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NewsThailand signs IRIS-T support deal with Diehl Defence
Diehl Defence has been awarded a support contract linked to the Royal Thai Air Force’s use of its IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile across multiple combat types.
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NewsQazaq Air could modernise fleet next year through Vietnam’s Sovico Group
Kazakhstan’s regional operator Qazaq Air could modernise its fleet early next year through a tie-up with Vietnam’s Sovico Group.
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NewsEl Al pursues controlling investment in Israeli credit-card company
Israeli flag-carrier El Al is seeking a meeting with representatives of the financial services and credit-card firm Isracard, after offering to acquire a 45% shareholding in the company. El Al is offering to purchase shares through a private placement, its chief executive Dina Ben Tal Ganancia states in a communication ...
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NewsAirAsia acquisition clears important hurdle with shareholder approvals
AirAsia X shareholders have backed the carrier’s acquisition of sister operator AirAsia, paving for the way for the deal to be completed by the end of the year.
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NewsAir New Zealand begins 787 cabin retrofit
Air New Zealand has started its cabin retrofit programme for its Boeing 787-9s, with the first aircraft inducted at ST Engineering’s Singapore facility on 13 October.
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NewsRecord number of Chinese military aircraft tracked around Taiwan
Chinese military activity around the self-governing island has been steadily increasing for several years, with a record-setting number of aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force identified during Beijing’s recent blockade exercise surrounding Taiwan.
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NewsSkyWest signs to fly 11 CRJ550s under United Express brand
US regional carrier SkyWest Airlines has secured a deal to fly a small fleet of MHIRJ CRJ550 regional jets on behalf of United Airlines starting in December.
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NewsL3Harris appeals selection of Sierra Nevada for US Army intelligence jet
Work on the army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System business jet-based intelligence programme is now paused, while auditors review the process by which the service selected Sierra Nevada Corporation over L3Harris.
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NewsMesa to stop flying CRJ900s for United and shift to all-E175 fleet as losses mount
US regional carrier Mesa Airlines intends to remove all MHIRJ CRJ900 regional jets from its fleet with United Airlines by March 2025, shifting to a smaller fleet composed only of Embraer 175s.
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NewsAbra closes acquisition of Wamos Air
Madrid-based Wamos Air has officially joined Abra Group, the parent company of Colombian airline Avianca and Brazil’s Gol, five months after the companies first announced the transaction.
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Paid contentCFM International at 50: Transatlantic bonds
Mathieu Gaillot says he has been on a ‘remarkable journey’ with CFM since he was chosen for a role on the newly launched LEAP programme as a graduate engineering recruit to Safran Aircraft Engines. Fifteen years later, focused on CFM RISE, he is still thriving on the ‘collaborative spirit of the team’
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Paid contentCFM International at 50: Pushing the boundaries - innovative technologies
From the CFM56 to RISE, the partnership between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines has been about a marriage of technologies and talents to create the very best propulsion products on the market
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Paid contentCFM International at 50: Maintaining a difference
Sophisticated health monitoring technology together with a global network of specialist MRO providers help keep CFM engines performing profitably for their operators over a long lifetime
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NewsAirbus defence division to shed 2,500 jobs, as challenges persist
Airbus’s defence unit is to reduce its headcount by up to 2,500 personnel, with the cuts driven by what it describes as a “continued complex business environment”.
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Paid contentCFM International at 50: Great minds
Marion Chambre describes experiencing live the first ground-test run of the LEAP engine as one of the highlights of her career. Eleven years on, the Safran Aircraft Engines engineer has a crucial role on CFM’s RISE demonstration programme
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Paid contentCFM International at 50: Sharing everything - how CFM engines are produced
Despite its transatlantic, dual-ownership structure, the principle behind how CFM International operates has remained true to its founders’ vision and proved successful
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Paid contentCFM International at 50: The start of something big:
How an unlikely partnership that needed presidential intervention to get off the ground and almost collapsed five years later went on to become the most successful ever jet engine manufacturer
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Paid contentCFM International at 50: Family affair
Mike Millhaem followed his father into GE Aerospace 15 years ago. During that time, he has made a remarkable contribution to two key CFM engineering efforts
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NewsRussia shot down its own UCAV to avoid capture by Ukraine, UK MoD says
The Russian military shot down one of its own unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) early this month, rather than risk the stealthy asset being captured by Ukraine, a western intelligence assessment has concluded.
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Paid contentCFM International at 50: A star on the RISE
Emily Davenport, a young engineer helping to design key technologies for CFM’s future narrowbody engine initiative, explains what motivates her in her job