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Alan Dron
Qatar Airways is to take a stake of up to 10% in South America’s LATAM Airlines Group, it was announced at the Farnborough Airshow July 12.
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By Thierry Dubois
Qatar Executive on the first day of the Farnborough Airshow announced a firm order for a further three Gulfstream G650ERs, as part of a 2015 memorandum of understanding with the airframer.
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Both Airbus and Boeing released bullish forecasts for the global commercial aircraft market on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow, with Boeing projecting slightly stronger demand.
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By Mark Nensel
Boeing will source composite materials for its 777X aircraft from a new joint venture formed by United Arab Emirates-based Mubadala Development and Belgian composite materials and adhesives manufacturer Solvay, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner said at Farnborough.
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GE Aviation unveiled one of the first digital customer solutions built on its Predix software platform, an application developed through a collaboration with Flydubai.
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By Tony Osborne
The European Aviation Safety Agency has finally certified the full icing protection system of Leonardo Helicopters AW189 super-medium helicopter.
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By Jens Flottau
In an effort to overcome different approaches of the company’s shareholders, ATR CEO Patrick de Castelbajac is proposing a sequence of initiatives that includes re-engining of the ATR 72 and ultimately a new 100-seater.
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By Paul Jackson
A purpose-equipped, quick-change medium helicopter will transform the United Nations’ humanitarian activities in underdeveloped countries.
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Esterline CMC Electronics has been awarded two key contracts to provide its high-performance avionics systems for the AN­124 transport aircraft operated by Antonov Airlines, and for the AN­148/158/178 series.
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Alan Dron
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce has signed a letter of intent (LoI) at the Farnborough Airshow to buy 10 TRJ328s, the updated, re-engined version of the former Dornier 328 regional jet that Turkey intends to use as the basis of a commercial aircraft industry.
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Alan Dron
With the world’s airline fleets due to boom over the next 20 years, Airbus is predicting a similar jump in the requirement for support services.
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Sponsored by Avio Aero
Avio Aero is involved in the development of two of the six innovative demonstrators of the Sustainable and Green Engine (SAGE) technology platform in the European Research Program Clean Sky.
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Sponsored by Avio Aero
GE9x is one of the most exciting challenges for Avio Aero. Among components we will provide to the program, we have the responsibility of the largest low pressure turbine for aircraft engines ever made,
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By Angus Batey
As Nick Jankunas, production manager and principal industrial engineer on the Leonardo-Selex ES Britecloud expendable active decoy ushers ShowNews through the double bank vault-style doors of his team's small, sealed aluminum manufacturing and test center, deep in the bowels of the company's Luton facility, he explains the name staff have given it.
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Cessna has announced here availability of underwing hard points for the Grand Caravan EX. “These hard points expand the aircraft’s versatility by allowing operators additional mission capabilities such as extended range with additional fuel tanks, increased cargo space, agricultural operations and the ability to configure the aircraft for missions that require armament,” the company says.
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By Tony Osborne
Czech aerospace firm Aero Vodochody is reviewing its portfolio of aerostructures work to focus on risk-sharing programs and engineering capabilities.
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Visitors to the Farnborough Airshow will be able to discuss on a single stand the merits of using top-quality CNC turning and prismatic metal cutting equipment from seven different machine tool builders in southern Germany, thanks to Geo Kingsbury, which is the sole sales and service agent for them in the UK and Ireland.
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By Thierry Dubois
Paris Air Show organizers are gearing up for the 2017 edition, reinforcing existing services for a price that has become comparatively attractive, they claim
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Viking Air Limited is to acquire from Bombardier rights to the CL-415 amphibious water bomber and its variants, along with those for the earlier CL-215 and CL-215T piston-engined versions.
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By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia’s United Engine Corporation prepares for the second stage of the flight trials of PD-14 – the newest turbofan engine that will power the country’s MC-21 narrowbody airline
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By Tony Osborne
Textron has entered the live flight-training market in a bid to grab what could become a multibillion-dollar market over the coming decade.
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By Tony Osborne
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has unveiled a second-generation of active electronically scanned-array search radars.
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By Joe Anselmo
Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS will design, supply and service the air management system, including the bleed air system, cabin pressure control and anti-ice system, for the Antonov An-132D light transport aircraft.
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By Tony Osborne
Bell Helicopter’s new CEO, Mitch Snyder, has declared innovation as his top priority, as the company works to reposition itself in the challenging rotary-wing market.
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By Guy Norris
The aerospace industry is poised for tremendous growth and, with parts on 70,000 aircraft and new ones being added every day, United Technologies Aerospace Systems is going to be right at the heart of it.
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