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$1 billion A320 sale underlines recovery in Asia Pacific market
Mike Martin Airbus Industrie announced a $1-billion A320 family order from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), providing more evidence that the Asia-Pacific region is pulling out of its economic crisis. The order is for 23 aircraft, 20 A320s and three A321s, with deliveries from 2001 and 2008. Engine ...
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Extra ATRs for Eurowings
French-Italian manufacturer ATR announced a $68-million order for five ATR 42-500 aircraft at the show yesterday. The buyer is Eurowings. Deliveries are scheduled for the beginning of next year and will replace older ATR aircraft in the fleet. Richard Santner, chairman of Eurowings, says: "With this order, we ...
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Gulf Air celebrates with new and old
Gulf Air had plenty to celebrate yesterday as it took delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A330-200 at the show. It was Airbus's 30th birthday, an anniversary topped by Gulf Air which is celebrating 50 years of operations. Against a backdrop of the A330-200 and an Avro Anson, the ...
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Orders make it a great week for GE
Geoff Thomas "We're having one great week in Paris," says Jim McNerney, GE Aircraft Engines' president and CEO. Speaking at Le Bourget yesterday, McNerney was in bullish mood about the company's present position and future potential. "We're now an $11-billion outfit which is split 50:50 between engines and ...
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Phoenix economic council rising
Aerospace in Arizona is the theme of Stand F21 in Hall 5 where a number of companies have united to attract partners in the industry. "Aerospace is one of the most important business areas we want to focus on right now and Paris is the place to make ...
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Cocooned in your own little piece of heaven
Tamzin Hindmarch The Cocoon is not just a seat, it's a business traveller's dream. But will it catch on with the airlines? That is the $64,000 question. At a price a little above that, Avio Interiors' new super seat, which reclines to become a bed at the press ...
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Batchelor remains firmly married to aviation industry
Mark Hannant He may be one of the oldest swingers in town but veteran pilot and aviation magnate George Batchelor has lost none of the drive that has underpinned his 62-year love affair with the flying business. Having first flown at the age of 16 while a student ...
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New buyers knocking at Global Express door
Ian Verchere Bombardier Aerospace has found "two hot leads" for its new Global Express ultra-long-range business jet at this year's Paris air show, says business aircraft sales president John Lawson. They come on the eve of the new twin-jet's formal acceptance by its first corporate customer, a leading ...
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Volvo Aero strikes spares deal
Volvo Aero has signed a five-year deal with Boeing allowing it to sell surplus spare parts for the Boeing fleet worldwide. Boeing will continue to sell its own spare parts primarily through the Internet. The deal covers components which are no longer used in aircraft production. Volvo Aero, through ...
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Versatile engine on display
Motor Sich is showcasing its turbofan engine, designed for the Be-200 amphibian aircraft. First shown in Moscow in 1997 and still undergoing flight tests, the D-436TP is unique, says the company, in the short and medium-haul market for which it is intended. Major advantages are low fuel consumption ...
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Hamilton SunDstrand parts play big role in new PW6000 engine
Geoff Thomas The Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engine which is now in development will have more Hamilton Sundstrand content than any other engine to date, the newly merged company announced at Le Bourget yesterday. This major step-forward for Hamilton Sundstrand means that it has moved closer to its ...
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New 777 battery system launched
A new battery system for the Boeing 777 has been developed and launched by Eldec and Saft. The entire system can directly replace original equipment without the need for aircraft rewiring. Eldec is a Crane company. Saft is the battery division of Alcatel Cable. The new system consists ...
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Long-life ballscrews
Umbra's bid to attract customers outside the US and Europe has brought the ballscrew manufacturer back to Paris where it can be found in Hall 4/E4. The company manufactures ballscrews for aeronautic and industrial use. Very few changes have been necessary since the original design 50 years ago; Umbra ...
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No smoke problems with CSE Engineering
Steve Nichols Smoke in the cockpit is a pilot's nightmare and one of the biggest causes of air crashes according to official data. Recent incidents involving a Swissair Flight 111 and ValuJet Flight 592 prove just how difficult it is for pilots to see what they are doing ...
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Fighter rivals square off for Israeli contest
Tim Ripley A battle royal is developing between US giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin to win a $2.5-billion Israeli fighter order - lilaly the last big fighter contest of the century. Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak has put back until August the decision on buying more than 50 ...
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Elisra looks overseas for expansion
Steve Nichols Elisra Electronic Systems from Israel is a major supplier of electronic warfare (EW) systems to all branches of Israel's defence forces. Now the company, displaying at Exterior 22, is building a strong reputation with other worldwide customers too. Forces operating in areas where radar-guided surface-to-air ...
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IAE lets the market do the talking for new variant engine
Geoff Thomas International Aero Engines (IAE) has announced that it has begun to evaluate a new variant of its V2500 engine, which powers Airbus A320 family aircraft. The formal launch of the -A7 version could happen by the end of this year, says IAE president and chief executive ...
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Airbus predicts global demand for 15,500 aircraft
Mike Martin Airbus Industrie and Boeing unveiled their latest market forecasts at the show yesterday. There's broad agreement on the basic value of the business over the next 20 years, but interesting differences of view. Lift-off for a new standard in style, being set by Gulf Air ...
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Boeing identifies a need for intermediate twin-aisle aircraft
Tony Stephenson Over the next 20 years more than $1.38 trillion will be invested in new commercial aircraft, according to Boeing's Current Market Outlook report, launched at Le Bourget yesterday. Of that, more than $570 billion will be spent on intermediate twin-aisle aircraft such as the 767 and ...
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Business jet market sees growth through fractions
Karen Walker Who would have thought that selling aircraft bit by bit could end up being bigger business than selling them whole? Thanks to fractional ownership, that is where the business jet industry seems to be heading. It explains why some of the largest and most talked about ...