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PARIS: Daher polishes up ENAC’s Trinidad cockpits
France's ENAC national school of civil aviation has contracted Daher-Socata to upgrade its 37-strong TB20 Trinidad fleet with Garmin's...
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PARIS: China and Safran extend long and fruitful friendship
China has extended its strategic partnership agreement with technology group Safran (hall Concorde). The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)...
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CIT taps Airbus for 50 A320neo aircraft
Lessor CIT Group has inked a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for 50 A320neo family aircraft. The order, when firmed, "will help us meet our...
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Opinion
Comment: To Mars and back – or a bust-up?
Five hundred days locked in a windowless container outside Moscow sounds like some sort of Soviet-era re-education scheme. It would certainly be enough to...
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PARIS: IAI builds nanosatellites for scientific applications
Israel Aerospace Industries (chalet A206) is building and integrating nanosatellites for scientific applications.
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PARIS: TransAsia signs for six A321neos
Taiwanese carrier TransAsia Airways has placed a firm order for six Airbus A321neos.
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Interview
PARIS: Interview: AgustaWestland chief executive Bruno Spagnolini
Bruno Spagnolini - newly appointed chief executive of AgustaWestland - tells Flightglobal how the company is dealing with declining European markets by pursing a growing number of overseas joint ventures, and details progress on several new programmes.
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PARIS: Norwegian signs for 15 more 737s, firms 787s
European low-cost operator Norwegian has ordered another 15 Boeing 737-800s, taking to 78 the number it has ordered from the US manufacturer.
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PARIS: CMC moves from strength to strength with cockpit upgrades
Flight testing of a Chilean air force Lockheed Martin C-130 with an upgraded cockpit from Quebec-based Esterline CMC Electronics (hall 5, stand B242) has been completed, with all planned test points achieved.
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Sydney and Melbourne flights hit by ash cloud
Disruptions to Australian air services have continued, affecting the country's two biggest cities Sydney and Melbourne, as an ash cloud resulted in the cancellation...
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PARIS: EADS calls for consolidation of Europe's UAV efforts
Europe risks diluting its unmanned air system capabilities and delaying a key security asset if its biggest military spenders fund rival medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) programmes, believes EADS.
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PARIS: Boeing looks to increase 777+ wingspan
Boeing is advancing toward a mid-decade series of incremental improvements to the 777 aircraft - dubbed the 777+ - which include the possibility of increasing the wingspan of the long-range twin, said vice-president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes business development Nicole Piasecki.
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PARIS: President Sarkozy opens Paris 2011
French president Nicolas Sarkozy shares a joke with Serge Dassault at the opening of the 49th Paris air show yesterday.
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PARIS: GKN seals CFRP recycling deal
GKN Aerospace took a step forward this month to cracking one of the big drawbacks of carbonfibre components: recycling.
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PARIS: AB Elektronik to showcase range of sensors
AB Elektronik, a division of TT electronics, will showcase its range of sensors for the aerospace sector at the Paris air show.
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PARIS: P&WC predicts engine step change
Pratt & Whitney Canada president John Saabas says a new turboprop engine being developed by the Montreal-based "small engine" arm of P&W US will exhibit a "step change" in performance over existing engines.
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PARIS: EADS targets Le Bourget for recruitment drive
EADS is on a mission at the show to recruit the best and brightest engineers that the industry has to offer. Jörg Kutzim, head of the EADS Recruitment Center, tells Flightglobal how the company is putting over 1,000 potential applicants through more than 20 workshops at Le Bourget as part ...
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PARIS: Saab's Gripen NG demonstrator visits Le Bourget
Saab's Gripen NG was due to touch down at Le Bourget as the crowds drifted away on Monday evening, with the manufacturer to showcase its new-technology fighter demonstrator to several delegations over the next two days.
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Tu-134 crashes on landing in Russia
Russian investigators are to open an inquiry after a Tupolev Tu-134 crashed at the airport of Petrozavodsk.
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PARIS: Selex Galileo takes wraps off new-look Falco UAV, cites Italian interest
Selex Galileo took the wraps off its new-look Falco Evo unmanned air vehicle on Monday, and also revealed Italian military interest in the extended-range model.