News from FlightGlobal – Page 1168
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FARNBOROUGH: New lessor Avolon orders 12 Boeing 737-800s
New leasing company Avolon is ordering 12 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, becoming a new customer for the airframer. Disclosing the order at the Farnborough...
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FARNBOROUGH: Flybe presses industry for new regional jet
UK carrier Flybe is pressing manufacturers for a new form of regional jet to be available to the market within the next seven years.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Thomson aims to be first 787 operator with connectivity
Thomson Airways aims to become the first carrier in the world to offer in-flight connectivity on the Boeing 787. The UK carrier, which will launch...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Messier lands Thomas Cook A320 gear work
UK holiday carrier Thomas Cook Airlines has selected Safran Group's Messier Services division to provide support for Airbus A320 landing gear.
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FARNBOROUGH: Flybe taking Embraers for continental push
UK regional carrier Flybe is to start taking delivery of its newly-ordered Embraer 175 aircraft in September next year, while the firm part of the deal,...
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FARNBOROUGH: ACSS to partner US Airways for ITP tests
Thales and L-3 Communications joint venture ACSS has been selected by US Airways as a partner in Eurocontrol's in-trail procedure tests (IPT). ACSS...
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MAS to start Kota Kinabalu-Haneda service
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will launch thrice-weekly flights from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 15 November. Haneda will begin scheduled...
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FARNBOROUGH: Thomson aims to be first 787 operator with connectivity
Thomson Airways aims to become the first carrier in the world to offer in-flight connectivity on the Boeing 787. The UK carrier, which will launch...
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FARNBOROUGH: Thales avionics suite for A350 enters production
Thales Aerospace is at Farnborough showcasing the transition of the company's innovative TopDeck avionics suite for the Airbus A350 XWB from concept to reality...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Flybe orders up to 140 Embraer jets
UK regional carrier Flybe is to order up to 140 Embraer regional jet aircraft, of which 35 will initially be firm.
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FARNBOROUGH: Kartika firms 30-strong Superjet order
Indonesian carrier Kartika Airlines has, as expected, firmed a tentative agreement to take 30 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.The airline signed a firm order...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: GP7200 to power all 90 of Emirates' A380s
Emirates has confirmed that Engine Alliance's GP7200 powerplants will be fitted to the additional 32 Airbus A380 aircraft it ordered in June. The Dubai-based...
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FARNBOROUGH: Western engine for An-148?
Ilyushin Finance is in discussions with Western engine manufacturers about fitting new powerplants to the Antonov An-148 regional jet, says the leasing company's director-general.
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Botti's mission to turn EADS into a crucible of new thinking
EADS's chief technology officer Jean Botti wants to create a climate of innovation in the organisation
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Ring steers EADS through financial minefields
Accounting at EADS is complicated and equity is traded on stock exchanges in France, Germany and Spain
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EADS 10 - Airbus history
Despite A380 production blips and A400M delays, technological and marketing gambles have paid off for Airbus
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Business briefs
The board of France's privately controlled Zodiac Aerospace has unanimously rejected an approach from Safran regarding a potential "industrial combination" of the two companies.
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Business: Good week - Bad week
AIRASIA X Lotus Racing sported freshly placed logos from its newest sponsor at the British Grand Prix.
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FARNBOROUGH: Delta's Richard Anderson and ILFC founder Steven Udvar-Hazy take the top honours at the Airline Strategy Awards
Delta Air Lines chief executive Richard Anderson and ILFC founder Steven Udvar-Hazy took the top honours in last night's Airline Strategy Awards organised by Airline Business magazine, in partnership with executive search firm Spencer Stuart.
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Indigo Partners buys stake in Mexico's Volaris
US investment firm Indigo Partners has emerged as one of several new owners of Mexico's Volaris after two of the carrier's four founding partners elected...