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Boeing CEO brushes off 777X pricing question
With less than three years before the 777-9 enters service, Boeing executives say they are feeling no pressure to heavily discount the new aircraft type to increase sales.
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Boeing positive on raising 787 rate before 2020
Boeing is pressing forward with plans to raise 787 monthly output to 14 aircraft per month by the end of the decade, but still has dozens of order slots to fill as company executives begin a final evaluation of the ramp-up decision.
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Boeing profits in 2016 fall 5% despite Q4 rebound
Fewer aircraft deliveries and costly programme charges lowered Boeing’s full-year earnings by 5% to $4.9 billion, despite a positive swing in the fourth quarter.
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Two supersonic prototypes move towards first flights in 2017
Two subsonic prototypes of planned supersonic commercial aircraft launched by separate start-ups are on track to enter flight test later this year.
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Boeing's commercial unit cut jobs by 7.38% in 2016
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) led all divisions in job reductions within the company during 2016, according to a final year-end tally.
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AerCap prices $600 million unsecured notes
AerCap has priced its $600 million five-year unsecured notes, after launching the deal today.
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BAE develops digital HUD replacement for F-22
BAE Systems will develop a digital replacement for the cathode ray tube-based Lockheed Martin F-22 head-up display (HUD).
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Hero 30 on target for June live-fire test
Raytheon and Uvision plan to perform a live demonstration of their jointly developed Hero 30 loitering weapon system, with the activity likely to be conducted in the USA during June.
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Aviation Capital Group raises $1 billion in unsecured notes
Aviation Capital Group has closed its largest senior unsecured offering today.
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Avolon prices $3 billion private placement for CIT acquisition
Avolon has disclosed the pricing of a $3 billion private placement today.
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ANALYSIS: Lasers and scanners illuminate F-35 ramp up
When comes to its production, the F-35 is to the F-16 as digital is to analogue
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NewsTrump seen as ally in effort to corporatise ATC
Supporters of an effort to corporatise US air traffic control (ATC) may have an ally in president-elect Donald Trump, says the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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Rolls-Royce studies two new stall fixes for V-22 engines
Rolls-Royce is exploring two new avenues for reducing the susceptibility of Bell Boeing V-22 engines to in-flight stall and surge events.
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Kaman inducts first K-Max into re-opened assembly plant
Kaman Aerospace announced on 17 January inducting the first airframe into a re-opened assembly line in Bloomfield, Connecticut, for the K-Max heavy-lift helicopter, ending a 14-year hiatus.
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Virginia start-up sets endurance record for small UAV
A Virginia-based start-up company has announced setting a new endurance record with a 56h flight by a combustion-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV) funded by the US military.
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OpinionOPINION: How to keep a Cold War veteran flying
According to an old tale, a fighter pilot who had been instructed to hold off from landing while a B-52 bomber made an approach with a defective TF33 quipped to air traffic controllers: “Oh no – the dreaded seven-engine approach”. On 4 January, this perhaps apocryphal story became reality, when ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will American encroach on Alaska following Virgin deal?
Alaska Airlines could soon face growing competition from American Airlines, which could backfill codeshare capacity lost as a result of Alaska Air Group's recent merger with Virgin America, at least one financial research company suggests.
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New chief to take helm at Elix in March
Volker Fabian is to take over as chief executive of turboprop lessor Elix Aviation Capital in early March, FlightGlobal understands.
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Premier Aviation to maintain JetBlue's E190s
Canadian MRO provider Premier Aviation and JetBlue Airways have signed a five-year agreement under which Premier will provide Embraer 190 heavy maintain and paint services.
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F&E Maintenance opens eight new US MRO sites
US MRO provider F&E Aircraft Maintenance has announced the opening of eight additional line maintenance facilities in the USA, an expansion the company says will enable it to meeting growing demand.