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FARNBOROUGH: Bombardier completes CSeries wing test
Bombardier has completed ultimate load testing on the CSeries composite demonstrator wing. During the testing Bombardier successfully replicated 150%...
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2009 World Airline Rankings: Lessons learned
The Airline Business financial rankings underline how bad things got for the industry in 2009. But while things are on the up, is there reason to hope for a more profitable future?
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FARNBOROUGH: Dunlop Aircraft Tyres develops first products for ATR aircraft
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, which is celebrating its centenary at the show, is introducing its first product for ATR aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Air Partner forges Middle East ties
Air Partner has joined forces with MENA Aerospace Enterprises to develop its private jet charter business in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Phantom Ray to get 747 piggyback ride to California
Boeing's medium-altitude Phantom Ray unmanned air vehicle will get a piggyback ride on a 747 to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California for testing, the company announced at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Towering over the show
NATS, the air traffic control provider at Farnborough, is trying to confirm the identity of an intruder into the restricted airspace set up for the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: EasyJet awards APU deal to Honeywell
EasyJet has awarded Honeywell a $51 million, 10-year auxiliary power unit and extended maintenance contract covering its Airbus A320-family aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Goodrich extends flight hour agreement with Hawaiian
Goodrich and Hawaiian Airlines are signing an extension agreement for nacelle system support. The flight-hour agreement provides maintenance, repair and...
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FARNBOROUGH: Virgin America wants sharklets on new A320s
Virgin America is expecting to fit Airbus' new 'sharklet' wingtips to all of the aircraft contained in its tentative order for up to 60 A320-family jets. The...
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FARNBOROUGH: Thales to step up data transfer at the gate
Thales has unveiled details of a new GateSync solution that aims to enable airlines to wirelessly load and offload content and data to and from the aircraft on the ground at airports
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FARNBOROUGH: Germania firms A319 order
Berlin-based Germania's holding company has firmed its order for five Airbus A319 aircraft, having disclosed a tentative agreement earlier this year.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Boeing to deliver first VIP versions of its newest widebodies by 2012
VIP versions of Boeing's latest two aircraft - the 747-8 and the 787 - will be flying presidents and royalty by 2012.
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FARNBOROUGH: General Atomics says Avenger ready for RAF
The next generation of Predator unmanned air vehicles is moving quickly through its scheduled test programme, says General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,...
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FARNBOROUGH: Partners collaborate on fuzzy fibres
The Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) in collaboration with Goodrich, Owens-Corning and Renegade Materials will build and equip a facility capable of producing...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Virgin America signs MoU for up to 60 A320s
Virgin America has signed a memorandum of understanding for up to 60 Airbus A320s.
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FARNBOROUGH: Esterline CMC Electronics provides SwiftBroadband antenna to Air France
Esterline CMC Electronics is to provide Air France with multi-channel SwiftBroadband-compliant satellite communications high-gain antenna systems to equip the airline's future Boeing 777-300.
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FARNBOROUGH: Belgium's Asco to provide wing flap support systems for CSeries
Belgium-based Asco Industries has won a contract to manufacture the flap support system for the wings of Bombardier's CSeries airliner.
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FARNBOROUGH: Harrier GR9 makes first flight with datalink upgrade
The UK's first BAE Systems Harrier GR9 to fly with datalink equipment has made its 1h 40min debut sortie, linking up with a Royal Air Force Boeing E-3D Sentry...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Will Boeing fatten orderbook with shrunken C-17FE?
It is Boeing's latest idea for a design refresh that retains the wing and T-tail, but narrows the fuselage by 4ft.