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FARNBOROUGH: New lessor Avolon orders 12 Boeing 737-800s
New leasing company Avolon is ordering 12 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, becoming a new customer for the airframer. Disclosing the order at the Farnborough...
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FARNBOROUGH: Military helicopter market is in buoyant mood
Although global demand has declined since the Cold War, and although some new helicopter acquisition programmes have run into real difficulties, many air forces are investing heavily in improving their helicopter capabilities.
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FARNBOROUGH: Rolls-Royce outlines Advance engine plans
R-R focuses on new civil engine families With Rolls-Royce unconvinced by Airbus and Boeing proposals to tackle the single-aisle replacement market...
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FARNBOROUGH: Eurofighter makes strong sales, technology push
Eurofighter is at the show in force this week, with two Typhoons to take part in the flying display in dramatically different configurations.
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FARNBOROUGH: Vulcan XH558 joins Red Arrows for show fly-by
Two icons of the UK aerospace sector joined up yesterday to make a spectacular fly-by appearance at the show. Nine BAE Systems Hawks from the Royal Air Force's...
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Comment: Re-engining - stroke of genius or bad idea?
The industry has been waiting to hear whether Rolls-Royce would join the party - with or without its International Aero Engines partners - to offer a powerplant for re-engining today's single-aisle aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: TAG cautiously optimistic as business returns to airport
For years the name Farnborough has been synonymous with the international biennial air show but, for the global business aviation community, the brand now...
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FARNBOROUGH: Concorde day 2 question
Concorde is the subject of the latest book in Haynes' successful Owners' Workshop Manual series.
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FARNBOROUGH: Esterline investment boosts flares production
Esterline Defense Technologies is exhibiting at the show less than one month after opening a new manufacturing facility dedicated to producing infrared countermeasures...
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FARNBOROUGH: Hawker Beechcraft flies in armed AT-6 testbed
What do you get when you cross a basic trainer with one of the world's most potent ground-attack aircraft? Hawker Beechcraft believes it has the answer,...
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FARNBOROUGH: Gripen NG to fly in for show debut
Saab's Gripen NG demonstrator will touch down at Farnborough today for the first time, after making its debut air show appearance at last weekend's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
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FARNBOROUGH: Flybe presses industry for new regional jet
UK carrier Flybe is pressing manufacturers for a new form of regional jet to be available to the market within the next seven years.
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FARNBOROUGH: Thomson aims to be first 787 operator with connectivity
Thomson Airways aims to become the first carrier in the world to offer in-flight connectivity on the Boeing 787. The UK carrier, which will launch...
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FARNBOROUGH: Market will decide on single-aisle re-engining: Airbus and Boeing
Airbus and Boeing say the market will drive their decision on whether to go ahead with single-aisle re-engining plans after Rolls-Royce urged them to concentrate...
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FARNBOROUGH: A flight with the Blades satisfies a thrill-seeker
We take a flight with the only airline in the world to fly its passengers upside down, and see what is in store for guests of The Blades at this year's Farnborough show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Is a rotary revolution on the horizon?
Despite the astonishing versatility of the helicopter, conferred by its ability to take off and land vertically, many believe that today's rotorcraft are...
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FARNBOROUGH: Messier lands Thomas Cook A320 gear work
UK holiday carrier Thomas Cook Airlines has selected Safran Group's Messier Services division to provide support for Airbus A320 landing gear.
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FARNBOROUGH: Rolls-Royce opens new production cell for F-35 LiftSystem
Rolls-Royce has opened a new manufacturing cell to produce a key component of the propulsion system for Lockheed Martin's short take-off and vertical landing...
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FARNBOROUGH: MBDA targets concept weapons
Weapons manufacturer MBDA has unveiled the results of its company-wide "oncept visions" initiative that asked the firm's 10,000 employees to come up with product ideas for the future.
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FARNBOROUGH: Flybe taking Embraers for continental push
UK regional carrier Flybe is to start taking delivery of its newly-ordered Embraer 175 aircraft in September next year, while the firm part of the deal,...