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EDITORIAL HIGHLIGHTS
July / August 2016 Issue 4

Order deadline: 25 June 2016
Material deadline: 25 June 2016

Clean Sky

Reducing CO2, gas emissions and noise
levels produced by commercial aircraft
is an aspect that is critical to the growth
of the aviation industry. Billions of
dollars are being invested by industry
OEMs to find innovative and eco-friendly
methods that reduce the environmental
burden of today’s commercial aircraft.
One of the important undertakings
Farnborough Air Show Special in this regard is the new Clean Sky 2
Programme (2014-2020) which will see
The Farnborough International Airshow 2016 promises to be another blockbuster, an investment being made to the tune of
with a number of important commercial, business and general aviation €4 billion over seven years. We examine
announcements expected to be made at the show. 22 nations will be hosting a few of the important initiatives with
pavilions at the show from Europe, the US, Canada, South America, Russia regards to reducing the impact of
and the Far East. China is participating in strength this year, with a dedicated aviation on the environment.
Chinese pavilion that is 103 per cent larger in footprint and with a 98 per cent
increase in spend compared to the previous edition of the show. The show Civilian Jetliners Report
organisers have already announced that the Civil and Commercial programme is 2016 will see the first full year of
exceeding expectations with representative groups already confirmed from the operations for Airbus’ A320neo and
UK, Australia, Italy and the Middle East. Our special show report will look at the the results will be closely watched.
trends that will emerge at the show. Boeing’s 737 MAX test programme
is spreading its wings and recently
Aero Engine Report completed its first international
The new generation of widebody trip to Bolivia in South America as
part of developmental testing. For
jetliners such as the Boeing 777X the Bombardier C Series, 2016 is
and Airbus A330neo will dramatically an important year with the entry
reduce the operating costs per into service for the type with launch
passenger as a result of the highly customer Swiss. Asian Airlines &
efficient engines being designed for Aerospace will report the latest
these jetliners. developments on these important
For aircraft operating on long- programmes.
haul routes with high volumes of
passenger traffic, efficiency and
safety are the key. We take a look at Bonus Distribution at:
the latest developments with aero
engine programmes such as the all- Farnborough International
new GE9X which will power the 777X Air Show
and the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 that July 11-15
will power the A330neo.

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