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FARNBOROUGH: Eaton pushes latest fuel pump
Eaton has announced the development of a variable displacement fuel pump aimed at improving fuel efficiency. The pump, known as VDRP, will also reduce maintenance...
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FARNBOROUGH: Hamilton Sundstrand signs MRO agreements at Farnborough
Hamilton Sundstrand (chalet D14-16) has signed a trio of maintenance and repair agreements at Farnborough. The company has been chosen to provide maintenance...
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FARNBOROUGH: CFM predicts $3-4 million cost advantage for Leap engine on A320neo
CFM International predicts a $3 million to $4 million advantage in net present value for each A320neo powered by a Leap-X instead of a Pratt & Whitney PurePower...
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Monopolistic pricing drives Boeing away from single-sourcing
Boeing is rolling back single-sourcing within its supply chain in an effort to reduce the risk of capacity shortfalls and blunt monopolistic pricing attempts...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Rolls-Royce prepares to power growth variants of 787
Two years ago, Rolls-Royce's Trent 1000 made a splash at Farnborough, powering Boeing's 787 on its debut appearance at the show. Earlier this year, the engine reached its long-awaited entry-into-service milestone with Japan's All Nippon Airways.
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FL Technics gains approval to train 757 engineers
Lithuanian MRO provider FL Technics has been approved to qualify maintenance technicians for Pratt & Whitney PW2000-equipped Boeing 757-200s. The...
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Gulf Technics brings all MRO in-house
Bahraini national carrier Gulf Air is moving all base maintenance for its fleet in-house, saying that the switch will reduce costs, increase aircraft availability...
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Pratt & Whitney adds SAA Technical to network
Pratt & Whitney has made an agreement with South African Airways Technical that allows the MRO to perform work on its JT9D-7R4G2 engines as a part of the...
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NewsNexcelle completes key C919 nacelle test
Nexcelle has completed a demonstration of its advanced technology nacelle, a key component in the integrated propulsion system (IPS) for the CFM Leap-1C-powered...
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Atlasjet selects Turkish Technic for landing gear MRO
Istanbul-based Atlasjet Airlines has signed up for Turkish Technic's landing gear maintenance services on its Airbus A321 fleet. Under the agreement,...
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MAEL opens four line maintenance stations
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has opened four new seasonal stations at Glasgow, Dublin, Edinburgh and Cork as a part of its expansion of line maintenance...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The View from the City
Over the last decades, the commercial jet business has developed from a global market where aircraft manufacturers and airlines were the main players to...
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Technology trends that will revolutionise the air transport industry – again
As the airline IT industry meets up for its annual gathering in Brussels, SITA chairman Paul Coby examines how new technologies can be effectively harnessed to improve the customer experience
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Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies inks MRO deal with Ethiopian
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) has inked a seven-year integrated component solutions deal with Ethiopian Airlines for 19 Boeing 737 Next Generation...
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Czech Airlines ATR 42 'destroyed' in hangar fire
A Czech Airlines ATR 42 appears to have been destroyed in a hangar fire at Prague airport on 9 June. The Czech flag carrier states that nobody was...
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NewsFedEx MD-11F diverted after fire suppression system deploys
A FedEx Boeing MD-11 freighter flying from Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan to Cologne-Bonn Airport in Germany made an unexpected diversion to...
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AJW to provide PBH support for Avion Express A320s
Avion Express has selected AJ Walter Aviation to provide full power-by-the-hour (PBH) support services to its fleet of three Airbus A320s. The Lithuanian...
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NewsNetJets announces $9.6 billion in Bombardier, Cessna private jet orders
Fractional ownership provider NetJets has placed orders that could end up totalling $9.6 billion with Bombardier and Cessna for up to 425 new private jets. If...
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FL Technics nets Wizz Air MRO deal
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has selected MRO firm FL Technics to provide maintenance support for two of its Airbus A320s at Vilnius airport in Lithuania. Under...
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NewsFlybe confident despite rising losses
Flybe remains optimistic that it can take advantage of further consolidation in Europe's regional airline industry despite slumping to a pre-tax loss of...