December 21, 2020

December 21, 2020

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

MOONSHOTS REVISITED

By Guy Norris,Thierry Dubois,Graham Warwick16 min

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

STRETCH TEST

By Guy Norris11 min

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Shaky Pillar

By Guy Norris,Sean Broderick,Jens Flottau9 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

MOONSHOTS REVISITED

> DEBT-LADEN INDUSTRY STRUGGLES TO PURSUE GREENER NEXT-GENERATION AIRCRAFT > AIRPORTS START INTEGRATING HYDROGEN INTO INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS > KEY PLAYERS PURSUE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY AVENUES

By Guy Norris,Thierry Dubois,Graham Warwick16 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

STRETCH TEST

> BOEING 777X ON TRACK FOR CERTIFICATION TESTS AS MAX LESSONS ARE INCORPORATED > FOUR TEST 777-9s ACCUMULATE 750 HR. ON 275 FLIGHTS

By Guy Norris11 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Shaky Pillar

> COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURERS ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON NARROWBODIES > BOEING TO BURN OFF INVENTORY AND RESTART MAX PRODUCTION > AIRBUS STICKS TO RATE 40, WORRIES ABOUT A220 CANCELLATIONS

By Guy Norris,Sean Broderick,Jens Flottau9 min

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DEFENSE SYSTEMS

FIGHT'S ON

> INTERNAL U.S. AIR FORCE FIGHTER ROAD MAP CAPPED THE F-35 AT 1,050 > CANADA, FINLAND AND SWITZERLAND CONTRACT AWARDS EXPECTED IN 2021

By Steve Trimble8 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Bolstering the Base

> IN THE U.S., CUSTOMERS HELP SUPPLIERS INDIRECTLY > IN FRANCE, GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY GIANTS PROVIDE MORE DIRECT AID AND A NEW FUND FOR SUPPLIERS

By Michael Bruno,Thierry Dubois8 min

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MAINTENANCE, REPAIR & OVERHAUL

MRO Looks for Recovery

> DEMAND EXPECTED TO RECOVER WITH AIRLINE TRAFFIC > PARTNERSHIPS ARE LIKELY TO GROW

By James Pozzi8 min

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AEROSPACE SYSTEMS

READY FOR LIFTOFF

> COMMERCIAL HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT POISED FOR PIVOTAL YEAR > ISRAEL BUYS A FLIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

By Irene Klotz7 min

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IN APPRECIATION

But for a holiday party, David M. North’s long and splendid association with Aviation Week might never have been. In 1976, recently furloughed as a Boeing 707 flight engineer for Pan American World Airways, he paid a cold call to Aviation Week’s offices at New York’s Rockefeller Center to drop off a resume.
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INTERVIEW

INFLECTION POINT

In his first interview since becoming CEO of GE Aviation on Sept. 1, John Slattery spoke via video with Aviation Week Executive Editor for Commercial Aviation Jens Flottau and Editor-in-Chief Joe Anselmo from the company’s headquarters outside Cincinnati
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BUSINESS AVIATION

PRIVATELY OPTIMISTIC

> BIZ JET SHIPMENTS WILL NOT REACH 2019 LEVELS UNTIL 2023-24, EXPERTS SAY > NEW ENTRANTS TO PRIVATE AVIATION, RISING FLIGHT ACTIVITY SPUR OPTIMISM > A VACCINE IS KEY TO BUSINESS AIRCRAFT AND ECONOMIC REBOUND

By Molly McMillin7 min

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