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Adcom shows the way
Abu Dhabi-based Adcom (W902) is showing Garmin's new GPSMAP 295 for the aviation market, first deliveries of which should take place within a few weeks. The unit features a 16-colour display and many improvements over its predecessor, including the ability to load specific city data from a Garmin MapSource CD. ...
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JV opens Japan market for GE Engine services
GE Engine Services is moving into the Japanese market, having signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to acquire a controlling interest in an aircraft maintenance partnership between All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI). The resulting joint venture - in which ANA and IHI will maintain a ...
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Seat comfort draws on luck of the Irish
Mark Hannant/DUBAI An enterprising Irish company hopes to make long-haul flights more bearable with the unveiling at the show of its self-moulding seat cushioning technology. Long Haul Technologies, part of the Vita Cortex Group, has its airbag-based seat cushions now tested and approved for a 16-G environment and on ...
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Boeing scorns arguments for super-large aircraft
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Boeing is back... at least according to executive vice-president sales and marketing Seddick Belyamani. Speaking at the show yesterday he said that the Seattle-based company was back on course toward convincing its shareholders that the ills of the past decade are behind them. "Our goal is ...
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It's all a matter of scale
If you've always wanted your very own Lockheed Martin F-16 but couldn't afford the multi-million-dollar price tag, fear not. You can now get a much cheaper version, albeit the scaled-down variety, at the Long Prosper Enterprise stand at W782. The Taiwan-based model-making company has a huge selection of display aircraft ...
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Crash suspicion
US National Transportation Safety Board chairman Jim Hall has met privately with FBI director Louis Freeh to discuss which agency should lead the investigation into the crash of EgyptAir's Boeing 767-300ER. No final decision has been made on shifting control of the investigation, but additional analysis of the recently ...
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Dubai airport aims to lead in technology
An ambitious plan to make Dubai International Airport one of the most technologically advanced in the world is under way by Dnata Airport Services and Mercator, the IT subsidiary of the Emirates Group. Both have been commissioned by the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to set up an ...
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Volvo applauds China deal for GE engines
China Airlines' selection of General Electric engines for its 13 new Boeing 747-400 aircraft is good news for Volvo Aero which supplies components for the engine. The order value to the Swedish manufacturer is expected to be $25 million. The total order for CF60-80C2 GE engines is 52. ...
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Hableel-Nordisk target aerospace
Dubai's Hableel Engineering is expanding its aerospace business following a joint venture agreement with Nordisk Aviation Products, it was announced at the show. The deal covers marketing and maintenance of LD1 and LD3 containers across the Middle East and South East Asia. The maintenance work will be added to ...
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Big advances in new Honeywell display
Honeywell (E712) is promoting its new CD-820 flight management (FMS) Control Display Unit (CDU) which offers size, weight, power and display improvements over its predecessors. It will be available in February 2000. The CD-820 has a large, full-colour, 13.8in Active Matrix LCD and is designed to interface with Honeywell's ...
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African carrier opts for Ayres
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI One of the stars of the air display at Dubai 2000 has undoubtedly been the Czech-produced Ayres 7000 Regional Aircraft (née LET L-610) and yesterday at the show the manufacturer announced its first two sales. The two aircraft - including the one in the display - have ...
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Political thaw brings hint of new Middle East markets
The sun will set on the final day of Dubai 2000 with memories of a world-class show site and intriguing possibilities on the horizon in the Middle East. Like some mirage of the desert, the possibilities of new markets are glimpsed and become clearer. Likely civil aircraft deals in ...
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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