All Orders & Deliveries news – Page 119
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Hainan looks to buy more aircraft leasing assets beyond Allco
Hong Kong Aviation Company (HKAC), a consortium that includes Hainan Airlines (HNA) Group and Bravia Capital Partners, is in advanced discussions with lessors...
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AirAsia and Jetstar ink wide-ranging cooperation agreement
Low-cost carriers Jetstar and AirAsia have formed a new alliance that will allow them to study the joint purchase of new aircraft, cooperate in ground and...
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Boeing confident on 2010 delivery financing
Airframer predicts that funding gap will be in same ball park as last year's $2.5 billion
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Comment: The people's plane
As Boeing gets ready to fly the next generation of 747, it has just delivered the last of the original. The Jumbo's remarkable journey over the last 40 years saw it transform the world
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Chapter closes as Boeing finally delivers last of original 747s
Boeing has finally - and quietly - delivered the last of the original 747 family off the line, a -400ER Freighter (MSN 37304).
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Australia prepares for air tanker trials
The Australian state of Victoria will deploy a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 on firefighting missions from January in the first trial of a very large airtanker...
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Air India to reduce fleet by one third
Air India plans to reduce its fleet size in an effort to cut costs, mainly by retiring older aircraft and returning leased aircraft.
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Australia's Cobham inks A$170 million deal with Chevron
Cobham Aviation Services Australia has leased two Avro RJ100s from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, and signed a long-term extension for a BAe 146-300 it already...
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Aerovironment expects full-year growth
Aerovironment expects full-year revenue growth of 18-22% for its year to end-April 2010 on the...
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Glitter leads to grindstone
Hard work of testing follows celebrity launch for Virgin Galactic's suborbital ambitions
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PICTURES & VIDEO: Boeing clears 787 to fly 15 December
Boeing has officially set 15 December at 1800 GMT (1000 PT) for the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner after receiving final approval from the US Federal...
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Emirates secures A380 financing
Emirates Airline has underscored its own "secure financial position" despite the debt clouds hanging over its Dubai home by detailing the financing for its...
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Split widebody order by United casts new light on 777 replacement
United Airlines' decision to split its long-awaited widebody order evenly between the Airbus A350 XWB and the Boeing 787 has intensified pressure on the...
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GE Aviation prepares for H80 certification testing
GE Aviation Czech is set to begin, by year-end, certification testing of its new 800shp (600kW) H80 turboprop engine which is targeted at the utility, agriculture and business and general aviation aircraft markets
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Ice and heat concerns prompt R-R Trent modifications
European safety regulators are extending fuel-icing prevention modifications to Airbus A330/A340s powered by Rolls-Royce Trent engines. Meanwhile, Boeing...
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Nigerian Eagle looks to renegotiate Embraer order
Nigerian Eagle Airlines, formerly Virgin Nigeria, is looking to convert its Embraer aircraft order to a lease arrangement and, if unsuccessful, may tap rock-bottom...
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Avient MD-11F crashes at Shanghai days after delivery
Investigators in China have opened an inquiry after a Boeing MD-11 freighter, newly introduced to cargo carrier Avient Aviation, crashed on departure from Shanghai.
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Gippsland Airvan gets green light from USA and Europe
Australian general aviation manufacturer Gippsland Aeronautics has received US Federal Aviation Administration
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GE acquires performance-based navigation firm, Naverus
GE Aviation has acquired Washington-based Naverus, a 60-employee company that develops required navigation performance (RNP) and other performance-based...
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Freight operator Avient starts bringing in MD-11Fs
Cargo airline Avient Aviation, which until now has operated exclusively McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 freighters, is poised to take delivery of its first Boeing...