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Paid contentBombardier’s breakneck year of service network investment
When the doors formally opened at Bombardier’s impressive service centre at London’s Biggin Hill airport on 30 November it capped a remarkable 12 months for the Canadian manufacturer as it continues to invest in its industry-leading customer support network. The strategy is clear – to grow aftermarket revenues to $2 ...
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AnalysisHow year of conflict affected World Air Forces inventory
Our annual World Air Forces directory – published in association with Embraer – details the military aircraft fleets of 162 nations, and analyses the main events of the last 12 months.
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Report2023 World Air Forces directory
Our 2023 World Air Forces directory details the military aircraft fleets of 162 nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, totalling just over a combined 53,200 in-service assets. Use the links below to download your free copy of our 36-page report, published by FlightGlobal in association with Embraer and data provider Cirium. ...
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Paid contentGE Aerospace’s ‘Smart Grids’ Make Flying More Efficient
Source: GE Research A silicon carbide (SiC) transistor, developed at GE Research, which allows huge leaps forward in creating power with less weight and can withstand higher temperatures New technologies, from advanced propellers and flight management systems to software focused on optimizing routes to reduce fuel use, ...
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WebinarSpotlight on airline sustainability strategies
In the fourth of its series of webinars on the industry’s most important agenda items in aviation sustainability, FlightGlobal and a panel of industry experts will take stock of the progress airlines have made, and what the next steps are. Over the past year airlines globally have not only been ...
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Paid contentGE’s new way of cleaning jet engines
GE’s 360 Foam Wash is a proprietary foam detergent with more jet engine cleaning capability than traditional water wash. The deeper clean helps restore engine performance, leading to improved fuel efficiency. First tested with customers in the Middle East, 360 Foam Wash is now more widely available. Learn more.
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Paid contentTaking a new approach
Space-based ADS-B technology delivers operational, safety and environmental benefits to the aviation community
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Paid contentMTU Maintenance ON-SITEPlus: more than just on-site and near-wing services
Some jobs never become routine—and nobody knows this better than the mobile teams for MTU Maintenance’s ON-SITEPlus service team. The time pressure alone is enough to turn every assignment into a challenge: there was no time to lose, for example, when an MTU customer’s aircraft had to make an unscheduled ...
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Paid contentGE partners on hydrogen flight demonstrator
Earlier this year, CFM International, a 50-50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, joined Airbus to announce plans to flight test a hydrogen combustion engine. Learn more in this video with Mohamed Ali, GE Aerospace’s vice president of engineering, who explains the opportunities and challenges of hydrogen-fueled propulsion.
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Paid contentWater-enhanced turbofan: Revolutionary propulsion concept based on a gas turbine engine
Reaching the ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement calls for revolutionary propulsion concepts. With the water-enhanced turbofan, MTU is working on a gas-turbine-based propulsion concept that approaches climate neutrality.
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Paid contentGE’s major milestone for hybrid electric propulsion testing
Electric cars have become more common, but building a commercial electric plane is a different story. Just ask Mohamed Ali, vice president for engineering at GE. “Electric motors behave very differently at altitudes above 10,000 feet,” he says. “They are susceptible to plasma arcing, for example, and much more difficult ...
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Paid content3 Ways Thermoplastic Composites Improve Aerospace Sustainability
Building a sustainable future is undoubtedly growing in importance as airlines face greater scrutiny to reduce their carbon footprint. Rising fuel costs and supply chain delays have prompted industrial engineers at Collins Aerospace to introduce new and redesigned products to reduce energy usage, decrease aircraft weight, accelerate production and improve ...
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WebinarIs there a sustainable future for business aviation?
Business aviation proved resilient to the Covid-19 crisis. However, in the eyes of many activists, the sector – with its low passenger to fuel-use ratio – is a major carbon culprit. In recent years, business aviation has been at the forefront of efforts to drive down the environmental impact of flying. In this webinar, leaders from across business aviation explain what they are doing to improve the industry’s image and what further steps will be necessary to genuinely reduce its emission footprint.
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Paid contentWhy the time for open fan is now
During Farnborough International Airshow, CFM International, a 50-50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, and Airbus announced plans to flight test CFM’s cutting-edge open fan engine architecture. Hear from GE’s Chief Engineer Chris Lorence about why he thinks the time for open fan is now.
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Paid contentGE’s Roadmap for the Future of Flight
GE is developing technologies to reduce CO2 emissions for a more sustainable future of flight. This includes innovating advanced new engine architectures such as open fan through the CFM International joint venture, megawatt-class hybrid electric propulsion, advanced new engine core designs, and supporting alternative fuels research.
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Paid contentDriving Accelerated Change
The Farnborough Airshow’s Aerospace Global Forum will set the agenda for many of the big issues facing the industry during this decade and beyond
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Paid contentAviation can’t decarbonize without Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
The aviation industry has an ambitious goal. The target is to reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050 through a mix of revolutionary aircraft and propulsion technologies, alternative fuels and operational improvements. In a matching ambition to be a net-zero company by 2050, GE Aviation is helping lead the industry to ...
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Paid contentCollins Aerospace Leads the Way in Thermoplastic Composite Manufacturing
Imagine if a company could reduce its manufacturing cycle time by 80 percent while upgrading the products it was building, decrease the weight of those products by as much as 50 percent compared to earlier iterations, incorporate sustainability improvements that could result in a fully recyclable product at the end ...
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Paid contentHow to plan cost-effective engine MRO
At over 200 engines, the LATAM V2500 engine fleet is big. Taking into account that the aircraft are based across multiple countries in different regulations and jurisdictions, and a whole range of climates, it is also complex. Not to mention that each engine has five modules and up to 30,000 ...
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