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NewsPARIS: Massive AirAsia deal caps Airbus order frenzy
Low-cost carrier AirAsia finally let everyone fully in on the worst-kept secret at the Paris show, with a spectacular firm order for 200 A320neos.
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NewsPARIS: Uncertainty around A350-800 plans
Uncertainty is growing around the true status of Airbus's plans for the A350-800, following the announcement of a revised development schedule for the three member widebody family earlier this week.
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NewsPARIS: AirAsia places 200-strong A320neo order
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia has placed a firm order for 200 Airbus A320neo twinjets. They will be powered by CFM International Leap engines.
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PARIS: Japan's Skymark firms options on two A380s
Japan's Skymark Airlines has amended its agreement for Airbus A380s, exercising options for another two of the type.
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Cargo's new connections
Fresh blood is shaking up the air freight market, and changing trade patterns emerging. But how much of a threat will they be to established carriers? ...
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PARIS: Thales tests cockpit equipment for A350
Testing is under way of Thales' cockpit equipment for the Airbus A350, with the French electronics specialist expecting to deliver the software and hardware for the first aircraft over the next six months.
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PARIS: Northrop Grumman proposes a 'civvie' LEMV
A commercial customer could be announced within 12 months for a new heavy freighter version of a hybrid airship in development for the US Army
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NewsParis: AFI KLM E&M eyes new aircraft and locations for growth
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance grew revenue by 6% and increased profit by 76% in 2010 compared with the previous year. But the Franco-Dutch maintenance provider has warned that the industry crisis is "definitely not over."
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PARIS: OEMServices reaches beyond Airbus
France-headquartered manufacturer joint venture OEMServices is expanding its Airbus-centred component maintenance business to ATR turboprops and the Sukhoi Superjet 100 - but has also set its eyes on Boeing aircraft for the long-term future.
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PARIS: Elbit expands precision weapons range
Elbit Systems is developing more precision weapons using its capabilities in lasers and electro-optics.
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PARIS: Rockwell Collins wins Chinese simulator deal
Rockwell Collins has announced a follow-on contract from China's Xian Simulation Science and Technology Company (XASC) to provide major components for two MA-60 full flight simulators.
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GE-AVIC accelerate Shanghai staffing for avionics joint venture
GE says its integrated avionics joint venture with China's AVIC is on track to gain final approval by the Chinese government by year's end as the two companies accelerate staffing and readying facilities in Shanghai.
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Republic cites ‘significant incentives’ in Leap selection for A320neos
Citing and intense competition between CFM and Pratt & Whitney to power 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, Republic concluded that CFM "stepped up with significant...
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PARIS: Boeing warns airlines time's running out for training
Airlines are seeing greater numbers of their pilots being poached by competing carriers, a sure sign that the long-expected pilot shortage is kicking in despite continued economic gloom in the US and Europe.
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PARIS: Partners hoist hybrid electric aircraft
Siemens, Diamond Aircraft and EADS have adapted hybrid car technology to develop an aircraft with an electric drive system - and it is flying here at the show.
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Delta completes wi-fi install on first regional jet
Aircell's Gogo internet service has been installed on the first Delta Connection regional jet, a Bombardier CRJ700 operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines.
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PARIS: PICTURE - Boeing has put the initials of Joe Sutter on its new 747-8
Boeing has painted the initials "JFS" on the front landing gear doors of its new 747-8 Intercontinental jetliner, which made its air show debut here yesterday.
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NewsPARIS: Engine Alliance cuts another 50 pounds from GP7200
Engine Alliance partners GE and Pratt & Whitney say they have cut another 22.7kg (50lb) from the 6,712kg (14,800lb) weight for its GP7200 turbofan for the Airbus A380, part of a larger Airbus programme to trim five tonnes of excess weight from the jumbo.
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NewsPARIS: Repaired A380 takes flight at Le Bourget
Three days after a taxiing prang temporarily grounded it, an Airbus A380 test aircraft was flown at Le Bourget yesterday. "Love is in the air again!" crowed the manufacturer on Twitter.
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NewsParis: Boeing and American Airlines join forces for EcoDemonstrator
Boeing and American Airlines are joining forces for the EcoDemonstration programme, aimed at evaluating technologies for implementation on the existing 737, as well as a conceptual New Small Airplane.