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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Thales displays latest in IFE technology
Thales has been handed the ideal opportunity to show off its latest in-flight entertainment and connectivity innovations at the show, thanks to the presence...
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FARNBOROUGH: Interview with Woodward Governor CEO Tom Gendron
Woodward Governor enters the Farnborough air show with a long to-do list. In the last 12 months, the Colorado-based actuation and fuel controls supplier...
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NewsSpirit AeroSystems on track despite tornado damage
It is tempting to invoke the miraculous after nobody was killed or injured when a massive tornado rolled over nearly all of Spirit AeroSystems' sprawling...
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FARNBOROUGH: Interview with GEnx programme chief Chuck Nugent
Chuck Nugent, GE Aviation's general manager of the GEnx programme, plans to be travelling a bit more than usual for the second half of this year. That's...
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FARNBOROUGH: Aeromexico selects Rockwell Collins avionics for 737-800s
Aeromexico has selected Rockwell Collins's communications, navigation and surveillance systems for 10 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The deal includes its...
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FARNBOROUGH: Thomas Cook selects Rockwell Collins avionics for new Airbus fleet
Thomas Cook Group has chosen Rockwell Collins's multiscan threat detection system and GLU-925 multimode receiver for its new Airbus A320 and A321 fleet....
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FARNBOROUGH: Indonesia places follow-on order for Super Tucanos
Embraer (A17-18) has received a follow-on order for eight more EMB 314 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft from the Indonesian air force, a top company...
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FARNBOROUGH: Winbro debuts engine cooling solutions
New technologies for cooling gas turbine aero-engines are on show at Farnborough for the first time at the Winbro Group Technologies booth (H1/B14).
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FARNBOROUGH: MRAS expands partnership with Aviall
General Electric's subsidiary Middle River Aircraft Systems (MRAS) has selected Aviall (H4/H4) as exclusive distributor of thrust-reverser components for...
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FARNBOROUGH: AgustaWestland signs agreements for AW609 engines, avionics and flight computer
AgustaWestland has signed key agreements to equip the AW609 tiltrotor aircraft with engines, avionics and a flight control system. Pratt & Whitney...
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FARNBOROUGH: Qatar unveils first 787 at show
Qatar Airways (chalet C27-28) chief executive Akbar Al Baker unveiled his new Boeing 787 during the opening day of the Farnborough air show, but he will...
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FARNBOROUGH: Moyola Precision Engineering is first firm from Northern Ireland to win ADS's SC21 award
Moyola Precision Engineering (H2/B15), the Northern Ireland-based aerospace manufacturer, is celebrating being the first company from the province to win...
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FARNBOROUGH: Volvo sees future growth under GKN
Volvo Aero is optimistic it will expand its engine component production range as a result of a planned takeover by UK aerostructures specialist GKN Aerospace....
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus patent details ejectable flight recorders
Flight recorders that are jettisoned when aircraft dynamics suggest a crash is imminent could speed up air accident investigations, according to a US patent...
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FARNBOROUGH: Stray comment hints at 787-9 assembly plan in Charleston
A Boeing customer may have given away a secret plan to assemble the 787-9 at the airframer's new factory in North Charleston, South Carolina. While...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Israel's Arkia signs for A321neo
Airbus is broadening its presence in Israel after the second-largest operator, Arkia, became the first in the country to sign for the re-engined A320 family.
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British Airways launches Heathrow slot-backed bond issue
British Airways has launched a £454 million ($704 million) financing package backed by slot pairs at London Heathrow airport and its new wholly-owned transatlantic...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Swiss chooses Rockwell Collins' dual head-up display for CSeries
Swiss International Air Lines has selected Rockwell Collins' dual head-up guidance system for its new fleet of 30 Bombardier CSeries aircraft, which will be delivered from 2014.
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NewsDelta to introduce Boeing 717 in 2013
Delta Air Lines has finalised an agreement with Southwest Airlines and Boeing Capital to lease 88 Boeing 717-200s beginning in August 2013. The Atlanta-based...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Air Lease boss Udvar-Hazy credits engine tweak for clearing 737 Max scepticism
A major design change transformed an influential skeptic of the 737 only three months ago into one of its biggest advocates today. Steven Udvar-Hazy,...