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Cessna Skycatcher China factory to open in 2011
Shenyang Aircraft's plans to have a new manufacturing plant and flight-test centre for the Cessna 162 Skycatcher light sport aircraft have been delayed until 2011.
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Business jet market: outlook positive but recovery stalled, says UBS
Business jet prices are still falling - but approaching stability after two years of significant declines. However, overall market conditions remain depressed...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
B/E AEROSPACE The cabin interior supplier has secured more than $250 million in orders from nine airlines and leasing companies for its new lightweight economy...
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IAE aims to recapture market share as output rises to record levels
International Aero Engines expects to reverse its decline in market share on the Airbus A320 family this year as record production starts to bring it back...
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This Week Briefings
The Nigerian air force has accepted its second of two ATR 42 maritime patrol aircraft from Alenia...
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EA500 owners behold new Total Eclipse
Eclipse 500 very light jets are again for sale seven months after the New Mexico-based factory reopened its doors. The factory's new owners on 29 March...
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Comment: Devil and the details
The International Civil Aviation Organisation's high-level safety conference must persuade states to deal with the fine points if the global aviation community is to cut accident rates
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Business briefs
Mega-lessor International Lease Finance has lost its second chief executive in the space of two months, after John Plueger retired with immediate effect
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C-130J deal nets $2.3bn offset package for Canada
In return for the $1.4 billion acquisition of 17 C-130J airlifters by Ottawa, Canadian aerospace industry will reap $2.3 billion in offsets over the life...
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Kong Kong's HAECO increases stake in Xiamen subsidiary
Maintenance, repair and overhaul firm Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) has increased its stake in Taikoo Xiamen Aircraft Engineering (TAECO). HAECO...
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First F-15SGs arrive in Singapore
Singapore has flown home its first Boeing F-15SG fighters, just under a year after taking delivery of the first examples. Republic of Singapore Air...
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Virgin Blue orders CFM56-7BE engines for new 737s
Australia's Virgin Blue has ordered the CFM International CFM56-7BE engine as part of last week's deal for 50 Boeing 737 aircraft.
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USAF rules out new F-15s and F-16s to narrow ‘fighter gap’
Delays and cost overruns for the Lockheed Martin F-35 have not changed the US Air Force's plans to deactivate about 250 fighters later this year, says its...
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Qatar Airways studies re-engined A320 alongside CSeries
Upgraded Airbus single-aisle family in frame as negotiations continue with Bombardier over possible CSeries order
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The future is electric for general aviation
Biofuels and fuel cells are touted as the future sources of power for flight but batteries are now on the cusp of commercial breakthrough
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Evektor pitches at the utility market
The Moravian light sport aircraft specialist is pitching for the utility market with its EV-55 twin. Will it make it off the ground?
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Re-engining - what might need changing?
TECHNOLOGY re-engining - Not just a new powerplant? Airbus and Boeing have given little away about how they would tackle the re-engining of their...
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Re-engined single-aisles - who might launch?
EVALUATIONS AIRBUS SOUNDS OUT THE MARKET As Airbus moves towards a near certain launch of its proposed re-engined A320 family, it is canvassing...
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Engine change - what next for the single-aisle builders?
Re-engined Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies could challenge Bombardier's CSeries, but will upgrading current single-aisle aircraft be that simple?
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European general aviation: Making a noise
As Europe's largest general aviation show Aero Friedrichshafen kicks off in Germany on 8 April, our special report turns the spotlight on the key issues...