All Engines articles – Page 203
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PARIS: Virgin Atlantic extends EcoPower engine wash agreement
All red - and green - Virgin Atlantic has extended its EcoPower engine wash agreement with Pratt & Whitney for its General Electric CF6-powered Boeing 747 fleet.
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PARIS: Bodycote’s Mexican site nears completion
UK-based thermal processing specialist Bodycote plans to open its new vacuum heat treatment facility in Empalme, northwest Mexico, by the end of September
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PARIS: Boeing roughly defines 787-10X performance
The conceptual Boeing 787-10X, a stretch of the 787-9 due for entry into service in 2013, will have seating for 320 passengers and a range capability of 6,900nm
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PARIS: Issoire's Simba purrfect for full-scale manufacture
French aerostructures and aircraft manufacturer Issoire Aviation received type certification for its APM 40 Simba piston-single this morning.
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NewsPARIS: Massive AirAsia deal caps Airbus order frenzy
Low-cost carrier AirAsia finally let everyone fully in on the worst-kept secret at the Paris show, with a spectacular firm order for 200 A320neos.
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NewsPARIS: AirAsia places 200-strong A320neo order
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia has placed a firm order for 200 Airbus A320neo twinjets. They will be powered by CFM International Leap engines.
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NewsParis: AFI KLM E&M eyes new aircraft and locations for growth
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance grew revenue by 6% and increased profit by 76% in 2010 compared with the previous year. But the Franco-Dutch maintenance provider has warned that the industry crisis is "definitely not over."
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NewsPARIS: Qatar threatens to cancel A350-1000s after upgrade disappointment
Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways has warned that it may abandon its A350-1000 order if the recently unveiled redesign fails to provide a sufficient...
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Republic cites ‘significant incentives’ in Leap selection for A320neos
Citing and intense competition between CFM and Pratt & Whitney to power 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, Republic concluded that CFM "stepped up with significant...
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NewsPARIS: Engine Alliance cuts another 50 pounds from GP7200
Engine Alliance partners GE and Pratt & Whitney say they have cut another 22.7kg (50lb) from the 6,712kg (14,800lb) weight for its GP7200 turbofan for the Airbus A380, part of a larger Airbus programme to trim five tonnes of excess weight from the jumbo.
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NewsPARIS: Repaired A380 takes flight at Le Bourget
Three days after a taxiing prang temporarily grounded it, an Airbus A380 test aircraft was flown at Le Bourget yesterday. "Love is in the air again!" crowed the manufacturer on Twitter.
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PARIS: IndiGo firms A320 MOU
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has firmed up its order for 180 Airbus A320s, including 150 A320neos, following a memorandum of understanding signed in January.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus and Boeing order round-up
Airbus (chalet S3 418) has identified its first potential customer for the A319neo after Frontier Airlines's parent, Republic Airways Holdings, tentatively...
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PARIS: Tentative Republic 80-Airbus deal includes 40 A319neo
US carrier Frontier Airlines' parent Republic Airways Holdings has tentatively signed to take 40 Airbus A319neos and 40 A320neos.
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PARIS: Comac's C919 benefits from Neo launch
The launch of the Airbus A320neo programme has had a side benefit for the indigenous Chinese Comac C919 aircraft project.
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Qantas reaches settlement with Rolls-Royce over QF32
Australia's Qantas Airways reached an agreement with Rolls-Royce in relation to the uncontained engine failure on an Airbus A380 in November.
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PARIS: Aircelle preps A380 nacelle improvements
Aircelle is readying improvements to A380 nacelles as part of an Airbus programme to increase the reliability of the superjumbo.
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PARIS: GECI notches up Skylander orders
GECI International has notched up 30 orders at the show for its Skylander SK-105 twin-engine turboprop from a trio of southeast Asian carriers, while its smaller Reims F406 stablemate has been given a boost following the acquisition of three of the types from the Mali government for special missions.
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PARIS: Irkut tests new wingbox for MS-21
Irkut president Alexey Fedorov said the carbon wingbox for the Irkut MS-21 regional jet was subjected to bench testing earlier this year as part of the next-generation narrowbody technology proving process.
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Paris: CSeries geared turbofan takes off
Pratt & Whitney's Bombardier CSeries PW1524G turbofan has completed its first flight on the company's Mirabel, Canada-based Boeing 747SP testbed.