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EasyJet to offer big maintenance opportunities in 2015
EasyJet is to retender 95% of its maintenance and engineering spend by 2015 in a bid to gain "meaningful savings".
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DUBAI: Emirates encouraged by smooth A350 tests
Emirates is gaining confidence that the Airbus A350 will meet the airline’s expectations, after being encouraged by the state of the test-flight programme.
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NewsDUBAI: Air Algerie takes A330 for long-haul renewal
Air Algerie is intending to take three Airbus A330s as part of the airline’s fleet-renewal programme.
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DUBAI: Raytheon pitches airport capacity lift from new radar
Raytheon is seeing strong interest Middle Eastern countries in new radar technology that could better identify wake vortexes from large aircraft, such as the Airbus A380, and increase runway capacity.
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NewsDUBAI: Emirates influence will make 777X a best-seller
Emirates Airline believes that its input in shaping the Boeing 777X, far from ‘Emiratising’ the twinjet, will turn it into a best-selling platform.
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NewsDUBAI: Iraqi Airways signs LOI for up to 16 CS300s
Iraqi Airways has signed a letter of intent to take up to 16 Bombardier CS300s at the Dubai Airshow.
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NewsDUBAI: Boeing and Tawazun in joint manufacturing deal
Boeing and Abu Dhabi’s Tawazun Precision Industries will establish a production facility to produce metal parts and eventually subassemblies for defence and commercial aerospace projects.
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DUBAI: Thailand's Nok launches high capacity Q400
Thai carrier Nok is to become the launch customer of Bombardier's extra seating capacity option for the Q400 after placing a firm order for two of the type.
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NewsDUBAI: Business as usual for Jetex at Dubai World Central
Dubai World Central, new home of the air show, is fast becoming the city’s hub for business aviation too.
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NewsDUBAI: Boeing bullish on military derivatives
Boeing foresees strong market potential for military aircraft derived from its commercial aircraft.
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NewsDUBAI: Engine Alliance studies sweeping changes for GP7200
The Engine Alliance joint venture is studying sweeping design changes for the GP7200 – up to a new centreline engine – in response to demands for better performance from top Airbus A380 customer Emirates.
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DUBAI: Lockheed lays down the law on F-16 upgrades
Lockheed Martin believes that its status as the original manufacturer of the world’s F-16 fleet gives it an edge in the competitive market to upgrade the venerable type.
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NewsDUBAI: Airbus reveals long-term forecast for A400M
Airbus Military’s Dubai debutant A400M might have reached the international market too late to vie for the Middle East region’s recent investment in large transport aircraft, but the company hopes to “reverse this situation very soon”.
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DUBAI: LHT eyes airframe MRO in Middle East
Lufthansa Technik expects base maintenance to become a key growth driver in the Middle East and would consider setting up a facility in the region with a local partner, the German MRO specialist says.
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NewsDUBAI: Embraer confident E2 will not hit E-Jet sales
Embraer is confident that it will announce more orders for its current generation of E-Jets, even as sales efforts on the E2 series ramp up.
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DUBAI: Air Serbia to take 10 A320neos from Etihad order
Air Serbia is to acquire ten of the Airbus A320neos ordered by shareholder Etihad Airways earlier during the Dubai air show for its own fleet renewal.
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NewsDUBAI: Alenia-ATK team gunning for first MC-27J exports
An Alenia/ATK team will modify six Italian air force transports into MC-27J Pretorian gunships and command and control aircraft, opening the export market for large armed cargo aircraft for the first time.
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NewsDUBAI: Piaggio flies HammerHead UAV for first time
Piaggio Aero has flown a technology demonstrator of its P.1HH HammerHead unmanned air vehicle for the first time – releasing video of the 14 November maiden sortie at the show yesterday.
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NewsDUBAI: Royal Jet looks to replace fleet by 2020
The world’s biggest Boeing Business Jet operator, Royal Jet, is opening its doors to Airbus and Bombardier to challenge Seattle for a deal to replace its entire fleet by 2020.
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NewsDUBAI: Falcon swoops for first PC-24
Pilatus’s first business jet, the PC-24, got off to a flying start at the show yesterday with a letter of intent from Falcon Aviation Services, the Abu Dhabi-based helicopter and business jet operator.