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PARIS: Issoire's Simba purrfect for full-scale manufacture
French aerostructures and aircraft manufacturer Issoire Aviation received type certification for its APM 40 Simba piston-single this morning.
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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: 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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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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NewsPARIS: Qatar threatens to cancel A350-1000s after upgrade disappointment
Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways has warned that it may abandon its A350-1000 order if the recently unveiled redesign fails to provide a sufficient...
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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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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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PARIS: IndiGo firms A320 MOU
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has firmed up its order for 180 Airbus A320s, including 150 A320neos, following a memorandum of understanding signed in January.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus and Boeing order round-up
Airbus (chalet S3 418) has identified its first potential customer for the A319neo after Frontier Airlines's parent, Republic Airways Holdings, tentatively...
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PARIS: Tentative Republic 80-Airbus deal includes 40 A319neo
US carrier Frontier Airlines' parent Republic Airways Holdings has tentatively signed to take 40 Airbus A319neos and 40 A320neos.
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PARIS: Comac's C919 benefits from Neo launch
The launch of the Airbus A320neo programme has had a side benefit for the indigenous Chinese Comac C919 aircraft project.
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Qantas reaches settlement with Rolls-Royce over QF32
Australia's Qantas Airways reached an agreement with Rolls-Royce in relation to the uncontained engine failure on an Airbus A380 in November.
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PARIS: Aircelle preps A380 nacelle improvements
Aircelle is readying improvements to A380 nacelles as part of an Airbus programme to increase the reliability of the superjumbo.
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PARIS: GECI notches up Skylander orders
GECI International has notched up 30 orders at the show for its Skylander SK-105 twin-engine turboprop from a trio of southeast Asian carriers, while its smaller Reims F406 stablemate has been given a boost following the acquisition of three of the types from the Mali government for special missions.
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PARIS: Irkut tests new wingbox for MS-21
Irkut president Alexey Fedorov said the carbon wingbox for the Irkut MS-21 regional jet was subjected to bench testing earlier this year as part of the next-generation narrowbody technology proving process.
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Paris: CSeries geared turbofan takes off
Pratt & Whitney's Bombardier CSeries PW1524G turbofan has completed its first flight on the company's Mirabel, Canada-based Boeing 747SP testbed.
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NewsPARIS: Boeing mulls 777-9X
With the show's attention focused on Boeing's as-yet undeclared plans for its 737, the airframer has revealed it is examining near- and long-term 777 improvements, including conceptual studies for aircraft it has dubbed the 777-8X and 777-9X, intended as a possible response to the updated Airbus A350-1000.
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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: 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.