Engines – Page 266
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Airmotive investment in Dublin V2500 line back on
Maintenance firm Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland's (LTAI) planned $40 million investment in a new Dublin engine line will go ahead following union acceptance...
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Gulf Air awards new maintenance business to GE
Gulf Air has signed a 10-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement with GE Aviation after selecting CFM International CFM56-5B engines for 15...
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Clean Sky funding hold-up threatens Europe's active wing plan
A €400 million ($522 million) project to design and manufacture a revolutionary active wing could be snared by red tape. The project is one of the most high-profile...
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This week briefing
Following the 1 April fatal crash of a Eurocopter Super Puma, the manufacturer says that...
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NewsAirbus Tianjin on track to deliver first A320 in June
Airbus' new A320 assembly plant in China has already produced two aircraft and is on track to deliver its first before the end of June as scheduled. Airbus...
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NewsScaled admits WhiteKnight Two rudder problem
Scaled Composites has admitted to problems with the rudder on its WhiteKnight Two prototype...
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PICTURE: Swiss begins A330 roll-over as first -300 arrives
Undeterred by the global economic slump Swiss International Air Lines is pressing ahead with efforts to reinforce its identity as a premium brand with the...
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Boeing 787 programme tempo accelerates towards first flight target
Boeing has accelerated the pace of the 787 programme as it targets a first flight by the end of June. Key milestones required for the maiden sortie have...
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NewsBritish Airways to start dismantling crashed 777 airframe
British Airways is to start dismantling the Boeing 777-200ER substantially damaged in last year's approach crash at London Heathrow
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Superjet faces a hard sell in North America
Can Russian-built aircraft win North American customers in tough economic times?
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Russian Helicopters may drop PW127 for Mi-38 utility helicopter
Russia's state-owned rotorcraft builder Russian Helicopters is considering abandoning the Pratt & Whitney PW127 engine for use in its Mi-38 utility helicopter...
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Wizz Air selects Honeywell avionics, APUs
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has signed on as European Airbus A320 launch customer for Honeywell's three-dimensional IntuVue weather radar. This...
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Wizz Air selects Honeywell avionics, APUs
Honeywell today announced that Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has selected its auxiliary power units (APUs), 3-d weather radar and other avionics...
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NewsFirst Emivest SJ30 to fly by the end of the month
Sino Swearingen Aircraft owner Emivest Aerospace says the initial production SJ30 light jet will fly before the end of the month. The aircraft is the...
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Ultra-high-bypass engines to enable green targets
Europe's environmental engine targets for 2020 can be met using engines with a bypass ratio of 14, according to an analysis tool developed for the European...
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Icing blamed for dual engine problem on departing DC-8F
Irish investigators believe engine icing on a departing McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 freighter caused compressor stalls in both left-hand engines, prompting...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
Shortly after Eurocontrol predicted a 5% decline in European air traffic for 2009, the Irish budget carrier announced that its passenger numbers increased...
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NewsBlacklist: One-Two-Go and Motor-Sich among those banned
Six Kazakh operators along with Thailand's One-Two-Go and Ukrainian carrier Motor-Sich Airlines are among those being formally banned from European Union...
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Indonesia's Lion wins US Ex-Im financing for up to 30 737-900ERs
Indonesia's Lion Air has secured $1 billion in financing commitments from the US Export-Import Bank to support its planned purchase of 30 Boeing 737-900ERs. Ex-Im...
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Saudi Arabian picks Trent 700EP to power A330s
Saudi Arabian Airlines has selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine to power Airbus A330s that it has on order.