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Paris 2011: Airbus and Parker Collaborate on Fuel Cells

Airbus is cooperating with <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/paris-2011-parker-aerospace-offers-improved-cooling-for-engines-

Aircraft

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: EADS Reveals the Futurist Mach-4 Zehst and Electrically Powered Voltair

EADS has unveiled two new futuristic “Flightpath 2050” aircraft.

Aircraft

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: Concept Airliner Highlights Founding of German Biofuel Association

Bauhaus Luftfahrt created a model of a concept airliner to highlight ecofriendly aircraft of the future, as well as the recent establishment of the Aviat

Aircraft

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: Antonov Charts Its Own Course as It Plots Production Growth

Ukraine’s Antonov has come a long way since it was last here at the Paris Air Show, but it still has a long way to go.

Aircraft

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: NextGen, Sesar, Emissions Trading, Globalization and Business Ethics on Agenda for Aviation Industry Associations

Ethics in the global aerospace industry is one of many topics that CEOs from the U.S.

ATC

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: Etihad Opts to Upgrade Its A330 Engines

Rolls-Royce has signed a $360 million long-term TotalCare agreement to provide engine support services and enhanced performance kits for the Trent 700 eng

Engines

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: Rolls Details A350-100 Growth Engine

Rolls-Royce has revealed how it will increase the thrust of the baseline engine it is developing for the Airbus A350 by 13,000lbs 000 pounds to meet the t

Engines

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: Private Captial Fund Raises $1.5 Billion To Help Kick-start NextGen ATM in U.S.

A public-private financing construct designed to assist airlines in equipping their fleets for next-generation air traffic operations is nearing realizati

Aircraft

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: Rockwell Collins Shows Off CSeries Flight Deck

Rockwell Collins (Hall 4 A18, and Chalet B19) held an official unveiling of its Pro Line Fusion flight deck for the Bombardier CSeries yesterday at Le Bour

Aircraft

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: UTair To Buy 40 Boeing 737s

Boeing and Russia’s UTair announced an “agreement” yesterday calling for the purchase of 33 new 737-800s and seven 737-900ERs.

Aircraft

June 23, 2011

Paris 2011: Bodycote Renews Rolls-Royce Contract, Opens Facility in Mexico

Thermal processing specialist Bodycote has signed a 10-year renewal contract with Rolls-Royce to provide its services in the UK and potentially other parts

Engines

June 22, 2011

Paris 2011: Azul Lanhas Aéreas Converts 10 ATR 72-600 Options to Firm Orders ATR’s 78-order “strip tease”

ATR revealed yesterday that Brazilian carrier Azul Lanhas Aéreas had signed up for another 10 ATR 72-600s, and that the European turboprop manufacturer, in

Aircraft

June 22, 2011

Paris 2011: Liebherr and Avic Enter Joint Venture on Manufacture of Landing Gear

Liebherr Aerospace of Germany and Avic of China are to form a joint venture company for the manufacture of landing gear for the <a href="http://www.ainonl

Aircraft

June 22, 2011

Paris 2011: GTF Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan Consortium to be Formed

A consortium along the lines of International Aero Engines (IAE) will be created for the Pratt &amp; Whitney PW1000G geared turbofans (GTF) later this year

Engines

June 22, 2011

Paris 2011: Korean Air signs for CSeries as P&amp;W flies engine

Korean Air has signed a letter of intent for 30 Bombardier CS

Aircraft

June 22, 2011

Paris 2011: Boeing Promises Auspicious EIS for Dreamliner

With some 30 airplanes in various stages of completion parked outside the <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/paris-2011-boein

Aircraft

June 22, 2011