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PARIS AIR SHOW: Vietnam Airlines 'can't get new Airbuses soon enough'
Vietnam Airlines wants delivery of its just-ordered 16 Airbus A321s "as soon as possible", according to a distinctly upbeat Pham Ngoc Minh, the carrier's president and chief executive, who signed the formal order for the aircraft in a ceremony at the Paris air show.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: GEnx-2B for 747-8 close to completing testing
GE's GEnx-2B engine for the new Boeing 747-8 is close to completing the first phase of its flight tests on GE's 747 flying testbed. The engines have run...
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Jet2 flies Boeing 737 with Pratt & Whitney parts in CFM56
Jet2 737 flies with PMA parts A Boeing 737-300 of UK leisure carrier Jet2 has become the first aircraft to begin flying with Pratt & Whitney-supplied...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Susi Air receives third PC-6
Pilatus's Franz Odermatt hands over Susi Air's third PC-6 Porter yesterday to airline founder Susi Pudjiastuti. The type - at 50 years old...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: EADS chief engineer champions green technologies
EADS champions green favourites Composites with reduced riveting requirements, algae-based biofuels and hydrogen fuel cells are the environmental technologies...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: IAE wins new engine business from Air China
Air China has selected the International Aero Engines V2500 to power 22 Airbus A320/A321 aircraft through a new contract valued at $700 million. Deliveries...
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PARIS AIR SHIOW: Gulf Air owner opts for CAE simulators
Gulf Air owner opts for CAE simulators CAE has sold two more full-flight simulators and a support package to Bahrain's government investment house...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Taiwan's AIDC invited to participate in Chinese aircraft programme
Taiwan's AIDC to bid for Comac contract Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation has been invited to become a supplier for Commercial...
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PARIS 2009: ACG to partner on new Egyptian lessor joint venture
US lessor teams with Egyptian shareholders US lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) is teaming with Egyptian private and public shareholders to establish...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: CAE to help build virtual CSeries for total testing
Montreal, Canada-based simulator manufacturer CAE (hall 3, C38) is working with Bombardier (hall 2E, E111) to produce the first full flight simulator for the CSeries next-generation single-aisle twinjet
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NewsPARIS AIR SHOW: Bombardier eyes 2012 CSeries first flight as development picks up
Bombardier has reached the joint definition phase of its CSeries programme and has confirmed the airliner will fly in 2012.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: GE and ST Aerospace gear up for GEnx support
GE and ST Aerospace gear up for GEnx support GE Aviation and ST Aerospace are assembling tooling for customer support of the GEnx engine powering the...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Aerospace Valley brings over 100 exhibitors to Paris
Aerospace Valley brings 100 exhibitors to Paris Probably the biggest regional cluster exhibiting at the show is France's Aerospace Valley. The area...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Can open rotor deliver?
Airbus and Boeing have a big dilemma on which engine technology they should select for the new aircraft generation to replace the best-selling A320 and 737...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Spring in Bonatre's step after wave of success
Bonatre (hall 4 C102) has made the short journey to Le Bourget from its base some 60km (37 miles) away...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Boeing and GE partner on Bondtracer
Boeing and GE partner on Bondtracer With 787 first flight targeted for the end of this month, Boeing and GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies are looking...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Face the facts with Eric Dautriat, executive director of the Clean Sky JTI
Eric Dautriat has just become executive director to head the Clean Sky joint technology initiative, a huge public/private research effort that could give Europe the edge in developing vital green aviation technologies. His entire professional career has been spent within the aerospace industry, most notably heading the development of the ...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Botti bemoans engineer shortage
Europe needs to train an extra 25,000 engineers a year to meet the needs of its industry, with 10,000 required in France...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Atlantic Airways signs up for CFM56s
Real live contract signings look like they will be thin on the ground here at Paris, but Atlantic Airways, the national carrier of the Faroe Islands, did...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Atlas Composites flexes aerospace muscle
Atlas Composites (hall 2B, F101) is expanding on the back of new contracts and prestigious supplier approvals.