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PARIS AIR SHOW: Volvo Aero gives Ariane 5 rocket nozzle upgrade
In the third quarter of this year a full-scale demonstration of a Volvo Aero (hall 2, B114) nozzle...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Brotje to keep A350 parts moving
Brotje to keep A350 parts moving Germany's Brotje Automation has won a contract to supply GKN Aerospace with a moving line assembly system. The system...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Cebu Pacific engine order
Philippines carrier Cebu Pacific has selected CFM International's CFM56 to power its 10 new Airbus A320s, which will arrive from October 2010 to November...
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PARIS 2009: Saab deal with Mitsubishi remains in limbo
Saab deal with Mitsubishi remains in limbo Three years after signing a memorandum of understandingwith Saab for product support, Mitsubishi has yet...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: AirAsia orders A350 XWBs in huge deal at Paris
AirAsia head Tony Fernandes swept into Paris yesterday with a huge order for Airbus A350 XWBs...
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Australia's Virgin Blue signs interline agreement with Emirates
Australian carrier Virgin Blue has signed an interline agreement with Emirates and also decided to have a tie-up with the Middle East carrier's frequent...
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SBA begins Latin expansion with 1 July Panama launch
Venezuela's SBA Airlines plans to launch service next month to Panama and is preparing to open new routes later this year to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Boeing's ATL scores first laser hit
The Lockheed Martin C-130H-based Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) platform fired a high-power laser for the first time in flight on 13 June, Boeing said late...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Vietnam Airlines 'can't get new Airbuses soon enough'
Vietnam Airlines wants delivery of its just-ordered 16 Airbus A321s "as soon as possible", according to a distinctly upbeat Pham Ngoc Minh, the carrier's president and chief executive, who signed the formal order for the aircraft in a ceremony at the Paris air show.
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PARIS 2009: RAM's Atlas Blue brand to vanish in six months
Royal Air Maroc is to drop its Atlas Blue low-cost brand within half a year, instead integrating the Marrakech-based carrier's operations into the core airline. Speaking...
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NewsPARIS AIR SHOW: Qatar Airways issues stern warning to Boeing to quickly resolve 787 delay issues
Qatar warns Boeing over delivery delays Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker has warned Boeing that the airline could "walk away" from its...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: GEnx-2B for 747-8 close to completing testing
GE's GEnx-2B engine for the new Boeing 747-8 is close to completing the first phase of its flight tests on GE's 747 flying testbed. The engines have run...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Core focus for CTD
CTC to focus on Core business CTC Aviation Group will be the first customer to deploy simulators equipped with Rockwell Collins' Core simulation architecture....
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Jet2 flies Boeing 737 with Pratt & Whitney parts in CFM56
Jet2 737 flies with PMA parts A Boeing 737-300 of UK leisure carrier Jet2 has become the first aircraft to begin flying with Pratt & Whitney-supplied...
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NewsPARIS AIR SHOW: Wireless at hand as Thales eyes future cabin
Wireless capabilities that would give flight attendants much better control of the cabin environment are envisioned by in-flight entertainment (IFE) manufacturer...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Susi Air receives third PC-6
Pilatus's Franz Odermatt hands over Susi Air's third PC-6 Porter yesterday to airline founder Susi Pudjiastuti. The type - at 50 years old...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: AirAsia X orders up to 15 A350s
AirAsia X has ordered 10 Airbus A350-900 aircraft and placed options on five more. The Malaysian low-cost long-haul carrier disclosed the agreement...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: EADS chief engineer champions green technologies
EADS champions green favourites Composites with reduced riveting requirements, algae-based biofuels and hydrogen fuel cells are the environmental technologies...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: IAE wins new engine business from Air China
Air China has selected the International Aero Engines V2500 to power 22 Airbus A320/A321 aircraft through a new contract valued at $700 million. Deliveries...
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PARIS AIR SHIOW: Gulf Air owner opts for CAE simulators
Gulf Air owner opts for CAE simulators CAE has sold two more full-flight simulators and a support package to Bahrain's government investment house...