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Lufthansa Technik Shannon Limited finished to perform base maintenance checks on six Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 787s.
ASSB expands its airfoil services facility in Malaysia to increase its repair capacity up to 900,000 parts per year.
To face the demand, Airbus plans to use the site dedicated to the A380 in Toulouse to install a new A321neo assembly line, only assembled in Hamburg.
Chinese manufacturer Comac’s prototype C919 AC104 just performed its first flight test while the AC103 carries on its own flight test campaign.
TAI and NLR signed a protocol on several future aerospace projects.
JetBlue Airways signed an exclusive 13-year MRO contract for the V2500 with the German engine manufacturer MTU.
Duncan Aviation and Collins Aerospace Systems have signed an agreement for 12 new U.S. locations for quality de-icer installations.
The provisioned amounts are related to the increase of the estimated potential indemnities and other concessions granted to the customers, as well as to the consequences of the 737 MAX production rate decrease.
Russia continues with its policy of parts’ substitution for the MC-21 program. The objective is to replace all the foreign components with Russian-made elements.
Textron has decided to suspend the Hemisphere program for which the Silvercrest developed by Safran Aircraft Engines was selected.
Russian Helicopters plans to start the additive production in 2020. The helicopter manufacturer is currently testing thirty parts manufactured with 3D printing.
The young company is lacking funds and announces a year of delay regarding the development of the electric hybrid aircraft.
Eric Lindblad, Vice President and General Manager of the 737 Program, in charge in Renton, has announced his retirement.
Airbus Helicopters strengthens its presence on the Italian market by acquiring its distributor Aersud Elicotteri which will be integrated to Airbus Helicopters’ global network of customer centers.
Five years after the launch of the project, the new Beijing Daxing International Airport will start operating next season.
Twenty-five A380, two of which belonging to Air France, are concerned by the inspection process that could be extended to the rest of the fleet depending on the result of the inspections that will be led.
Leonardo will produce two fuselages in composite material for the turboprop demonstrator, as part of the Clean Sky 2 program which aims at studying a future aircraft for regional transport. The goal is to reduce mass and manufacturing costs through automation.
Safran Landing Systems will open a fourth site, near Lyon this time, in Freyzin. The plant will eventually employ 200 people.
Eight French companies have decided to jointly support the development of artificial intelligence used within the industry field.
Two weeks after FAA pilots discovered a new problem regarding the MCAS and the overriding of the system from pilots, Dennis Muilenburg spoke on this matter, without specifying the return to service of the aircraft.
Safran Helicopter Engines and Thai Aviation Industries signed an agreement to strengthen their partnership for the support of helicopters’ engines used by the Royal Thai Armed Forces and Thai parapublic operators.
Dassault Aviation keeps investing in business aviation’s MRO with the acquisition of RUAGs’ activities in Genevra and Lugano after a similar operation on TAG Aviations’ and ExecuJets’ maintenance organizations in March this year.
5,000 printed copies of Air&Cosmos International magazine were made available to trade visitors when entering the 2019 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. Next issue will be available at MRO Europe in London, UK.
New twist regarding the immobilisation to the ground of the Boeing 737 MAX. During a simulator flight test performed last week by the pilots of the FAA, they noticed there were some difficulties to get back in control of the aircraft after having engaged the flight control system MCAS.
Korean Air Aerospace Division has signed a Cooperation and Research Agreement with Airbus.
CEO Philippe Petitcolin says the company is following very closely the announcements regarding the Boeing 737 MAX in order to adapt production rates if necessary.
The Airbus Helicopters H135 final assembly in Qingdao has officially opened. The first aircraft roll-out is scheduled for the second half of the year.
The French aerospace industry has reported record sales of €65.4bn (+1.2%) for 2018, including €44bn in export sales.
Stratolaunch Systems Corporation successfully completed the first flight of the world’s largest all-composite aircraft, the Stratolaunch, on 13th April.
A total of six overhaul sites are scheduled to be on line by year-end 2019.
The new centre of excellence will support advanced design, engineering, testing, manufacturing and maintenance capabilities for future propeller technologies.
Thales Alenia Space reports that it is taking 3D printing/additive manufacturing into series production to make components for telecom satellites built on the Spacebus Neo platform.
The European missile house saw revenue rise 3% in 2018, to €3.2bn, as order intake slipped 4%, to 4Md€.
Rolls-Royce has successfully completed ground testing of a hybrid-electric propulsion system using the M250 gas turbine.
Airbus has started discussions with employee representatives from across its European sites on the A380 programme transition and the redeployment of employees.
The company forecasts 4,000 new civil helicopter deliveries over next five years, slightly down from the previous year's survey.
Dassault reported a 66% jump in net profit for 2018, at €681m, on sales of €5.1bn (+4%).
The following is an extract from an interview with Eric Trappier — chairman of French aerospace industry association GIFAS and chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation — about Aero India 2019 and the implications of the Make in India initiative for the French aerospace and defence industry. The full interview will appear in an upcoming issue of our online magazine Air & Cosmos International.
With the CFM56-LEAP transition in full swing, Safran reported a 17% decline in adjusted net profit for FY2018, at just under €2bn, on sales of €21bn (+10.4% on an organic basis).
The deal marks Dassault's second MRO acquisition since the start of the year.
Thales reported a 44% increase in consolidated net profit for 2018, at €982m, on sales of €15.9bn (+5.3% at constant scope and currency). EBIT jumped 25%, to €1.7bn.
Rolls-Royce has successfully tested the Advanced Low Pressure System for the UltraFan engine.
Airbus has officially inaugurated its Innovation Centre in China at an office opening ceremony in Shenzhen.
On the eve of Aero India 2019, Thales has announced the launch of its Global Engineering Competence Centre (ECC) in Bengaluru.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced the highlights of its participation at the upcoming Aero India show.
Airbus reported a big jump in EBIT for 2018 as it announced the decision to wind down production of the A380.
Once again, France will be the foreign country with the largest number of exhibiting companies at the upcoming Aero India show.
Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) has completed the first cockpit front section for a Falcon 2000 at its Nagpur manufacturing facility.
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