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NewsPARIS: United Aircraft opens door to new airliner launch
United Aircraft has opened the door to launching a new aircraft programme aimed at the commercial sector within two years.
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PARIS: Neo dominates Airbus orderbook while Boeing orders mount
Airbus' domination of the show with the A320neo continued on the second day, while Boeing quietly racked up a number of new orders as Aeroflot, Norwegian,...
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PARIS: Oklahoma's unmanned aerospace ambitions
The recent history of regional economic development is categorised by fads. In the early 1990s, which saw the decoding of the human genome and officially proclaimed "decade of the brain", every state and region sought a biotechnology complex
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JetBlue seeks to ‘mitigate’ 25 E-190s
JetBlue Airways is examining options to reduce its Embraer E-190 orderbook by 25 aircraft to support its recent conclusion that the optimal number of 100-seat...
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PARIS: Embraer concerned over subsidies to new jet competitors
Embraer does not perceive any serious threat from new regional aircraft in Asia and Russia but has expressed concern over government funding for their development.
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PARIS: Pratt & Whitney wins bulk of engines on CIT Neo order
Lessor CIT Aerospace has revealed the majority of the engines selected to power the 50 Airbus A320neo twinjets it committed to earlier today.
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NewsPARIS: Marshall Aerospace offers C-130J maritime patrol conversion
Lockheed Martin's C-130J Super Hercules could be adapted for an entirely new mission, if UK company Marshall Aerospace gets its way.
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PARIS: Embraer reveals plan for KC-390 civil stretch
Embraer has confirmed plans to launch a stretch version of the KC-390 for the civil cargo market that company officials predict will generate between 200...
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NewsPARIS: PICTURE - Happy Rafale livery a star of day one
A literary livery created by Happy Design Studio adorned the Dassault Rafale as it roared over Le Bourget yesterday.
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NewsPARIS: GECAS orders two 747-8Fs and eight 777-300ERs
Aircraft lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has ordered two Boeing 747-8 Freighters, its first order for the type.
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NewsPARIS: VistaJet becomes Global 8000 launch customer with 10 orders
Austrian luxury-charter company VistaJet was announced today as the launch customer for the Bombardier Global 8000 business jet following an order for 10 of the ultra-long-range types.
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PARIS: Canadian Cyclone makes show debut
On static display at Le Bourget, one of Canada's incoming fleet of Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters is making the type's debut public appearance a long way from its future home.
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NewsPARIS: 747-8F biofuel pilot takes landmark flight in his stride
One of the pilots who flew the biofuel-powered Boeing 747-8 Freighter from Seattle to Le Bourget has described the landmark flight as uneventful, with nothing out of the ordinary to report.
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PARIS: Thales delivers SESAR progress report and calls for funding
Thales is pressing the EU to release funds for the deployment phase of the SESAR programme, aimed at boosting efficiency and capacity in the continent's air traffic management system.
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PARIS: Interview - Boeing Defense chief executive Dennis Muilenburg
Every year Singapore's Shangri-La Dialogues bring together the elite of the Asia Pacific defence establishment. It is an opportunity for defence ministers, senior officers, and the defence industry to discuss Asia's strategic challenges and opportunities - and, behind closed doors, hold meetings about weapons. One attendee this year was ...
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NewsPARIS: Bedek seeks 767 multi-mission opportunities
The selection of the KC-46A as the US Air Force's next-generation tanker will help the Bedek division of Israel Aerospace Industries to market its conversion of the Boeing 767 as a multi-mission aircraft with aerial refuelling capability.
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NewsPARIS: Ryanair in talks with Comac to acquire C919 - O'Leary
Irish low-cost carrier giant Ryanair is in talks with Chinese company Comac to acquire the Comac C919 narrowbody and could order hundreds of aircraft, said the airline's chief executive Michael O'Leary.
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PARIS: Fuel burn improvement promised for next generation PW9000 engine
Technology from its commercial aircraft engines combined with components from its military powerplants will deliver a 20% fuel burn improvement for the next...
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NewsPARIS: Russian Helicopters throws down gauntlet to Robinson
Russia is pitching hard to win international orders for its Mi-34C1 light multipurpose helicopter, arguing the type's superiority to the Robinson Helicopter...