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The living legend that is the Boeing 747
Some things don't change - a rain-dampened Le Bourget apron, the packed crowds that mark the Salon's public days and a major presence from Boeing. Crowds gather round the Boeing 747-100 at the 1969 Paris show for a look at the machine that changed the shape of air ...
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Face the facts with Gerard Laviec
Paris '99 will be something of a show anniversary edition for engine manufacturer CFM International. The company - a joint venture between General Electric and Snecma - is celebrating its 25th birthday, the 20th anniversary of its first orders, and during the show it will deliver the 10,000th CFM56 engine. ...
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More bite for Jaguars with upgraded Adour
Geoff Thomas The current upgrade programme for RAF Sepecat Jaguars has received a shot in the arm, as the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk106 engine has successfully completed altitude testing at Saclay in France. This moves the latest standard of engine a step closer to reaching qualification and entering ...
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Lockheed Martin 'on track' with JSF concept
Alan Dron Lockheed Martin's entry in the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition has grown in weight by no more than 25kg (60lb) over the past three to four months, a development the team yesterday described as "unprecedented" for an aircraft weighing in at 12,900kg. At a briefing ...
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NG737 clocks up largest-ever order
Alan Dron International Lease Finance (ILFC) yesterday announced plans for the largest order yet for the Boeing Next Generation 737 family and says it is looking carefully at the sub-100-seat market. Steven Udvar-Hazy, ILFC president and chief executive officer, says his company has agreed a firm order for ...
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Anniversary AWACS flies in to Paris today
A NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), in a special livery to mark the alliance's 50th anniversary, is due to arrive at the show today. Look out for the aircraft, scheduled to arrive around 10.00am, in a distinctive blue-and-white design featuring the flags of the 19 NATO ...
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Pan-European orders boost Embraer order book
Karen Walker European regional airline chief executives lined up at an Embraer press conference yesterday to announce a string of regional jet orders with a value that totalled $1.5 billion. This latest collection of sales brings Embraer's Paris air show firm and option orders' total to date to ...
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Dasa repeats tough line on Airbus change
Ian Verchere The president of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) says his takeover of the Spanish aerospace group Construcciones Aeronauticas (Casa) will strengthen Germany's hand in forcing a transformation of Airbus Industrie into a single corporate entity. Gustav Humbert, commenting on threats by German aviation minister Siegmar Mosdorf to withhold ...
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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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Meggitt starts show with multi-million bid
Meggitt laid out its stall on the eve of the show with a $380million bid for the Whittaker Group. UK-based Meggitt has followed a strategic acquisition policy to exploit niche markets in the aerospace industry. Whittaker's aircraft fire and smoke detection systems will make a good fit with its ...
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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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Passenger comfort from the bottom up
Mark Hannant The way to a man's heart may traditionally be through his stomach, but when it comes to the hearts and minds of business travellers it seems it's their bottoms that hold the key. The battle to hold position in the business- and first-class travel markets has ...
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Koreans aim to raise profile
South Korea's industry is well represented at the show with a number of companies exhibiting under a common banner in Hall 6/B5 in a bid to raise the nation's profile in the aerospace industries. Some, such as Samsung Electronics, are already household names around the world as suppliers of ...
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Merger partners eager to walk down the aisle
Karen Walker "Less of a merger and more of a marriage," is how AlliedSignal Aerospace president Bob Johnson views the proposed deal with Honeywell. And, in his opinion the sooner the wedding ceremony, the better. Speaking in Paris on the eve of the required "quiet time", during ...
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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 ...