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Kindanew

Re: Boeing announces Board and Management Changes

I remember reading posts here years ago about how profitable Boeing was and how Airbus must be massively inefficient or giving their planes away for free.

How times have changed. It seems Boeing went too far in the pursuit of efficiency’.

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Kindanew

Re: Spirit Aerosystems surges on report that Boeing could buy it back

Doesn’t spirit make things for Airbus as well?

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Kindanew

Re: Airbus Atlantic: 700 staff sick after Christmas dinner

Let me guess, the food was made in two different factories who didn't realise they were using two different recipe books?

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Kindanew

Re: Reuters: Airbus A321XLR jet faces range gap after design safeguards

Hmm. Seems like it’s time to get the design for the carbon wings out.

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Kindanew

Re: United Airlines nears order for over 100 widebody jets - Bloomberg News

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/boeing-squa ... -1.1840832

Kindanew

Re: BA A350 tail strike at Heathrow on Jan. 2

BA, not EK, so no, they will try and learn something from this. Then how will they be reprimanded? Demotions? Pay cut? Suspension? They will be put on nothing but British food for a week. Black pudding, jellied eels, spotted dick, mince pies, mushy peas. Any attempt to eat food from any of the Colo...

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Kindanew

Re: Can 747s really use flaps even with total hydraulic loss and if so why isnt this on other aircraft?

The A380 and A350 are also flyable with a total hydraulics loss as well I believe.

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Kindanew

Re: Update: Jet2 orders 36 Airbus A321neo

I think Airbus were really embarrassed and surprised by the success of the 787.
But now they are laughing all the way to the bank with the A321.

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Kindanew

Re: Airbus and Air France ordered to stand trial over AF447 crash

"The court decision that has just been announced does not reflect in any way the conclusions of the investigation," Airbus said in an emailed statement. Meaning, we got away with it and want to keep it that way. They knew the vanes were faulty and didn't ground the aircraft that used them...

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Kindanew

Re: LCY to pause terminal expansion plans

I'm wondering about the effect of Crossrail. What kind of people are the core target of LCY? Quite wealthy businessperson (let's pretend it's not overwhelmingly men) who value their time (and person) so much that they: 1) must absolutely be present in person in that meeting in (add your favorite Eu...

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Kindanew

Re: Cargo facts Rumor: Airbus nears launch of A350 freighter

Silverstreak wrote:
What happened to the A330F? It seemed perfect for some airlines.

The A330F didn’t have enough range for some reason. Apparently it also was at a disadvantage due to being larger than the 767.

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Kindanew

Re: Report: GE may offer engine for a330neo

RR does have an exclusive on the A330NEO and A350. I can understand GE wanting to use surplus GEnX capacity. Nothing wring with pitching to Airbus. Now exclusives have a time limit, only reduced by contract violation. All widebodies, except the A350, are short on backlog at a time when vI would exp...

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Kindanew

Re: BA new A350 damaged at Tel Aviv

It is hard work to be the hanger queen of the fleet, but someone got to do it. Jokes aside, ferry flight is cruising at decent altitude, so damage maybe minimal, although this would have been a good test for field repair process. I would guess it is easy to repair A350 compared to 787 in the field,...

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Kindanew

Re: SAA trying to sell 9 A340s

behramjee wrote:
The only carrier that I can for see being interested in purchasing these birds would be Portugal's Hi Fly.

I doubt it. They are replacing their A340’s with A330 Neo’s and in a recent interview the CEO stated that he was looking into acquiring some A350’s.

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Kindanew

Re: Rolls Royce 3.7 Meter dia. Engine

The 787 fuselage has more than half a metre (20 inches) lower ground clearance than the 777/777X and A350. Also, the engines on the 787 are already mounted as high on the wing as that of the 777X. Hence, the 787 has much less room for engine growth than that of the A350. https://www.boeing.com/reso...

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Kindanew

Re: Rolls Royce 3.7 Meter dia. Engine

Airbus could in the mid-term have four A350neo family members: A350-800neo: Re-defined A358; identical length to that of the A350-1000 and MLG with four-wheel bogies; identical 280 metric tonnes MTOW to that of the A350-900. A350-900neo: MTOW of 280 tonnes A350-1000neo MTOW of 319-322 tonnes A350-2...

