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Airbus will fit new fixed and deployable combined flight data and voice recorders as standard on long-range aircraft starting in 2019 in a bid to make it easier to find aircraft wreckage in the event of an accident over the sea.

“I want to know what Airbus will do with the aircraft,” Emirates Airline President Tim Clark said on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show.

U.S. House Transportation Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) on June 21 introduced a new bill that features a revised and supposedly friendlier approach to moving air traffic control out of the FAA and into a federally chartered, nonprofit organization.

The Leap-1A is an engine choice on Airbus A320neo family aircraft; the Leap-1B is the sole-source engine for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

Any closer combination of the two carriers would have major implications for the air-transport market in the Middle East and adjacent regions.

The Budapest, Hungary-based carrier previously ordered 110 new-technology aircraft, which it expects to receive from 2019 onward.

Both parties said the JV will look to divide repair work between SIA Group-operated aircraft and third-party operators.

Air Lease Corp. has signed a firm order for 12 additional Airbus A321neos.

Boeing has outlined the design of its projected new midsize airplane (NMA), but is keeping the details close to its chest.

CFM hints that a new engine architecture with a gear-driven fan is among the various concepts under consideration for Boeing’s New Midsize Airplane.

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Brazilian regional jet manufacturer Embraer has boosted its backlog, announcing new orders for its new E2 family, as well as for other models, at the Paris Air Show.

Boeing’s strong opening act for the new 737-10, the largest of its re-engined narrowbody aircraft family launched this week at the Paris Air Show, has continued with two orders.

The first aircraft is due for delivery at the end of 2017, with two more to follow in 2018 and one in 2019, West Atlantic CEO Fredrik Groth told Aviation Daily.

The airline group will receive 15 A320ceos starting from May 2018, with 35 A320neos to follow from 2020.

Therefore, the manufacturer continues to focus on selling the A350-900 and -1000.

The MRJ program has more than 400 orders, including options. However, it has suffered a series of major delays.

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker pointed at the safety risk of putting many electronic devices in aircraft cargo holds.

The data could come from the airframer plus sources such as aircraft operators and suppliers.

AirAsia X will not cancel its order for 10 Airbus A350-900s, despite its recent decision to forgo true long-haul flying to focus on sectors of up to about eight hours.

Boeing officially launches the 737-10 on the first day of the Paris Air Show, marking the go-ahead of the fourth major member the MAX family.

GECAS has placed an order for 100 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft on the opening day of the Paris Air Show.

Changes designed for the Airbus A380-plus upgrade package will be available for entry into service by 2020, according to A380 marketing head Frank Vermeire.

Honeywell’s GoDirect Connected Maintenance program for the company’s auxiliary power units will be outfitted on more than 60 Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon Airbus A330s.

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