All MRO articles – Page 289
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US Airways delays A350 deliveries; divulges more financing details
Star Alliance member US Airways has pushed back delivery of its 22 Airbus A350 XWBs by one year.
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B/E chief says A350 and 787 awards provide long-term stability
Significant contract awards covering systems for the Airbus A350 XWB and Boeing 787 as well as other new aircraft programmes will provide "an excellent long-term...
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS The Wichita, Kansas-based company has significant new business. Mitsubishi contracted it to design and manufacture the engine pylons for...
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JetCorp expands into CRJ conversion market
Missouri-based JetCorp expects to secure within the next few weeks a new supplemental type certificate for converting Bombardier CRJ100/200s into corporate...
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Five-bladed propeller completes testing on Fairchild Metro
Germany's Regional Air Express has completed flight-testing of MT-Propeller's five-bladed prop for the Fairchild Metro and expects to receive European Aviation...
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Congress takes first step to funding ISS to 2020
NASA has until July 2009 to produce a plan to extend the life of the International Space Station to 2020, according to new US legislation. The ISS...
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MRO centre set for New Delhi
EADS and the National Aviation Company of India, the parent of national carrier Air India, have signed an agreement to set up a maintenance, repair and overhaul...
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Selection process ongoing for key 787 GoldCare providers
Selecting Asian and North American providers for Boeing's GoldCare maintenance programme for the 787 remains on the airframer's agenda, but the company is...
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Engineers face the law over Spanair Madrid crash
Two maintenance engineers and their supervisor have been charged with manslaughter by the Spanish judge in charge of the judicial inquiry into the 20 August...
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NewsPlans underway at Empire Aero to offer E-190 maintenance
Israel Aerospace Industries subsidiary Empire Aero Center has received board approval to acquire the necessary tooling to perform heavy maintenance on Embraer...
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General aviation news in brief
Australian sales, service and product support company Hawker Pacific has been appointed...
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Acquirers of Airbus factory eye Boeing business
Diehl and Thales intend to serve Airbus's airframer rivals and airline customers from the Laupheim plant, which they acquired from EADS on 1 October, Thales...
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Abu Dhabi opens second runway
Abu Dhabi International Airport has opened a second runway, following completion of construction last month. Etihad Airways became the first carrier...
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NewsGoodrich gets nod for new V2500 cowl design
FAA has granted Goodrich supplemental type certification for new, lightweight fan cowl design on the International Aero Engines V2500 nacelle. Goodrich...
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Ameco Beijing to fit blended winglets to Condor 767s
Chinese aircraft, maintenance and repair company Ameco Beijing is to install blended winglets on nine Boeing 767-300ERs for German leisure carrier Condor. Ameco...
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NewsFlybe launches cabin crew and engineer training firsts
Europe's largest regional carrier Flybe has just celebrated the graduation of the...
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NewsMultiple bird-strike damages Estonian Air 737
Baltic carrier Estonian Air has withdrawn a Boeing 737-500 for examination and repair after it was damaged by multiple bird-strikes on approach to Tallinn. The...
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European regionals: combine and rule
Will consolidation by major airlines affect Europe's niche carriers? On the eve of the ERA general assembly in Manchester, opinion among the continent's smaller flyers is divided
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Volvo Aero's outgoing president talks about technology strategy
Volvo Aero's shift from blueprint manufacturer to lightweight pioneer has yielded involvement in the A380, 747-8 and 787
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Business briefing
TATA BUYS INTO PIAGGIO AERO INVESTMENT Tata, a UK subsidiary of India's Tata industrial group, is to acquire a roughly one-third...