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Virgin to sell six purchased A330s and lease back from AerCap
Virgin Atlantic has signed letters of intent with lessor AerCap covering sale and leaseback of the six Airbus A330-300s it is purchasing from the airframer. The...
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Airbus king again as Paris sees over $13bn worth of airliner orders
Airbus took the lion's share of the airliner orders at a show which, although a pale reflection of the salesfest...
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NewsTroubled SkyEurope files for creditor protection
Embattled Central European budget carrier SkyEurope Airlines has voluntarily filed for creditor protection by a Slovak court in order to restructure its...
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Virtual CSeries built in advance of testbed's 2012 first flight
Montreal, Canada-based simulator manufacturer CAE is working with Bombardier to produce the first full flight simulator for the CSeries next-generation single-aisle twinjet
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Mitsubishi touts success in dismissing concerns about MRJ weight
Mitsubishi Aircraft believes fuel burn performance will trump any weight gain in the minds of potential customers of its MRJ 70- to 90-seat regional jet family.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Airbus secures firm orders for 58 jets at show
Airbus has potentially taken its year-to-date net order total to nearly 70 aircraft, after signing several agreements at the Paris Air Show. The show...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Turkish Airlines signs for seven more A330s
Turkish Airlines has tentatively agreed to acquire another seven Airbus A330 aircraft. It has signed a memorandum of understanding for the twin-jets,...
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Engine Alliance claims lead over Trent 900
Engine Alliance is confident it can maintain or extend the 1% fuel burn advantage it claims for its GP7200 on the Airbus A380 over the rival Rolls-Royce Trent 900 through systematic upgrades over the coming years.
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PARIS 2009: SR Technics details reduced check times
SR Technics has unveiled details of of the reductions in maintenance check durations that it is achieving following a concentrated effort under new CEO Bern...
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Airbus must convince suppliers production plan is 'not built on sand'
Airbus admits that it must convince sceptical suppliers that it has adjusted production rates sufficiently, based on its evaluation of customer delivery requirements.
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NewsAirbus and Boeing concur on likelihood of 2010 recovery
Airbus and Boeing may have endured their worst Paris air show for a generation sales-wise, but both were...
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Thai Airways appoints president and secures bank loans
Thai Airways International has appointed the country's former energy minister as its new president and the loss-making national carrier and it has also secured...
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Snecma launches $840m new narrowbody engine R&D project
French engine manufacturer Snecma has secured a €300 million ($419 million) loan to help fund the development of a new generation of narrowobdy powerplants.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Olympic signs deal for Bombardier Q400s
Greece's newly privatised Olympic Airlines has ordered eight Bombardier Q400 regional turboprops and placed options on a further eight of the type
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Boeing begins final assembly on first ANA 787
Boeing has begun final assembly of the first production 787 ahead of first delivery early next year to launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA).
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Opinion
Comment: credibility gap
With the 787 first flight close, Boeing should have been the toast of the show. But the airframer took body blows from clients who had a few choice words for the Americans in Paris
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GEnx-2B for 747-8 close to completing testing
General Electric's GEnx-2B engine for the Boeing 747-8 is close to completing the first phase of its...
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Stepping up the support
Armenian flag carrier Armavia has signed the first customer agreement covering support of the PowerJet SaM146 engine that powers the Superjet 100.
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2009 Airline IT Trends Survey: Technology developments
The growth and popularity of web and mobile services look set to overshadow kiosks as a check-in channel, but there is plenty of life left in the kiosk as a self-service channel