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General Aviation News September 11, 2013

Rolls-Royce receives EASA approval for higher efficiency and thrust Trent 1000 engines

Rolls-Royce has been awarded certification for its higher efficiency and thrust “package C” variant of the Trent 1000 engine that will power the Boeing 787-9…

Civilian aviation news March 18, 2013

Boeing Rolls Out First Next-Generation 737 at Higher Production Rate

Boeing has rolled out the first Next-Generation 737 built at the new production rate of 38 airplanes a month. Panamanian customer Copa Airlines will take…

Civilian aviation news March 11, 2013

Boeing Says Strong Demand Pushing Commercial Production Rates Higher

– Economic life of airplanes continues to hold steady ORLANDO, Fla., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE:BA] said today that strong demand for its…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News January 29, 2013

Boeing 737 Program Starts Building at Higher Production Rate

Boeing has begun assembly of the first Next-Generation 737 to be built at the rate of 38 airplanes per month. Over the past two years,…

Civilian aviation news October 19, 2011

Boeing 737 Program Begins Production at Higher Rate

Boeing began building the first Next-Generation 737 at the program’s new production rate of 35 airplanes a month. The rate is increasing from 31.5 airplanes a…

Civilian aviation news November 17, 2009

Higher fuel costs weighed on full-year profits at EasyJet

Although the price of oil has fallen from a high of $147.27 in July 2008 to about $80 a barrel this month, EasyJet’s locked-in hedges…