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NewsAirbus chief: Acquisition of Spirit A350 and A220 work unexpected but necessary
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury admits that the airframer was not expecting to be negotiating an acquisition of key aircraft programmes from beleaguered US firm Spirit AeroSystems, but insists it is necessary and that Airbus is ready to absorb them.
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NewsBoeing and Airbus agree to split up Spirit AeroSystems’ operations
Boeing has confirmed it will take over US-based aerostructures firm Spirit AeroSystems in an $8.3 billion agreement, including net debt, with Airbus poised to acquire its key programmes from the company. The all-stock transaction has an equity value of $4.7 billion, with each share of Spirit stock being exchanged for ...
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NewsFokker Next Gen ditches hydrogen-powered F100 to focus on clean-sheet design
Fokker Next Gen has ditched plans to modify a Fokker 100 to run on hydrogen power to focus entirely on developing a clean-sheet zero-emission airliner for service entry in 2035.
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NewsAirbus trims full-year delivery forecast and pushes back A320neo ramp-up schedule
Airbus is trimming its full-year delivery forecast over continuing supply-chain problems, and pushing back the schedule for its A320neo production ramp-up.
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NewsLeonardo to pause Boeing 787 fuselage work at Grottaglie site
Leonardo is to halt production of composite centre fuselage barrels for the Boeing 787 at its Grottaglie site in southern Italy for four months as it wrestles to align production with lower short-term demand.
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NewsEASA defers runway-overrun system deadline as supply chain struggles
Commercial aircraft manufacturers are set to be granted a further 18 months to meet a European requirement to fit runway-overrun protection systems during production of newly-built aircraft.
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NewsAirbus expects higher-altitude airport certification for A330neo early next year
Airbus is expecting its A330neo to secure clearance to operate at higher-altitude airports early next year, following a series of flight tests in Latin America to demonstrate performance capabilities in hot-and-high environments. The airframer flew the A330-900 flight-test airframe, MSN1795, to Mexico and Bolivia for a two-week campaign in the ...
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NewsUnited Aircraft restores Tu-214 to flight ahead of ‘flying laboratory’ modification
Russian aerospace firm United Aircraft has restored to flight a Tupolev Tu-214 which it intends to use as a flying laboratory.
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NewsBoeing updates X-66A progress as details of PW102XG engines emerge
Boeing has disclosed fresh details on the progress of the X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator it is developing under a NASA-backed project, including confirmation that the aircraft will be powered by a derivative of the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine designated the PW102XG.
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NewsSJ-100 embarks on certification flight-test programme
Russia’s Yakovlev has commenced certification flight-testing of its prototype SJ-100, the import-substituted version of the Superjet 100.
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NewsARJ21 makes Central Asia debut with Tajikistan sortie
Comac’s ARJ21 has operated its first passenger flight into Central Asia, marking the programme’s international expansion in a move the airframer hails as a “solid step forward”.
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NewsBelugaXL testbed airframe formally rounds off Airbus logistics fleet
Ten years after launching the programme, Airbus has brought its high-capacity BelugaXL fleet up to its full capacity of six aircraft following the introduction of the initial airframe, which had been serving as a testbed. Airbus formally commenced work on the A330-700L – the formal designation for the BelugaXL – ...
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NewsFuel cell-powered Islander now set for first flight in 2025
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) has again pushed back the first flight of the hydrogen fuel cell-powered Britten-Noman BN-2 Islander it is developing though a UK government-backed project.
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NewsAeroflot reportedly negotiating to switch fleet order entirely to MC-21
Russian media are widely reporting that Aeroflot is restructuring its fleet-modernisation agreement with United Aircraft in favour of additional Yakovlev MC-21s. Aeroflot Group signed for 339 aircraft nearly two years ago, comprising 210 MC-21s and 89 of the domestically-revamped SJ-100, plus 40 Tupolev Tu-214s. But chief executive Sergei Aleksandrovsky is ...
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NewsBelavia could be early foreign operator of MC-21: United Aircraft
Belarusian flag-carrier Belavia could become an early foreign operator of the Yakovlev MC-21, Russia’s United Aircraft has suggested. United Aircraft pointed out, during a visit to the Irkutsk aviation plant by Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, that Belavia has previously expressed interest in acquiring the type. “We are interested in expanding ...
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NewsUndisclosed customer orders 20 A330neos
Twenty Airbus A330-900s for an undisclosed customer have been added to the airframer’s production backlog, its latest monthly figures reveal. The order, placed on 15 May, takes overall firm A330neo commitments to more than 300. Airbus has not identified the customer, although Vietnamese budget carrier Vietjet disclosed a provisional agreement ...
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NewsD328eco progresses as Uplift flight tests trial synthetic SAF potential
Deutsche Aircraft is preparing to cut metal on its first D320eco test aircraft as the German manufacturer maintains its pace towards a 2025 first flight.
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NewsEmirates and Lufthansa chiefs reiterate concerns over 777X delivery dates
Early airline customers continue to voice concerns as to whether they will recieve Boeing’s already delayed new 777X widebody next year as planned.
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NewsC919 to make first commercial flight out of Mainland China
Comac’s C919 will make its first commercial flight outside of Mainland China, a year after it entered service with launch customer China Eastern Airlines.
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NewsJointly-produced LMS-192 twin-turboprop features in latest Russian civil aviation forecast
Russia’s latest civil aircraft manufacturing forecast features a new twin-turboprop type, which will be produced under a joint agreement with the Belarusian aerospace industry.