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ANALYSIS: Profits continue to rise for aerospace’s Top 100
There used to be a saying in aviation that becoming a millionaire was easy: you simply started with a billion. If that maxim is less true in today’s somewhat more financially disciplined airline world, it certainly does not apply to those responsible for building aircraft. The biggest 100 businesses in aerospace are continuing to ratchet up the profits, despite modest revenue growth in the past financial year.
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Risks identified following cabin-simulator trial of VR headsets
Dutch aerospace research centre NLR has highlighted potential safety risks of passengers wearing virtual-reality headsets, after a cabin simulator trial at KLM's base in Amsterdam.
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Leap-1A thrust incidents prompt FADEC software update
Operators of CFM International Leap-powered Airbus A320neo-family jets are set to be told to update engine-control software to prevent possible loss of thrust.
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Turkish picks Rockwell Collins seats for single-aisle fleet
Turkish Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins as business-class seat supplier for Airbus A321neos and Boeing 737 Max jets.
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PICTURES: LATAM to spend $400m on new cabin interiors
LATAM Airlines Group will invest $400 million in upgrading the cabins on more than 200 aircraft, or about two-thirds of its fleet.
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Seat maker Recaro to expand HQ
German seat manufacturer Recaro plans to expand its headquarters next year.
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OpinionOPINION: Interpretation of airline 'big data' must be objective
The history of in-flight service is rich with – in some cases apocryphal – tales of carriers removing one peanut or piece of fruit per passenger and consequently saving tens of thousands of dollars a year. Such decisions were straightforward, born of a desire to save money.
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Comac completes high temperature testing on ARJ21
Comac has completed a 12 day programme of high-temperature tests on the ARJ21-700 regional jet at Turpan Jiaohe airport in China’s Xinjiang province.
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Hypersonic airliner "may not be as hard as people think": Boeing CTO
Hypersonic passenger travel still seems more like dreamy work of science fiction than a feasible commercial project, but this is now a fact: Boeing is working on it, and it’s a serious project.
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Boeing picks Diehl to supply emergency cabin light system for 787
Cabin interior specialist Diehl Aviation has won a contract from Boeing to supply emergency lighting equipment for the 787 programme.
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CR929 programme seeks landing-gear supplier
Russian-Chinese developers of the CRAIC CR929 long-haul twinjet have put out a formal request for an undercarriage supplier.
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Boeing to open autonomy research center next to MIT
Boeing plans to open an Aerospace & Autonomy Center within a mixed-used district in Cambridge, Massachusetts that is being developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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USAF launches Rapid Sustainment Office to find quick savings
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson established the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office as a two-year test programme to reduce sustainment costs of the service’s aging aircraft fleet.
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KC-46A charges dampen Boeing commercial growth in Q2
Increasing cost pressures in the defence market and another major financial charge on the KC-46A tanker programme eroded Boeing’s financial performance in an otherwise healthy second quarter.
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AVIC combines interior-equipment units into new division
Chinese aerospace group AVIC has combined its cabin equipment subsidiaries in a new, dedicated interior products division.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM BOMBARDIER: Celebrating 20 years of the Q400 - the reliable all-terrain turboprop
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FARNBOROUGH: Comlux diversifies with auxiliary fuel tank for A321
Business aviation services company Comlux is making its first foray into the commercial aircraft market with the launch of a division dedicated to promoting and installing its auxiliary fuel tank offering, known as the forward additional Comlux tank (FACT).
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FARNBOROUGH: Schulz sees clutch of A380 sales this year
Airbus chief commercial officer Eric Schulz is optimistic of gaining a handful of A380 sales this year.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing renews forecast of 4.7% annual demand growth
Boeing’s annual update to a running 20-year forecast suggests the industry's strong demand cycle shows no sign of slowing over the long term.