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News
Engine Alliance claims lead over Trent 900
Engine Alliance is confident it can maintain or extend the 1% fuel burn advantage it claims for its GP7200 on the Airbus A380 over the rival Rolls-Royce Trent 900 through systematic upgrades over the coming years.
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PARIS 2009: SR Technics details reduced check times
SR Technics has unveiled details of of the reductions in maintenance check durations that it is achieving following a concentrated effort under new CEO Bern...
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Airbus must convince suppliers production plan is 'not built on sand'
Airbus admits that it must convince sceptical suppliers that it has adjusted production rates sufficiently, based on its evaluation of customer delivery requirements.
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NewsAirbus and Boeing concur on likelihood of 2010 recovery
Airbus and Boeing may have endured their worst Paris air show for a generation sales-wise, but both were...
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Thai Airways appoints president and secures bank loans
Thai Airways International has appointed the country's former energy minister as its new president and the loss-making national carrier and it has also secured...
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Snecma launches $840m new narrowbody engine R&D project
French engine manufacturer Snecma has secured a €300 million ($419 million) loan to help fund the development of a new generation of narrowobdy powerplants.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Olympic signs deal for Bombardier Q400s
Greece's newly privatised Olympic Airlines has ordered eight Bombardier Q400 regional turboprops and placed options on a further eight of the type
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Boeing begins final assembly on first ANA 787
Boeing has begun final assembly of the first production 787 ahead of first delivery early next year to launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA).
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Opinion
Comment: credibility gap
With the 787 first flight close, Boeing should have been the toast of the show. But the airframer took body blows from clients who had a few choice words for the Americans in Paris
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GEnx-2B for 747-8 close to completing testing
General Electric's GEnx-2B engine for the Boeing 747-8 is close to completing the first phase of its...
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Stepping up the support
Armenian flag carrier Armavia has signed the first customer agreement covering support of the PowerJet SaM146 engine that powers the Superjet 100.
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2009 Airline IT Trends Survey: Technology developments
The growth and popularity of web and mobile services look set to overshadow kiosks as a check-in channel, but there is plenty of life left in the kiosk as a self-service channel
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Boeing's A350 counter-attack too smart or too late
Boeing's top brass have finally come clean about the options under evaluation for a counter attack against Airbus's A350-1000, but a key customer - Qatar...
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Pacific Splash: New entrants make waves in Australia-US market
A quiet duopoly in the Pacific is turning into a four-way fight as two new entrants dive into the market
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Interview
Interview: Korean Air chief executive Cho Yang-ho
Though facing challenges of the economic slowdown and a weak local currency, Korean Air chief executive Cho Yang-ho continues to set his sights on the long-term
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Final countdown begins for 787's maiden flight
Boeing was due to undertake the 787's formal flight readiness review on 20 June, which should clear the way for...
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NewsPARIS AIR SHOW: Wizz Air agrees to take 50 more A320s
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has tentatively agreed to acquire another 50 Airbus A320 aircraft.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: China Southern turns to PW for new A330s
China Southern Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney's new PW4170 Advantage70 engines to power the 10 new Airbus...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Gulf Air does good business at Paris
Gulf Air is making a major splash at Paris in a bid to re-establish itself as a major player in the Middle East and to put its Bahrain airport hub on the map
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Bombardier in apparent manufacturing first with CSeries wing
Bombardier appears to have scored a manufacturing first with its specially designed...