All air transport news – Page 778
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DUBAI: Garuda picks CFM Leap-1-A engines for A320neos
Garuda Indonesia has picked the CFM International Leap-1-A for its Airbus A320neo aircraft, and ordered CFM56-5B powerplants for its standard A320s and Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines for four more Airbus A330s.
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DUBAI: Thai Airways orders more V2500s
Thai Airways International has selected the International Aero Engines V2500 engine as it continues to expand its fleet of A320-series aircraft.
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DUBAI: L-3's Spydr demonstrator debuts at show
With regional demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft at a high, L-3 Communications' Mission Integration Division (MID) is giving a debut Dubai spin to its Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350ER-based Spydr
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DUBAI: Jet Aviation certificates G550 upgrade
Jet Aviation Dubai has completed the first Certification Foxtrot Basic upgrade on a Gulfstream G550 in the Middle East.
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DUBAI: Air Arabia picks Rockwell Collins IFE system
Air Arabia has selected Rockwell Collins' second-generation dPAVES in-flight entertainment system for 44 new Airbus A320 aircraft.
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DUBAI: R-R hands over 1,000th Trent 700 for A330
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific has taken deliveries of Rolls-Royce's Trent 700 into four figures, after accepting the 1,000th example of the turbofan for the Airbus A330.
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DUBAI: Face the facts with ATR CEO Filippo Bagnato
Filippo Bagnato is chief executive of Franco-Italian turboprop aircraft maker ATR, which has enjoyed a record year in terms of order intake some three decades after the venture was established.
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DUBAI: Emirates orders another 50 777-300ERs
Emirates has ordered an additional 50 Boeing 777-300ERs valued at $18 billion, the largest commercial aircraft order in the airframer's history.
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DUBAI: Maximus keen to grow humanitarian efforts
Maximus Air Cargo is keen to expand a humanitarian aid concept centred on reducing airlift costs and extend it to utilising spare capacity on flights.
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DUBAI: Honeywell signs another GoAir power deal
Honeywell has signed an agreement with GoAir for the installation and maintenance of 131-9A auxiliary power units (APU) on 10 more of the airline's new Airbus A320 aircraft.
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DUBAI: Permagard touts bio-coating efficiency benefits
Permagard is at the show promoting its bio-coating technology after winning a contract to protect all of Etihad's aircraft.
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DUBAI: CTT wins ACJ319 humidification contracts
CTT Systems has received an order from Airbus Corporate Jet Centre for Cair systems to equip two more ACJ319 aircraft, bringing to five the total number of systems ordered.
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DUBAI: 787 touches down at show
Boeing's 787 prototype ZA003 touched down at the show early on Saturday, sporting a new colour scheme after the airframer replaced the previous largely-white livery with its more familiar blue wave.
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Dubai: The great and the good celebrated at the Flightglobal Achievement Awards
Emirates Airline’s president Tim Clark, BEA AF447 investigation team, Sikorsky’s X2 pilot Kevin Bredenbeck and airline pioneer Burt Rutan have been named Leader, Innovator, Aviator and lifetime award winner in the third annual Flightglobal Achievement Awards.
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Oxygen problems, control loss led to UPS 747 crash
United Arab Emirates (UAE) investigators have detailed how a UPS Boeing 747-400 freighter crew struggled with the oxygen supply and battled against a loss...
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DUBAI: Emirates, Qatar could spring order surprises
Emirates and Qatar Airways each appear prepared to spring a surprise during the show and are likely to express initial reactions to Airbus's newly-disclosed delay of the A350.
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DUBAI: Goodrich signs support agreements with Emirates
Goodrich has signed a pair of support agreements with Emirates Airline. The first is a general terms agreement (GTA), which provides the framework for all future maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreements between Emirates and Goodrich
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ANALYSIS: Why Embraer’s narrowbody call could be smart move
Embraer's decision to focus on developing a major upgrade for its E-Jet family rather than following its rival Bombardier into a head-to-head fight with...
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DUBAI: ExecuJet shows off latest Bombardiers
ExecuJet (stand E370) has put on static display at the show two Bombardier aircraft that have been added to its Middle East charter fleet: a Challenger 605...
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DUBAI: Fresh speakers announced for training conference
Captain Jacques Drappier, senior training adviser for Airbus (stand W860), and Othman Al Khoori, vice president human resources administration for Abu Dhabi...