit-impact tests
Russia’s Irkut MC-21 has passed a series of cockpit-impact tests intended to demonstrate the aircraft’s resistance to bird-strike, hail and foreign-object damage.
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PICTURE: MRJ FTA-2 prepares for May flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft says the second prototype for its MRJ regional jet programme is undergoing engine tests, as it readies for its first flight.
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Some Boeing 787s need engine rework by September
Airlines flying 168 Boeing 787s equipped with two of the same variant of the GE Aviation GEnx-1B engine must rework a fan seal by September or stop flying the aircraft.
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Lufthansa Technik bags CF34 maintenance deal from Austrian
Austrian Airlines has contracted Lufthansa Technik's Aero Alzey regional engine overhaul shop to service General Electric CF34-10E turbofans powering Embraer 195 regional jets.
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SR Technics wins follow-up CFM56 service deal from Airblue
Pakistani carrier Airblue has extended its engine maintenance partnership with SR Technics until 2022.
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Ameco adds A330 landing gear overhaul capability
Ameco Beijing has completed its first Airbus A330 landing gear overhaul at its Beijing facility.
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Lockheed LM-100J taking form in Marietta
Construction of first the commercial derivative of the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules in 24 years has begun in Marietta, Georgia, where fabricators are now assembling the first LM-100J wing.
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EasyJet close to high-density A320 retrofit deal
EasyJet is set to disclose within the next month the winner of a contract to retrofit Airbus A320s with a higher-density seat layout.
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INTERVIEW: Ros Wynne - Engineer with Ryanair
Ros Wynne is a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer with Ryanair. His expertise in this niche profession, saw Wynne crowned gold medalist in the 2015 WorldSkills Competition.
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Embraer delivers 21 commercial jets in first quarter
Embraer delivered 21 commercial aircraft in the three months ended 31 March, one more than during the same period last year.
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Comac plugs away at C919 systems integration
Comac is engaged in the second stage of software integration testing for its C919 narrowbody programme, while the first test aircraft awaits the installation of wiring.
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NewsQatar CEO confident A320neo engine fix coming
A meeting with Pratt & Whitney executives 10 days ago left Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confident his list of complaints about the engine he ordered to power 50 Airbus A320neos will be partly resolved by mid-year.
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NewsBoeing adds four 747-8Fs to backlog
An unidentified customer has ordered four 747-8 Freighters, Boeing confirms on 8 April.
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UTC to support Emirates A380s for 15 years
Emirates Airline has signed an agreement with UTC Aerospace Systems under which UTC will maintain components and systems on many of the carrier’s Airbus A380s for 15 years, UTC announces.
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Superjet manufacturer appears to cut full-year losses
Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division cut pre-tax losses by more than three-quarters last year, its newly-released accounts have revealed.