From Lufthansa ordering Airbus A350-1000s to FAA issuing AD for 737 MAX.
Air Transport Digest A round up of the top stories in March |
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FedEx, UPS Call Time On MD-11 Fleets | Guy Norris, Helen Massy-Beresford | The two largest remaining operators of the McDonnell Douglas-developed MD-11 freighter have announced plans to begin retiring their fleets of aging trijets. |
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Gallery: 'Insights Of Embraer' | Kurt Hofmann | ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann was invited to visit the Embraer facilities in São José dos Campos as well the head office in São Paulo. |
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Lufthansa To Order Airbus A350-1000s | Jens Flottau Lufthansa is expected to announce its first order for the Airbus A350-1000 on March 2, following approval by its supervisory board. |
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| Commercial aviation’s problem isn’t demand, it’s supply. As the industry heads into its third year of recovery, deliveries are failing to keep pace with demand due to production shortfalls at many levels of the supply chain. How long could the crisis go on? Where are the problems most acute? What are suppliers saying they need to get healthier? And how realistic are production ramp-ups planned by Airbus and Boeing? RBC Capital Markets Managing Director Ken Herbert teams up with Aviation Week Network editors to discuss the findings of his firm’s Voice of the Supplier survey and the road ahead for aviation’s bumpy recovery. Join us for this complimentary live webinar – and bring questions with you. | Register Now |
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