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Kindanew

Re: Airbus Beluga XL Production Thread

Slug71 wrote:
Kindanew wrote:
Slug71 wrote:
How many XLs are left to be completed?

5 are yet to enter service.

Are they all built though?

I think they are only being built 1 at a time. But the second one is definitely under construction already.

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Kindanew

Re: Airbus Beluga XL Production Thread

Slug71 wrote:
How many XLs are left to be completed?

5 are yet to enter service.

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Kindanew

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2019 Deliveries

Four of Qatar's freshly delivered 787-9's are flying back to Victorville from Doha.

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Kindanew

Re: Updated: Qantas picks A350-1000 as preferred platform for Project Sunrise; Final decision due March 2020

Even if QF fails to proceed with Sunrise, their selection of the Airbus offering will have grabbed the attention of every other airline competing 778/9 against 359/10. 777X is still in a better position than the A350-1000, with 309 firm order vs 176. 777X has twice as many orders as 350-1000. And t...

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Kindanew

Re: Updated: Qantas picks A350-1000 as preferred platform for Project Sunrise; Final decision due March 2020

Such great news. Congratulations to Airbus and Qantas and hail the mighty A350!

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Kindanew

Re: Air France orders additional A350s

Not a bad year for the A350. By my reckoning over 100 firm orders?

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Kindanew

Re: Can engine type be changed on an airplane?

Yes, you can. On some type (787), you can change the engine easily, as Boeing said. However, on some other types, it isn't easy to change the engines' type. You have to change and edit the wing structure, bunches of systems, etc. As I understand it, easily changing engines on the 787 was a design a...

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Kindanew

Re: Dubai Air Show 2019: Airbus Orders, announcements and discussion thread

So that would be a no to the A330 Neo? Makes sense. No, there were supposed to order both types. \They were but it looks like they have only opted to take one type. Not necessarily. There has been a lot in the news suggesting that Tim Clark is waiting for guarantees from RR that the engines will be...

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Kindanew

Re: Dubai Air Show 2019: Airbus Orders, announcements and discussion thread

MileHFL400 wrote:
So that would be a no to the A330 Neo? Makes sense.

No, there were supposed to order both types.

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Kindanew

Re: Dubai Air Show 2019: Airbus Orders, announcements and discussion thread

https://twitter.com/LiveFromALounge/sta ... 3818443776

Wasn't this previously announced?

Kindanew

Re: A350neo with GE engines?

Airlines for the most part always want choices. As others have pointed out unless GE is able to work out a substantial fuel burn reduction on the Genx, this does not make sense for any a350 neo. My understanding is RR does not have a formal exclusivity agreement on the -900. My understanding is tha...

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Kindanew

Re: Udvar-Hazy: Boeing planning a B737 MAX 9ER

So the MOM is dead then?

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Kindanew

Re: Confirmed: British Airways to paint 4 aircraft in retro livery

CarbonFibre wrote:
Slight typeface tweak spotted at a recent anniversary event. Now sans serif.

This is almost certainly a mistake.

The designer might have sent the Adobe Indesign file without packaging it. The result is the font will not be embedded.

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Kindanew

Re: AirAsia to firm up A330neos + A321xlr order/conversion

Do air Asia still have a ghost A350 order on the books?

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Kindanew

Re: IAG deciding between A220 and Embraer E2 for BA Cityflyer

The E2 flew in to City on a demonstration flight earlier this year and performed multiple take offs and landings.

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Kindanew

Re: IAG deciding between A220 and Embraer E2 for BA Cityflyer

What I hear from inside City Flier is that both the A220 and the E2’s are still in the running. The existing fleet will be replaced and the first new aircraft will arrive in 2021.

Personally I think this will go to Embraer. Simpler transition and Airbus clearly aren’t as desperate for sales.

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Kindanew

Re: Rumor: Airbus to launch A350-1000ULR

Why is it that Boeing have managed to implement laminar flow tails into production 787s since around 2015 but Airbus hasn't managed to? I imagine it's more a case of Airbus has chosen not to implement it, as yet, rather than an inability to do so. Airbus have been test flying laminar flow tails thi...

