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PARIS: Turkish picks CFM for Leap maintenance
Turkish Airlines has opted to have its Leap-1B engines maintained by their manufacturer, CFM International.
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PARIS: Air France-KLM's MRO unit to repair parts for Rolls-Royce
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance will repair parts for Rolls-Royce engines beyond the Trent XWB.
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PARIS: Viking targets China, Russia with Twin Otter
Viking Air's latest version of its Twin Otter, the DHC-6-400, stopped at Le Bourget this week before resuming a delivery flight to Africa.
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PARIS: City Airbus demonstrator to start flight tests in 2018
Airbus Helicopters is pushing ahead with its City Airbus urban mobility initiative and will launch flight tests of its four-person vertical take-off and landing concept demonstrator in 2018.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM CAE: 255,000 new airline pilots needed in the next decade
With 1.6 billion additional passengers taking to the skies over the next ten years, airlines around the world will be faced with an increasing demand for new airline pilots. This growth will challenge current pilot recruitment channels and development programs worldwide.
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PARIS: Hybrid Air Vehicles set to fly Airlander at Farnborough
Hybrid Air Vehicles is making its Paris debut but the first air show appearance of its radical Airlander hybrid airship is set to be at Farnborough next year, with the start-up keen to make the world's largest aircraft one of the stars of that show.
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PARIS: MRJ test pilot lauds aircraft's pitch control
Mitsubishi Aircraft test pilot Captain Akira Udagawa believes the smooth handling of the MRJ regional jet makes it stand out among its peers.
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PARIS: Solar Impulse founder joins Swiss helicopter project
Marenco Swisshelicopter (MSH) has offered a possible glimpse of its future with the latest appointment to its board, as management continues to reshape the business following the departure of its founder in late 2016.
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PARIS: How many laptop batteries could power a 747 to takeoff?
Although there is lot of talk these days about electronic aircraft, technology required to develop a large electric transport aircraft remains more than elusive.
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Safran introduces Euroflir
Safran has introduced its new Euroflir 410 airborne electro-optical sensor, which will be integrated on the French army’s new Patroller unmanned air vehicle.
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PARIS: Leonardo works to clear Falco for non-segregated airspace
Leonardo is working on certifying its Falco family of unmanned air vehicles for flight in non-segregated airspace, as part of a new services-based offering that it has introduced at the show.
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PARIS: GKN Fokker to complete Dutch head of state BBJ
GKN’s Fokker business is to design and carry out the completion on the Dutch government’s new Boeing Business Jet.
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PARIS: Irkut explores MC-21 wing configurations
Russian airframer Irkut has tested various configurations of the MC-21's high-lift devices during its latest flight.
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PARIS: Airbus unveils MRO alliance within digital strategy
Airbus has disclosed the six initial members of a new maintenance alliance which will capitalise on new digital capabilities being developed by the airframer.
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PARIS: Daher eyes US expansion opportunities
Daher is a long-established business from over here with big ambitions over there. The Paris-headquartered family firm – whose roots stretch back to the 19th century and with a portfolio that spans aerostructures and aircraft parts, supply chain management and the TBM turboprop – is at its home show to ...
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PARIS: Leonardo nets €100 million Chinese helicopter order
Leonardo and its Chinese distributor Sino-US Intercontinental Helicopter Investment (Shanghai) have inked a deal for 17 rotorcraft worth more than €100 million ($111 million).
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PARIS: Airbus Helicopters secures X6 launch aid approval
Airbus Helicopters has received a boost for its X6 with European Commission approval for €377 million ($420 million) of French and German funding for the programme.
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PARIS: Japan coast guard orders three H225s
The Japanese coast guard has ordered three Airbus Helicopters H225s.
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PARIS: Airbus VSR700 begins flight trials
A demonstrator version of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 has begun autonomous flight trials, some eight months after work began on the optionally-piloted vehicle.
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PARIS: Safran, Hanhwa power up engine for new helicopter
Safran and Hanhwa Techwin have conducted the first ground run of the Arriel 2L2 turboshaft engine that will power the developmental Korea Aerospace Industries' (KAI) Light Armed Helicopter (LAH).