Europe – Page 657
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NewsEBACE: Dassault launches Falcon 8X, its largest, longest-range jet
Dassault has turned up the heat in the competitive ultra-long range sector with the launch at EBACE of its longest range and largest cabin Falcon – the 8X.
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Iberia to convert more A330 tankers
Iberia has received a new contract from Airbus Defence & Space for the conversion of three A330s to the multi-role tanker transport configuration.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters unveils weight boost for EC175
Airbus Helicopters plans to increase the maximum take-off weight of its flagship EC175 rotorcraft to 7.8t, giving operators the choice between 300kg (660lb) of extra payload or a 40nm (75km) range boost.
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ILA: Trio advance plans to field European MALE by 2020
The latest attempt in the protracted effort to create a common European unmanned air system (UAS) has moved a step forward.
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NewsILA: DLR working at dawn of new technological era
To describe 2014 as a high-profile year for Germany’s aeronautics and space research agency is to risk understatement. Next week, German astronaut Alexander Gerst will strap himself into a Soyuz rocket and begin a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station. And, as Gerst is preparing to come back home ...
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NewsILA: Premium Aerotec gears up to meet the demands of parent Airbus
It was a very European compromise. Back in 2007, reeling from a feeble dollar, the A380 debacle and the need to fund development of the A350, bosses of the then-EADS launched a drive to cut costs and streamline the Franco-German group’s cumbersome vertically-integrated organisation. Part of the solution involved divesting ...
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Czech government signs Gripen lease extension
The governments of the Czech Republic and Sweden have signed a new agreement to extend the NATO nation’s lease deal for 14 Gripen C/Ds by a further 12 years.
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NewsRyanair full-year profits slip 8% to €523 million
Full year net profits slipped 8% at European low-cost carrier Ryanair to €523 million ($716 million) for the 12 months to March 2014 as weaker fares ate into its profitability.
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NewsSaab responds to Swiss Gripen defeat
Saab's Gripen E programme has suffered a setback, with the Swiss government having narrowly lost out in a public referendum on whether to fund a planned 22-aircraft acquisition of the Swedish-built type.
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Amedeo sees potential for A380 cargo conversions
A380 leasing specialist Amedeo believes an A380 passenger-to-freighter [PTF] conversion could be developed a decade from now, and it may use an internal lift system for loading containers to each deck rather than conventional maindeck doors.
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NewsILA: German air force gets ready for A400M
Six months from now, the German air force should receive its first new tactical airlifter in more than 40 years, with the expected delivery of its lead A400M.
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Air France-KLM’s MRO arm wins more work from Air Cote d’Ivoire
Air Cote d’Ivoire has extended its Airbus A319 MRO contract with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Etihad is building its European connections
The courting of one of Europe’s perennial loss-making airlines at the same time as one of its existing European investments is struggling to keep its head above water may seem counter-intuitive, but for Etihad it forms part of the continued drive to build traffic flows through Abu Dhabi.
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NewsILA: Show to fly flag for German aerospace
Berlin’s ILA air show may not have the global status of Paris or Farnborough, but its importance to the German aerospace industry and the federal republic’s international image is illustrated by the fact it will once again be opened by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Aerolia names new chief executive
Cedric Gautier has succeeded Christian Cornille as chief executive of Airbus Group’s French aerostructures subsidiary Aerolia.
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NewsEBACE: Beechcraft 350ER King Air is a multi-mission masterpiece
The Beechcraft King Air was introduced in 1964, and has proved to be one of the world’s most popular turboprop twins. While the folks in Wichita have been steadily working away, delivering more than 7,000 King Airs of various flavours since then, the corporate backdrop has been anything but stable. ...
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ANALYSIS: What a rating means for Ryanair
It was only a matter of time before Ryanair, which has built its airline empire on low costs, would make a move for the capital markets to access some of the cheapest funding going these days.
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NewsBelgium seeks F-16 software upgrade
Belgium has requested a new software upgrade to enhance the capabilities of its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs.