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The largest member of Boeing’s 737 MAX family has reached firm configuration, bringing the aircraft one step closer to the start of production. With all the design requirements in place, the 737 MAX 10 program would now move into the “detailed design phase”, Boeing said in a statement on Tuesday. “The steps we’ve taken to

Civil Aviation

The second member of the A330neo family has emerged from the paintshop for the first time at Airbus’s Toulouse headquarters, paving the way for test flights to begin by the middle of 2018. Airbus released pictures of the first A330-800neo, MSN1888, on Monday (European time), which show the aircraft painted in Airbus livery and the

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Boeing’s 747-8 final assembly line at its Everett facility looks set to keep churning out the iconic aircraft well into the 2020s thanks to a new order from United Parcel Service (UPS) for up to 14 freighters amid “unprecedented demand” in its air freight business. UPS said on Thursday (US time) said the order was

Civil Aviation

Airbus’s first long range A321LR narrowbody has completed its maiden flight, bringing the aircraft a step closer to perhaps being seen in Australia. The first flight of the A321LR, MSN7877, powered by two CFM Leap-1A engines, took place from Airbus’s Hamburg facility, with the six-person flightcrew testing the aircraft’s flight controls, engines and main systems

Civil Aviation

Boeing says it expects to deliver between 810-815 aircraft in calendar 2018 amid growing passenger demand and rate increases for its 737 narrowbody program, a seven per cent increase on the 763 aircraft deliveries it achieved in 2017. The outlook for the current year was announced on Wednesday (US time), when Boeing released its financial

Civil Aviation

Ansett Aviation Training plans to offer pilot training at a new facility at Brisbane Airport featuring an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator. On January 28 2018, the Queensland government said Ansett Aviation Training had chosen Brisbane Airport as the base for its new training centre which will have three flight simulators. In addition to the

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