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Kindanew

Re: Rumor: Airbus to launch A350-1000ULR

If its anything like the A350-800 the development is on hold until all customers can be persuaded to switch orders and then its cancelled. All this talk of the improvements in the current -900, -1000 and the ULR variations makes me wonder what the A350-800 would be like if it was built now with all...

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Kindanew

Re: Any leaks, ideas, or otherwise: What is Airbus' next clean-sheet aircraft?

Airbus's next clean sheet will likely be the A320 replacement in around 10/15 years. Airbus themselves have revealed this on a number of occasions.

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Kindanew

Re: Airbus to launch A350-1000ULR

Sounds like sunrise has a winner.

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Kindanew

Re: BA A350

I read on Twitter that the aircraft is not damaged as such but it was operated outside of it’s limits and requires a precautionary maintenance check. Can you offer a link? https://twitter.com/aircmdrofficial/status/1160310776688762881?s=21 https://twitter.com/pilot_george_/status/116028926340305305...

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Kindanew

Re: BA A350

I read on Twitter that the aircraft is not damaged as such but it was operated outside of it’s limits and requires a precautionary maintenance check.

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Kindanew

Re: Airbus A350 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

marcelh wrote:
hkcanadaexpat wrote:
MSN 326 (BA#1) on its delivery flight as BA9151. #294. #59 in 2019. #6 in July

And heading for Chateauroux. Some additional crew training?

Range maxed out already?

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Kindanew

Re: G-XWBA - First A350 for British Airways

The delivery flight is apparently delayed due to air traffic control issues.

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Kindanew

Re: Boeing Expects a $5.6 Billion Hit for 737 Max Disruptions

oof That's a big hit that may not be available to finance NMA development. Its ok. They will lobby even harder for tax breaks. Maybe they should ask for "repayable loans." The word Loan denotes that a sum is intended to be replayed. I believe the main issue Boeing has with Airbus launch a...

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Kindanew

Re: Boeing Expects a $5.6 Billion Hit for 737 Max Disruptions

mxaxai wrote:
oof

That's a big hit that may not be available to finance NMA development.

Its ok. They will lobby even harder for tax breaks.

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Kindanew

Re: IAG deciding between A220 and Embraer E2 for BA Cityflyer

My contact at city flier thinks this will go to the E2.
Apparently BA have taken delivery of some Embraer specific training aids.

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Kindanew

Re: Air China announces 20x A359 order

Great news. By my reckoning, this years A350 orders/ commitments are thus:

Emirates: 30
Lufthansa: 20
Starlux: 17
Air China: 20

Total 87

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Kindanew

Re: BA to be fined £183M for last year's data breach

I find it hard to believe that there are some who think this fine is the act of some kind of tyrannical government when in fact they should be criticising BA for having lax security.

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Kindanew

Re: G-XWBA - First A350 for British Airways

As the A350 severely lacks range will it be able to do LHR-MAD without heavy payload restrictions? Only kidding of course. Can’t wait to see the A350 with the Union Jack!!!!! :lol: I'd be surprised if it can make it all the way to Madrid to be honest. They will probably have to divert to Bilbao at ...

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Kindanew

Re: Emirates renegotiating 777X order

Unlucky 8. First the A330 now the 777.

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Kindanew

Re: Emirates renegotiating 777X order

I continue to believe that the 777x program is in trouble. Its too big and too heavy for most "real" airlines. Most of its orders are from ME3 and they're in trouble financially. What a tragedy Boeing did 777x and the 747-8 instead of MOM and a 737 replacement. Yes they got their priority...

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Kindanew

Re: G-XWBA - First A350 for British Airways

As the A350 severely lacks range will it be able to do LHR-MAD without heavy payload restrictions? Only kidding of course. Can’t wait to see the A350 with the Union Jack!!!!! :lol: I'd be surprised if it can make it all the way to Madrid to be honest. They will probably have to divert to Bilbao at ...

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Kindanew

Re: Bloomberg:Airbus Says It Must Slash A350 Costs to Win Wide-Body Price War

Off the top of my head I remember reading that the -1000 introduced 3D printed door stops and that this change would be rolled out to the -900’s as well.

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