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Cabin humidifiers getting warm reception by OEMs

Swedish company CTT Systems has been providing its Cair aircraft humidification system to completion centers of large VIP aircraft for several years, but i

Cabin humidifiers getting warm reception by OEMs

Swedish company CTT Systems has been providing its Cair aircraft humidification system to completion centers of large VIP aircraft for several years, but i

Diamond polishes future plans

Diamond Aircraft founder and CEO Christian Dries yesterday revealed plans to develop a fully aerobatic, tandem two-seat military trainer version of the D-J
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Morocco tempts with lower costs

Ahmed Reda Chami, Morocco’s minister of industry, trade and new technologies, said here in Farnborough that a European company with 10,000 employees, rangi

GKN hands out 2010 supplier awards

Aerostructures specialist GKN Aerospace presented its 2010 supplier awards to five companies yesterday at the Farnborough airshow: All Metal Services, Onam

Aerospace deals return as financial freeze thaws

The big financial freeze that has gripped much of the aerospace industry since around the time of the last Farnborough airshow in 2008 is starting to thaw.
Aircraft

International partners drive Joint Strike Fighter recovery

Lockheed Martin vice president Tom Burbage delivered a business-as-usual update on the Joint Strike Fighter program.

News Clips: Farnborough 2010

Royal Air Maroc Picks Snecma for CFM56-7 Mx Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has chosen Snecma to maintain the CFM56-7B engines that power its

Qantas signs for 7 Q400s

Qantas has placed a firm order with Bombardier for seven Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners in a deal valued at $218 million based on list prices for the air
Engines

GP7200 reduces weight to woo A380 customers

The Engine Alliance GP7200 engine is in the middle of a weight-reduction program that may further help sales as the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney jo

Saab gap analysis study key to future military tech

A plan for the industrial and technological base of future European military aerospace moved forward with the signing of a contract for a one-year study to

New UK government slams tanker waste

Last week, Vince Cable, the business secretary in the new British government, heavily criticized the supply of 14 A330MRTTs to the Royal Air Force (RAF) as
Maintenance and Modifications

Twin Commander Aircraft Plans 10th University

Twin Commander Aircraft has begun planning for the 10th edition of its Twin Commander University owner/operator conference.
Maintenance and Modifications

Waas/LPV Upgrade for King Airs with Pro Line 21

Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) has begun scheduling wide area augmentation system (Waas) upgrades on Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21-equipped King Air 200/3
Maintenance and Modifications

Asia-Pacific Support To Increase for Bombardiers

Bombardier Aerospace has earmarked $30 million to support its growing fleet of business and commercial aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region.
Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Aviation Expands Core Capabilities

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport-based Constant Aviation will be opening a new accessory facility from which it will offer composite repair services
Maintenance and Modifications

ASIS Will Keep Military Aircraft Flying

There are “tens of thousands of aging military aircraft” flying with the world’s air forces and many of those aircraft are more than 25 years old, accordin

Asian, Latin carriers join buying binge

First came the Middle East carriers on Monday, then yesterday it was the turn of Asian and Latin American airlines to keep the Farnborough airshow cash reg
Aircraft

Super Hornet mods added to export list

Boeing announced here yesterday a set of potential enhancements to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet that it will market to export prospects.
Aircraft

Mystery 787 buyers: Royal Jordanian, Avalon

Arab carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines and Avalon, a new aircraft-lease company, have been confirmed as the previously unidentified customers for three Boei
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Charter & Fractional

VistaJet adds six bizjets to its global fleet

Executive charter operator VistaJet has ordered six more Bombardier aircraft for its planned expansion into markets in West Africa, the Middle East and Rus
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News Clips: Farnborough 2010

China Airlines Opts for V2500 EnginesInternational Aero Engines has boosted its orderbook with China Southern Airlines by approximately $600 m
Aircraft

Turkish Aero unveils the Anka from Ankara

Ankara-based Turkish Aerospace Industries rolled out a new tactical medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV last Friday.

Twin Otters, made in Russia?

Canadian company Viking Air and Moscow-based Vityaz Avia Corp.

GKN exploring range of new technologies

GKN Aerospace is here at Farnborough with news that it is working to develop new technologies, materials and processes, and to determine how they may be us
Aircraft

Plenty of life is left for exported F-16

Lockheed Martin may be focusing a large proportion of its promotional efforts on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but the company insists there is still a lo
Engines

Re-engining today’s narrowbodies a waste of time, says Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce is putting all its cards on a new engine to power future single-aisle aircraft and told AIN that as far as it is concerned, “t
Engines

Pratt and GE butt heads again over F-35 engine alternative

Pratt & Whitney and General Electric have bought their high-stakes battle over the provision of an alternative engine for the Lockheed-Martin F-35.

Latest-tech E-scan radar to fly on Typhoon in 2013

A prototype of the very latest type of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar will be flying on a Eurofighter Typhoon in 2013, so that customers
Engines

GE doesn’t see business case for 2nd A350 engine launch

Manufacturers of airliners typically offer customers a choice of engines for their various models.