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OEM NEWS October 2 2018. Regulators also Gulfstream said on September 27 it ‘Boeing’s
Airbus’s re-engined A330-900 approved the A321LR to operate had delivered the first G500 business
widebody has received its type under 180-minute extended jet. The first customer of the next- evergreen
certification from the European operations (ETOPS) rules. The generation aircraft was based in North
Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), 180-minute ETOPS – which means America. First delivery came about 747 program
paving the way for first delivery to the aircraft can be flown on a route two months after the G500 received
launch customer TAP Air Portugal. that keeps it within three hours type certification from the US Federal has reached
The certification of the A330-900, flying time on a single engine from Aviation Administration (FAA).
part of the A330neo family of aircraft, an alternate airport in the event of an another
on September 26 2018 followed a engine failure – was sufficient for the PEOPLE NEWS
flight test program that kicked off A321LR to perform any trans-Atlantic The federal government has named milestone.’
on October 17 2017 involving three route, Airbus said. former Chief of Defence Force Air
aircraft that racked up a total of 1,400 – Chief Marshal Mark Binskin as
flight test hours. Boeing’s evergreen 747 program deputy chair of Airservices Australia.
– has reached another milestone. Binskin was Chief of Defence Force
Still on Airbus, the company has On September 30, Boeing celebrated from July 2014 until July 2018.
secured certification from regulators the 50th anniversary of the rollout –
in Europe and the United States for its of the first 747 at its Everett final Guillaume Faury has been
A321LR to operate long-range flights, assembly line in Washington State named as the successor to Tom
including over-water routes. The just outside Seattle. The first 747-100 Enders as Airbus chief executive.
US Federal Aviation Administration emerged on September 30 1968, Currently president of Airbus’s
(FAA) and European Aviation heralding the start of an aircraft Commercial Aircraft division,
Safety Agency (EASA) have program that ushered in a golden age Faury’s appointment will be put
certified the A321LR to operate of aviation and mass transportation to shareholders at the company’s
with up to three underfloor additional via air travel. annual general meeting in
centre tanks (ACT), Airbus said on – April 2019.

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