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ILA: Diehl sees no need for further acquisitions
Diehl Aerosystems is planning no further acquisitions after the takeover of interior equipment specialist AOA later this year.
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NewsEBACE: Fokker proposes giant window to Boeing Business Jets
High net worth individuals are used to viewing the world through panoramic windows from penthouse apartments or luxury yachts – but when they step on their business jets they are restricted to peering through tiny windows.
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EBACE: UK business aviation association boss warns of border control 'disease'
The head of UK business aviation association BBGA has warned of a “disease” that could spread across Europe and add significant costs to business aviation operators.
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Airbus Helicopters sees big growth in leasing, finance options
Airbus Helicopters has observed increasing interest from leasing firms and the finance in the large helicopter market.
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ILA: Pressure mounts on Ariane 6 partners
Indications of intra-European discord over the plan for replacing the European Space Agency’s Ariane 5 heavy lift launcher that came to light on the eve of the show look set to be a main point of interest for ESA director general Jean-Jacques Dordain at his press briefing this morning.
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ILA: Roketsan, Airbus sign defence pact
Turkish company Roketsan has linked up with Airbus Defence & Space to investigate collaboration on several military aerospace projects, including the projected TFX fighter programme.
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ILA: Airbus pushes for radical propulsion leap
Airbus is literally powering ahead with its vision of a hybrid-electric regional transport aircraft – by preparing to begin serious development of the radical propulsion system on a Munich testbed that will be fully functioning within two years.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Falcon 8X laid bare
This is a very busy time for Dassault. Less than seven months after launching its all-new, large cabin Falcon 5X, the French airframer has introduced a new business jet to sit at the head of its family of high-end, twin- and tri-engined business jets
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NewsILA: Sea Lion to avoid past NH90 pitfalls, says Faury
The German navy’s planned Sea Lion version of the NH Industries NH90 will not incur the same level of development risk as earlier variants of the rotorcraft, the chief executive of Airbus Helicopters says.
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NewsEBACE: GE prepares to take on PT6A with new engines
GE Aviation plans to take on rival Pratt & Whitney’s market-leading PT6A with new engines in the 1,100-1,200 shaft horsepower and 1,800-2,000shp class, by developing a turboprop “centre of excellence” in Prague – the former Walter Aircraft Engines business it acquired in 2008.
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NewsEBACE: Bombardier unveils Global 7000 cabin
Bombardier is ready to show customers the fruits of four years of research with the unveiling today of the 33.7m (111ft) cockpit and cabin mock-up for its latest Global 7000 business jet.
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EBACE: GE on track to begin flight tests of Passport
General Electric is on track to begin flights tests of the Passport jet engine this summer, as it continues to carve out a growing share of business and general aviation markets, a top executive said yesterday.
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EBACE: Old faces return with new lease of life
A new name in executive jet leasing was launched at EBACE – but with some familiar faces at the helm.
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NewsEBACE: Race is on to deliver first BBJ 747-8
The race is on for the delivery of the first BBJ 747-8 head of state aircraft and Boeing Business Jets president Steve Taylor wants to be at the office in the front when the delivery happens sometimes in the next month.
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Aeroflot's Dobrolet cleared for June launch
Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary Dobrolet has received clearance to launch operations next monh.
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Russia and China to submit joint long-haul jet plan
Russia’s United Aircraft and China’s Comac are to submit a feasibility study on a jointly-developed long-haul passenger aircraft to their respective governments this summer.
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ILA: Product launch lifts Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins marked the first day of the ILA Berlin air show by launching its FMC-4000 series of flight and mission computers.
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ILA: Airbus demonstrates faith in A380
Sluggish sales of its flagship model have not dented Airbus’s insistence that the market for the A380 will grow as the number of international hub airports increases.
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NewsILA: DLR looks to the future with LamAiR concept
At German aerospace research agency DLR, modern composite technology is finally catching up with a 1970s fast jet vision of the future – to slash airliner fuel burn by up to 13% by using forward-swept wings.
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ILA: Getting ready for Clean Sky 2
Thursday’s ILA programme will bring together top European aerospace technology experts to discuss the objectives of the €4 billion ($5.5 billion) Clean Sky 2 next-generation aircraft research programme, which was given the green light earlier this month by EU member state governments.