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Airliner Orders Hit $44B on Farnborough Airshow Opening Day

Airbus and Boeing were the main beneficiaries of some $40 billion in new business announced on the first day of the 2018 Farnborough show.

Digitalization, Big Data Driving Advances at Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney and parent United Technologies are embracing new technologies to keep pace with airplane makers' plans to speed up production.

Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Looks To China

Britten-Norman's Islander has become a legend of the UK aircraft industry. Now it is being pitched into the lucrative Chinese regional market

GKN Set To Add Engine Component Repair Shop in Malaysia

GKN Aerospace is to build a sixth facility in Asia, which will be its first to support its engine components business in the region.

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Peach Picks Airbus A321LR for Medium-haul Ops

Japan's pioneering low-cost carrier will become Asia's launch customer for the long range platform in 2020

Boeing, Air Lease Ink Major Max, Dreamliner Deal

$9.6 billion contract for 737s and 787s calls for first deliveries to lessor in 2020.

Boeing's Glimpse into the Future: Hypersonics and eVTOLs

Boeing Next and HorizonX programs aim to drive innovations that will mean less driving for humans, and more efficeint transit.

Radome Damage Grounds MRJ

Mitsubishi regional jet struck by tow vehicle, preventing it from flying at the airshow Tuesday.

Embraer and Boeing Shine as Airshow Orders Approach $100B

Airlines from around the globe boosted backlogs for both narrowbody and widebody airliners on the second day of the 2018 Farnborough air show.

Embraer's Tuesday Sales Haul at Farnborough Airshow: $15B

Orders, commitments and options total 275 airplanes.

Airbus' New Head of Sales Setting His Own Tempo

Airbus'top salesman Eric Schulz says Boeing's NMA is "lost" in company's catalog.

IAI TaxiBots Are Heading To Delhi and Mumbai

TaxiBots are helping to "green" India's airports following agreement with KSU Aviation.

GE Aviation Turns To the Cloud for Predictive Mx

GE Aviation's and Microsoft's collaboration will accelerate digitization in aerospace, says GE

Rockwell Collins Tackling Internet of Things

The IMS unit has extened its reach further into biometrics, self-serve stations, dataflow, new pipelines and a nuclear approach to cybersecurity.

Superjumbo Production Struggles To Stay Alive

Sadly the days of large, four-engined commercial aircraft could be numbered despite attempts to go against the market and commercial logic.

AeroProfessional Report Details Factors Prolonging Pilot Shortage

Many factors affect the pilot shortage but airlines are warned by this new paper that they need to act now to ensure survival.

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Despite Gulf Blockade, Qatar Sees Opportunities for Growth

The airline has added airports, routes and technology.

Mitsubishi Progresses on MRJ Testing

The countdown to first delivery in 2020 has begun, the company said, as MRJ makes its Farnborough Airshow debut.

Sustainable Jet Fuel Company Reaches Funding Milestone

With help from the UK government and partners Shell and British Airways, U.S.-based Velocys will progress with a waste-to-jet fuel project in the UK.

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Trent 7000 Should Enter Service with 330-Minute ETOPS

Rolls-Royce to complete 3,000-cycle Trent 7000 330-minute ETOPS ground-test program by early August.

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