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FARNBOROUGH: Indonesia's Kartika firms 30 Superjets
Indonesian carrier Kartika Airlines has, as expected, firmed a tentative agreement to take 30 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft. The airline signed a firm...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Goodrich and Hawaiian extend support agreement
Hawaiian Airlines has extended a nacelle support agreement with Goodrich covering the carrier's Boeing 717s.
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FARNBOROUGH: Parker receives design-and-make contract from Messier-Dowty
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin, has won a design-and-make contract for the main landing gear hydraulic fluid conveyance system for the Airbus A350 XWB airliner from landing gear supplier Messier-Dowty, part of the Safran group.
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FARNBOROUGH: Vince Cable comments on strength of UK aerospace
When the England football team flew home almost two weeks before the end of the World Cup they touched down at Heathrow in an Airbus A340-600.
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FARNBOROUGH: C919 is biggest threat since MDC disappeared: Boeing
Boeing's marketing chief says that China's planned drive into the mainline airliner market with the Comac C919 twinjet represents the most significant "third" competitor the airframer has faced since the market became a duopoly in 1997 when McDonnell Douglas was taken over.
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FARNBOROUGH: Electrical test specialist Seaward makes show debut
Seaward Group, a specialist in electrical safety testing and precision measurement instrumentation, is making its debut at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Avianca gets brace of PW4000s back from Bedek
Israel Aerospace Industries MRO unit Bedek has completed heavy maintenance of two PW4000 engines for Colombian airline Avianca.
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FARNBOROUGH: Embraer studies E-Jet enhancements
Embraer is using the show to meet with key suppliers to discuss its studies of a technology refresh and possible re-engining of its General Electric CF34-powered...
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Gol plans to finally phase out 737-300s in August
Brazilian low-cost carrier Gol plans to finally retire its last Boeing 737-300 next month, 20 months behind its initial schedule for phasing out the type.
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Aluminium favoured over carbonfibre for fuselage of next ATR
ATR partner Alenia Aeronautica has evaluated the carbonfibre construction and production technology it uses to build Boeing 787 fuselage barrels for the...
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Supplier deals allow Comac to progress with joint-definition phase
China's Comac has completed the selection of major suppliers for the C919, clearing the way for finalising the 150- to 170-seat twinjet's joint definition stage, possibly this year.
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BA and Iberia secure European approval for merger
British Airways has obtained European clearance for its planned merger with Iberia, on the same day as the two carriers secured approval for their transatlantic...
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Flight Focus eyes new customers for its AMDS system
Singapore-based Flight Focus is in talks with several airlines to sell its Advanced Mission Display System (AMDS), after inking a deal with launch customer...
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Mexico's Interjet adds A320s from CIT and ACG
Mexico's Interjet has taken delivery of two additional Airbus A320s which it is using to add capacity in the Mexican domestic market.
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FARNBOROUGH: The cost of cash
THE COST OF CASH Aircraft financing stayed on track last year despite the downturn, but uncertain market conditions and regulatory changes are combining...
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FARNBOROUGH: EACP: a path to new funding for Europe's small and medium-sized enterprises
New collaboration opportunities and routes to funding are among the targets of the European Aviation Clusters Partnership (EACP), which has enlisted as members...
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FARNBOROUGH: Suddenly serious
Bombardier faces an assault on its CSeries airliner after savouring sweet victory with Republic deal
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FARNBOROUGH: Giant steps – has the latest Airbus A380 production revamp worked?
The Airbus A380 arrived to a huge fanfare in 2007 and is earning revenue for five of its launch customers. But frustratingly for the company, the same cannot...
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FARNBOROUGH: Trent in full flow
Rolls-Royce is optimistic as it goes to Farnborough, heartened that its XWB programme for the Airbus A350 is on schedule
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NewsPutin pressures Aeroflot to take Russian-built aircraft
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has put pressure on flag-carrier Aeroflot to acquire domestically-built aircraft during the renewal of its expanding…