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The F-35 Lightining II Joint strike fighter has led a protracted, troubled - and expensive - development.

Canada changes fighter jet rules to allow F-35 bid

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May 9, 2019 - by DAVID PUGLIESE for ottawacitizen.com

The Canadian government will allow a "flexible approach" in determining industrial benefits for the new fighter jet program, making way for Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government to bid on the project.

Suppliers are being informed of the new approach that comes in the wake of a threat from the Trump administration to pull the F-35 from the competition to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's CF-18 jets.

If Canada insisted that industrial and technological benefits must be linked to the outlay of $19 billion for a new fighter jet fleet then Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth jet was out of the race, the U.S. government noted in letters sent to Canadian procurement officials.

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AIRLINE URGES PASSENGERS NOT TO TAKE PICTURES ON FLIGHTS

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July 17, 2019 - by Helen Coffey for independent.co.uk

Airline Garuda Indonesia is urging passengers not to take any pictures or videos onboard its flights.

The Indonesian national carrier circulated an internal memo banning the practice on 14 July, writing: "It is not permissible to document activities on the plane, either in the form of photos or videos, by the cabin crew or passengers."

The letter was shared online and quickly went viral, according to Indonesian news site Kumparan.

However, the edict has since been softened, with a revised internal letter issued on 16 July stating that, rather than being "prohibited" from taking pictures onboard the aircraft, travellers are now being "urged" not to do so.

The original notice reportedly said that passengers could be "sanctioned" by the airline for breaking the rules; it is unclear whether this is still the case.

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First Korean Air Airbus A220 aircraft - Location: A220 factory at Mirabel Airport, Quebec, Canada

Airbus's Christian Scherer describes the A220 family as a "salesman's delight"

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July 17, 2019 - for flightglobal.com

Back when the Airbus A220 was still the Bombardier-owned CSeries, there was always the sense that the twinjet was a good product whose potential was hamstrung by, well, everything else.

Was it the Canadian airframer's sales force that failed to drag in the big orders? The pricing? The cut-throat competition from Airbus and Boeing? The overall uncertain outlook for the programme? All of the above?

Whatever the cause, the net result was that Bombardier dragged in just 402 orders for the two variants in the 10 years following the programme's launch in 2008...

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Airbus A220 at its Mirabel, Quebec, Canada factory - Photo: Airbus Canada

EgyptAir Will Launch Airbus A220 Operations on September 6th

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At the end of 2017, EgyptAir turned their Letter of Intent for 12 Bombardier CSeries CS300 aircraft into a firm order.

There have been a few changes since that announcement one and a half years ago. Most notably, those aircraft are now made under the banner of Airbus and have the name A220-300. Well, whatever you want to call them, they will be taking to the skies with EgyptAir in just over a month.

According to CH-Aviation, the A220-300s will begin EgyptAir operations on September 6th of this year. Furthermore, they will initially use the type on domestic Egyptian routes.

The routes

As the flag carrier of Egypt, the airline will initially use the new jet on the following routes out of Cairo International (CAI):

Aswan (ASW), weekly from September 6th
Luxor (LXR), 9x weekly from September 6th
and finally, Sharm el Sheikh (SSH), weekly starting from September 8th
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VietJet Bikini Airline Expected to Finalize Order for 50 Airbus A321neos on Friday

Airbus A321neo Operators Alerted Over 'Excessive Pitch' Anomaly

Airbus has introduced a temporary revision to A321neo flight manuals intended to prevent the possibility of the aircraft reaching excessive pitch attitudes.

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July 17, 2019 - by DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW for flightglobal.com

Airbus has introduced a temporary revision to A321neo flight manuals intended to prevent the possibility of the aircraft reaching excessive pitch attitudes.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has disclosed that the revision follows analysis of the re-engined type's elevator and aileron computer

It has not elaborated on the situation beyond stating that "excessive" pitch could occur under certain conditions and "during specific manoeuvres".

EASA cautions that this could result in "reduced control" of the aircraft.

Airbus has issued...

