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INTERIORS: Not a dry eye in-flight
Lufthansa Technik has ordered a CTT Cair humidifier to be installed in a VIP Boeing 747-8, having already installed the system in five wide and narrowbody...
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NewsINTERIORS: B/E shows off Lufthansa's new business class seat
B/E Aerospace (stand 5C55) is showing off Lufthansa's newest business class seat for the first time at the show.
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INTERIORS: Star carriers set to roll out common seat platform
Star Alliance will debut its new common seat platform on three carriers over the next year. Air China, Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa will roll-out the...
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INTERIORS: Cobra claims world's lightest seat design
Cobra UK (stand 5C17) is debuting what it claims is the world's lightest economy aircraft seat. The company says the breakthrough will cut average per-aircraft...
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INTERIORS: Lightweight seat contender pitches in
Pitch Aircraft Seating (hall B5, stand 5G50) is hoping to conquer the economy class retrofit market with its new lightweight seat.
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NewsJapan Airlines receives first two Boeing 787-8s
Japan Airlines (JAL) has taken delivery of its first two Boeing 787-8s, becoming the first airline to receive a 787 powered by the General Electric GEnx-1B engine.
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Asiasat's revenues rise
The Hong Kong-based regional commercial satellite operator AsiaSat reported its figures for 2011
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NewsNASA flies ADS-B transponder on Ikhana
NASA has flown an automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast transponder on a large unmanned air vehicle for the first time ...
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NewsEuropean defence industry nearing crisis, report warns
Europe's ability to develop next-generation combat aircraft has been dangerously eroded, and could reach "a point of no return", a new report warns ...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Back to the future for North State Aviation
MRO newcomer North State Aviation is bidding to capitalise on an emerging trend: the return to the USA of maintenance work previously outsourced beyond the nation's borders
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NewsBoeing Business Jets eyes up VIP Max customers
Boeing Business Jets has already begun pitching a VIP variant of the re-engined 737 Max - the BBJ Max - to potential customers for 2018-19.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Boom and bust, the regional jet phenomenon
Twenty years after the delivery of Bombardier's first regional jet, a change in market dynamics has seen orders for 50-seat regional jets collapse and production cease, with no successors planned.
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Shandong Airlines to add nine Boeing 737-800s
Shandong Airlines' board has approved plans to add nine Boeing 737-800s to the carrier's fleet this year to meet rising passenger numbers. The airline...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Airframes - the old order fights back
After the resurgence of Airbus and Boeing via re-engining programmes, new entrants must redouble efforts to dissuade airlines from sticking with their traditional single-aisle suppliers.
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NewsSikorsky tables new CH-53K proposal
The US Naval Air Systems Command is evaluating a proposal from Sikorsky to build four production-representative CH-53K Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters ...
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NewsJetstar Hong Kong eyes 7% market share by 2015
Jetstar Hong Kong expects to be profitable within three years of operations and to gain a 7% market share by 2015. The low-cost carrier (LCC), a joint...
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NewsAustralia's Quickstep completes first F-35 parts
Australian composites firm Quickstep has completed the first production parts it is making for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, with the firm hoping...
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NewsQantas pay dispute to undergo compulsory arbitration
Qantas Airways' pay dispute with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) is undergoing compulsory arbitration before Fair Work Australia (FWA). The Australian...
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NewsQantas, China Eastern Airlines to set up Jetstar Hong Kong
Qantas will set up a new low-cost carrier (LCC) in Hong Kong through a joint venture with China Eastern Airlines. The alliance will be done through...
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NewsFAA shelves icing overhaul
An effort to update commonly used definitions of icing accumulation used by pilots and controllers since 1968 is temporarily on ice after what federal officials...