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October 20, 2011

The A350 XWB’s Trent Engine Rolls Out For Initial Flight Tests

Single Engine Designed For All Variants Of The Airliner

Airbus has completed installation of the first Rolls-Royce Trent XWB flight test engine on its A380 “flying-testbed” aircraft. The aircraft and engine will now be prepared for the flight test campaign commencing in the coming weeks.

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EU, China Continue To Squabble Over Carbon Caps

Controversial Scheme Goes Into Effect January 1

The European Union and China are continuing to "agree to disagree" over the EU's controversial carbon cap and trade scheme which the Union hopes to impose on any airline operating in European airspace after January 1.

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Innovative Alternative Fuel To Be Developed For Virgin Atlantic

Fuel To Be Made From Waste From Steel Mills

It's certainly different from the biofuels that are becoming so talked about as alternatives to petroleum-based jet fuel. Virgin Atlantic has formed a partnership with New Zealand-based LanzaTach to develop the first low carbon aviation fuel with just half the carbon footprint of the standard fossil fuel alternative.

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Boeing Forecasts $200 Billion Market For 1,250 New Airplanes In Northeast Asia

Korea’s Commercial Aviation Set For Growth - Strong Demand For Twin-Aisle Airplanes

As many as 1,250 new airplanes will be delivered to Northeast Asian carriers valued at approximately US $200 billion over the next 20 years, according to projections from Boeing. “The combined effect of liberalization and rapid economic growth is driving passenger traffic in the region,” said Randy Tinseth, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President of Marketing, speaking at the 2011 Seoul Air Show.

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Boeing Boosts 737 Production

Thirty-Five Airplanes Per Month Will Soon Be Rolling Out The Factory Doors

To meet the growing demand for single-aisle medium-haul airliners both in the U.S. and abroad, Boeing has boosted its production rate on 737 airplanes to 35 per month, up from the previous rate of 31.5 per month. On Tuesday, employees loaded chords and webs manufactured by the Boeing Fabrication division into the company's newest automated spar assembly tool, the first visible step in the final assembly of the airplane.

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Search Is On For New JetBlue CFO

Carrier Announces Leadership Change As Ed Barnes Resigns

Ed Barnes has resigned as the CFO of budget carrier JetBlue Airways. His resignation was effective Tuesday. Barnes joined JetBlue in 2006 as Vice President, Cost Management and Financial Analysis, and was promoted to CFO in 2008.

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FAA Commissions Surface Surveillance Initiative At SEA-TAC

'IntelliDAR' Intelligent Video Platform Will Be Installed

The FAA has commissioned the installation of an "intelligent" video platform developed by Searidge Technologies at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SEA) as part of a technology performance assessment led by the University of Illinois Center of Excellence for Airport Technology.

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