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February 4, 2010

SR Technics offers 45-day engine turnarounds

Airliner maintenance group SR Technics (Stand CO1) has managed to bring the turnaround time for CFM56 engine overhaul down to 45 days. In January the first engine to be completed under its newly streamlined maintenance process was returned to German airline Hapag Lloyd Flug.
“The new maintenance offering will be a highly attractive option for operators to keep engine ground time to a minim more

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Asian helicopter market is set to outstrip U.S.

By Thierry Dubois

Eurocopter’s revenues in Asia grew by 58 percent in 2009, to ?896 million ($1.25 billion)–20 percent of the group’s total. In fact, CEO Lutz Bertling is so optimistic that on Tuesday here at the show he predicted the Asian helicopter market one day will be the size of that of the U.S., which today ranks first by far. “Growth rates here in the region are impressive, and in China and India� more

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‘Super’ Spike missile triples range

By David Donald

With the program having been declassified last November, the Rafael’s Spike NLOS weapon is being seen here for the first time at a trade show. The latest member of the successful missile family to emerge has an effective range of 25 km, more than three times that of the Spike-ER. The NLOS weapon is easily distinguishable from other Spike variants by having much longer folding wings.

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Korea Aerospace Aims for More Civil Business

Korea Aerospace Industries (Stand T98) aims to raise its exposure to the civil side of the aerospace business from its current 35 percent to at least 50 percent over the next 10 years, according to the company’s executive vice president and general manager for marketing Enes Park. Now a Tier 1 supplier for the Airbus A350XWB and a Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier on the Boeing 787, the company has ide more

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Ex-U.S. Senator Martinez Joins MPX Board

Former U.S. Senator Mel Martinez has joined the board of directors of Military Parts Exchange (MPX) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a global supplier of nonmunition
military aircraft parts and equipment. The company (Stand T73) hopes to benefit from his “vast experience and a significant network of international military and government contacts.” Martinez said, “I look forward to helping more

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CFM56-7BE Advances on Schedule

CFM International has said its new CFM56-7BE turbofan, which will have a 2-percent fuel-burn improvement over current production engines, is “progressing on schedule” and will start a 150-hour certification block-test to “triple redline conditions” within “the next few weeks.” This will lead to a 50-hour flight test program on General Electric’s flying test bed aircraft later this ye more

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Ruag Bets on Asia for Dornier 228 Sales

Ruag Aerospace Services (Stand K95) is here promoting the Do 228 NG, an upgraded version of the Dornier 228 twin turboprop. “Asia–especially the southeast and Far East–is the most important region for us,” sales director Thomas
Imke told AIN.

The company sees a lot of local operators using small, remote airfields. “Our aircraft is certified for gravel more

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Jet Aviation U.S. Charter Now Part 135

Jet Aviation’s U.S. charter division is now operating under its own Part 135 charter certificate as Jet Aviation Flight Services. Previously, aircraft managed by Jet Aviation in the U.S. were operated under Part 135 rules by a third-party air carrier, which currently is Priester Aviation. Jet Aviation will transition its two managed Gulfstream IVs from Priester to Jet Aviation Flight Services ov more

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Single Asian Sky needed now to thwart transport bottleneck

By Ian Sheppard

Asia desperately needs political consensus and a framework on how to move forward with air traffic management (ATM) as the U.S. and Europe forge ahead with their respective NextGen and Sesar programs. If such a consensus is forthcoming then the Asia-Pacific region could quickly jump ahead by skipping a generation of technology. But if it does not happen, it could become a global air transport bott more

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Gulfstream begins to ramp up G250, G650 production lines

By Paul Lowe

The first production models of Gulfsteam’s two newest business jets are proceeding down their respective assembly lines, both heading toward type certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Safety Agency in 2011, Gulfstream division vice president for international sales Roger Sperry said Tuesday.
The Gulfstream G650, which the company says is the biggest, f more

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