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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.

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Michelin Inks 425-Aircraft Tire DealTire manufacturer Michelin has signed two 10-year contracts with Air France and KLM to provide t

Boeing 777-200LRs for Qatar, Air Austral

French operator Air Austral and Gulf carrier Qatar Airways are among several airlines revealed this week as previously unidentified Boeing customers.

Boeing’s test-center group maintains a busy schedule

Boeing’s Test and Evaluation (T&E) division is spread out over 78 locations, but testing is done at many more locations, including at suppliers and oth

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Virgin Picks Rockwell Digital for A330-300sVirgin Atlantic has selected avionics from Rockwell Collins for its fleet of 10 Airbus A3

Boeing retools as competitors multiply

Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief executive Jim Albaugh fully acknowledged here at Farnborough that the new 787 faces a possible seventh delay if first del

Etihad takes delivery of first A330 Freighter

Launch customer Etihad Airways took delivery of the first Airbus A330-200F Freighter at a ceremony on Tuesday here at the Farnborough airshow.

E-Jet sales take off as Flybe places $5B order

Flybe yesterday placed what will likely be the biggest regional airliner deal of the Farnborough show week, committing to buy up to 140 Embraer 175 aircraf

Avionics integration at a new high on 787

The Boeing 787’s flight deck elevates the level of avionics integration to a whole new level for an airliner, connecting a vast array of systems and capabi

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.

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

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

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

ACSS equipping airliners for Euro technology demo

Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a U.S.-based maker of TCAS and ADS-B avionics, has started equipping dozens of airliners in supp

Born-again Fokker 100 waits on loan approval

Fokker Services, part of Fokker Aerospace is preparing to modify a prototype Fokker F100 airliner as a demonstrator vehicle for the proposed successor to t

UK’s Thomson Air dreams of the day it gets Boeing 787s

The international industry debut of the Boeing 787 at Farnborough International this week has provided a major opportunity for local carrier Thomson Airway

British Airways, Solena team on bio jet-A plant

Plans by British Airways and U.S.

Rolls-Royce and BA Search for New Aviation Fuels

Under a plan first revealed two years ago, Rolls-Royce and British Airways have invited fuel suppliers to participate in tests to evaluate alternative avia

VEB Leasing signs MoU for 30 MC-21s

Irkut has signed a memorandum of understanding with VEB Leasing, a subsidiary of Russian-based Vnesheconombank, for 15 firm and 15 optional MC-21 narrowbod

Open rotors brushed off by Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney believes open rotors are not the solution to powering future single-aisle aircraft and will offer developed versions of its PW1000G ser

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