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Eco-Aviation Foundation president Scott Burgess (left) fields questions from the audience at Friday evening's foundation launch reception at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica. Keynote speakers at the event were Kevin Noertker (center), co-founder and CEO of hybrid-powered aircraft remanufacturer Ampaire, and electric aircraft manufacturer Bye Aerospace's CEO George Bye. The two companies currently have actual flying aircraft, which they hope to bring to market in the next few years. (Photo: Curt Epstein TWITTER)

With a mission to promote awareness and early adoption of hybrid and electric aircraft, the Eco-Aviation Foundation officially launched on Friday

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July 17, 2019 - by by Curt Epstein for ainonline.com

With a mission to promote awareness and early adoption of hybrid and electric aircraft, along with the development of infrastructure at airports to support them, the Eco-Aviation Foundation International, a 501 C3 non-profit organization, officially launched on Friday with a reception at the Museum of Flying at California's Santa Monica Airport (SMO).

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The F-35 Lightining II Joint strike fighter has led a protracted, troubled - and expensive - development.

F-35 Will Not Meet 80% Mission Capable Goal

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July 17, 2019 - by Lee Hudson for aviationweek.com

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is not expected to meet the Pentagon's goal of an 80% mission-capable rate by the end of the fiscal year due to supply shortages.

Transparency canopy shortages are the main obstacle in achieving the goal. The military is seeking additional sources to fix unserviceable canopies, Army Secretary Mark Esper, President Trump's nominee for defense secretary, wrote on July 16 in response to previously prepared policy questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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Airbus A330neo aircraft

Delta's A330neo fuel stats... and more.

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July 16, 2019 - by Jon Ostrower for theaircurrent.com

Delta Air Lines opened its doors Monday morning at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to show off its new A330-900neo.

The aircraft entered service officially with the airline last week on the 4,972nm Pacific hop between Seattle and Shanghai. For Airbus's twin-aisle Neo, the introduction at Delta is a crucial trial for the updated Rolls-Royce Trent 7000-powered aircraft as it begins life with a blue chip U.S. airline.

For Delta, the 281-seat A330-900 replaces an aging 211-seat (3 seats are blocked for crew) 767-300ER.

Delta shared some key figures from its route planning system with...

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New A220 aircraft being completed at Airbus factory in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada Source: Airbus

Air France is Working on an Aircraft Order at the End of July - Airbus A220 & A320neo

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July 16, 2019 - By Fabrice Gliszczynski for latribune.fr

Management plans to announce an order for aircraft at the end of July, when presenting half-yearly results.

The A220 (formerly Bombardier's C-Series) has caught the eye of the management who should select it (with the A320 NEO according to some sources) for the renewal of the short and medium-haul fleet. Air France is also looking to take the A380 out of its fleet.

The A220 has a lot of strengths

To replace its A320s, Air France (which extended the warranty of the current perimeter of 110 aircraft until 2030) hung on used aircraft and new aircraft with the study of the A320 NEO and A220 -300 (formerly Bombardier's C-Series, renamed A220 in July 2018 after Airbus took control of the program).

The A220 has many advantages. It has the advantage of being less expensive to purchase, offering costs at headquarters similar to a larger aircraft type A321 (while intricately smaller aircraft have higher headquarters costs), and to offer passengers a very comfortable cabin.

Its fuel consumption is...

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GE9X Engine Recognized With Thrust Record - Engine of the Boeing 777X

The GE9X engine for the Boeing 777X set a new Guinness World Records

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July 16, 2019 - by Eric Brothers for aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com

The GE9X engine for the Boeing 777X set a new Guinness World Records title for thrust to become the most powerful commercial aircraft jet engine (test performance) after reaching 134,300 lb. This achievement breaks the record held by GE's GE90-11B engine of 127,900 lb set in 2002.

The new record occurred during an engineering test on Nov. 10, 2017 at GE's outdoor test facility in Peebles, Ohio. Guinness World Records acknowledged the feat at a ceremony at GE Aviation's Ohio headquarters as part of the company's 100-year celebration.

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