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Bombardier scoops rivals with Challenger sales
The Royal Jordanian Air Force and a fast-growing Turkish executive charter business have switched from long-established agreements with other manufacturers and ordered Challenger 604 business jets. The deals, announced at the show yesterday, were part of more than $200 million worth of sales revealed by Bombardier. "In the ...
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Dubai International Airport makes alliance with ENOC
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Strategic alliances are the name of the game in aerospace -so it comes as no surprise that the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is looking to forge new relationships...on the ground. Here at the airshow, ENOC and Dubai International Airport ground operator Dnata jointly commissioned a new ...
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Smiths inks contracts
Smiths Industries has announced at the show the inking of service deals worth more than £70 million ($110 million). British Aerospace has awarded the Product Support division of Smiths Industries a contract covering its avionics systems on the Hawk lead-in fighter aircraft ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force. ...
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Stamp of approval for B747
The Boeing 747 is set to make a remarkable achievement - when it lands on a doormat. The world's most famous aircraft is to appear on a US postage stamp. The B747 has been selected as part of a public ballot to nominate the most significant technological achievements of ...
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DHL introduces Convairs on Dubai route
DHL Worldwide Express is to triple capacity on its Dubai overnight delivery flights with the introduction of two Convair 580 turbo-prop freighters to the route. Announcing the news at Dubai 2000, DHL's Geoff Kehr says: "The addition of these aircraft to the Dubai route not only greatly increases uplift ...
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USAF appointments
Gen John Jumper is to take over as commander of USAF Air Combat Command. His present role as head of USAF Europe and commander NATO Air Forces Central Europe goes to Lt Gen Gregory Martin, deputy secretary of acquisition for the air force, who is promoted to general and is ...
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Top prop certificated
Hartzell Propeller has certificated a propeller upgrade for the single-turboprop Cessna Caravan that reduces noise by 8dB(A) below International Civil Aviation Organisation limits. The four-blade, 2.44m-diameter, Top Prop propeller also offers improvements in ground clearance. Source: Flight International
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Internet alternative
Skyjet.com has launched the USA's first real-time online business jet charter reservation service. The Internet service allows customers to enter where and when they want to travel and select from a list of up to 700 available aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Testing complete
Century Aerospace has completed a low-speed windtunnel test of its CA-100 Century Jet small business jet. Results met expectations, including docile wing stall, says the company, which is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The placement of the engine nacelles is to be fine-tuned and another series of windtunnel tests conducted ...
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BA opts for E&S visual system
US simulator systems manufacturer Evans & Sutherland is riding high at the show following the announcement that British Airways (BA) is to buy, for a second time this year, an E&S visual system for its third B777 training simulator. The order comes just a month after the same image ...
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Naffco has burning ambition
Naffco, the company that makes fire fighting equipment, is blazing a trail at the show (W840). The Dubai-based firm is a leading manufacturer in the Middle East, producing and distributing advanced fire fighting, fire protecting and fire detection systems. Vice-president Walid Al-Khatib says: "We always support the Dubai ...
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Replin has the market covered
UK aircraft interior fabric specialist Replin Fabrics (E843) is back in Dubai to present its range of ex-stock and bespoke quality aircraft interior fabrics. The Peebles, Scotland-based company counts top manufacturers Airbus and Boeing among its customers, and includes the Sultan of Brunei and the House of Commons on ...
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Saudis firm FLIR electronics deal
Saudi Arabia's Advanced Electronics (AEC) has signed a deal with Thomson-CSF Optrosys, based in France, to produce electronics for the Chlio WS Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) system. This follows on from AEC's earlier deal for the production of electronics for Thomson-CSF's Sophie thermal imager. Source: Flight Daily News
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European milestone in BBJ outfitting
Jet Aviation arrived at Dubai 2000 with the announcement of the delivery of the first Boeing Business Jet outfitted in Europe. The BBJ was delivered from Seattle to Jet Aviation Basel, the Boeing-designated completion centre in Switzerland at the beginning of the year. Interior design and completion of ...
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Flying Display
The proposed order of flying for today's (Wednesday 17th) display: 14.00 Red Arrows 14.21 Lockheed Martin F-16 14.28 Airbus Beluga 14.34 Dassault Rafale 14.43 Tupolev TU334 14.51 Mapo MiG 21 14.59 Ayers L610G 15.07 Boeing F-18 15.25 Dassault Mirage 2000 ...
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CAE double deal
Canada's CAE Electronics has done a double deal at the airshow on two full flight simulators (FFS) worth $35 million. Emirates signed up for the world's first Airbus Industrie A330-200 FFS which will be delivered in November 2000. And Jet Airways, a private domestic airline in India, bought a ...
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Smiths system choice
Boeing has selected Smiths Industries to supply an improved power management system for the US Army's AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter fleet. Development of the integrated electrical power management system (IEPMS) came in response to Boeing efforts to drive down production costs and the issue of parts becoming obsolete. ...
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Messier-Dowty man's new role
Global landing gear company Messier-Dowty has announced that Andy Stevens has been promoted to become chief operating officer of Messier-Dowty International. Stevens, who has been with the company for more than 20 years, was named MD of the company's European arm in October 1997 and has been on the ...
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Tool story
A bad workman wouldn't blame his tools if he got them from USAG exhibiting at W644. The firm's export manager Giovanna Negri says: "There's a big market for our products in the Middle East aerospace industry, so we're at Dubai 2000 promoting our full range." Source: Flight Daily News
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Cocooned in comfort
An aircraft 'super' seat, appropriately called the Cocoon, is on display in the Avio Interiors stand (W648). The executive mini-suite is described as "the bed in the sky" by Stefano Pozza, regional director of Avio Interiors. He adds: "The Cocoon seat converts into a flat bed, complete with privacy ...