3rd consecutive International Exhibition of General Aviation
25, 26, 27 February 2014
Al Bateen Executive Airport, Abu Dhabi - U...
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EADS North America’s Test and Services division (EADS T&S) for
approximately $53m in cash plus a net working capital adjustment. Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for
the global aerospace and defense industries, has entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and
liabilities of EADS North Americ...
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Rockwell Collins reported first quarter fiscal year 2014 earnings per
share of $0.96, an increase of 2% from earnings per share of $0.94 in
the first quarter of fiscal year 2013. Total sales for the first quarter
of 2014 were $1.07bn, an increase of 1% from $1.06bn for the same
period in 2013. As previously announced, the company completed the
acquisition of ARINC on December 23, 2013. ARINC contributed $6m of
inorganic sales to the first quarter of 2014.
Rockwell Collins stands to gain sales...
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Qatar Airways has withdrawn from a EUR20 million (USD26.3million) deal with Cyprus Airways to acquire one of the latter's two Heathrow slots. According to the Cyprus Mail, the Gulf carrier withdrew after
receiving a "better offer" from another undisclosed aviation firm
following the leak of the agreement's details to the press at large.
Nyras Aviation Consultants, which brokered the deal between the Cypriots
and the Qataris, allegedly "scolded" the Cyprus Airways board for
divulging the...
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Boeing, Etihad Airways, Takreer, Total and the Masdar Institute of
Science and Technology today announced they will collaborate on a new
initiative to support a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the
United Arab Emirates.
Etihad Airways showed the promise of this homegrown effort yesterday
with a 45-minute demonstration flight in a Boeing 777 powered in part by
U.A.E.-produced sustainable...
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Boeing and GE
Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and
financing arm of General Electric (NYSE: GE), announced today an order
for 40 737s. The order, valued at $3.9 billion
at list prices, consists of 20 737 MAX 8s and 20 Next-Generation
737-800s. The order, booked in 2013, was previously attributed to an
unidentified customer on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website.
"We ordered more 737 MAX 8s
and Next-Generation 737-800s because demand continues...
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The choppers from 720 Skvadron arrived at the scene at 09:40 local
time, when about a hundred civilian fire-fighters were still not in full
control of the flames that destroyed at least 30 buildings, took out
the power grid and destroyed all 13 mobile and land line
telecommunication base stations in the area.
The Norwegian Bells can carry a sling bag underneath their belly to
drop large quantities...
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Alaska Airlines has placed a firm order with Boeing for two additional B737-900(ER)s worth USD192million at current list prices. With twenty-six B737-900(ER)s
currently in service and a further thirty-one outstanding options,
Alaska expects to take delivery of all its B737-900(ER)s by 2017. In
2012, the airline also ordered twenty Boeing 737 MAX 8s and seventeen
B737 MAX 9s....
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The Bolivian Air Force has selected the Super Puma latest high-power version to fight drug trafficking and perform public-security
and disaster-relief missions throughout the country. The contract
includes a logistics package that will support fleet sustainability in
the coming years. The first two helicopters will be delivered this year
and the remaining four before 201...
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Royal Engineered Composites has been awarded work for Bell Helicopter’s
new 525 Relentless. The Relentless program will require Royal to produce
approximately 50 part numbers per aircraft. The composite components
will be in support of the helicopter’s tailboom and cockpit assemblies.
The Relentless is a Super Medium rotorcraft with expected use in Oil
and Gas sector, corporate, emergency medical,...
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Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) has approved 1,973 extra
flights between June 6 and July 20 to cover the expected huge increase
in demand during FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
TAM, GOL, Azul and Avianca—and include operations into 25 airports in
the 12 cities staging matches or up to 200 km from the stadiums. Most
are domestic flights....
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Austrian Airlines will resume services from Vienna to Tehran from 11 March 2014 onwards. Pending regulatory approval, the 5x weekly service will operate onboard either an A319-100
or an A320-200. Flights to the Iranian capital were suspended in
January 2013 for reasons including economic and political sanctions on
the country coupled with a weak Iranian rial. ...
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PAF spokesperson, both the pilot and co-pilot lost their lives as their French built Mirage aircraft crashed.
The spokesperson added that an inquiry has been launched to ascertain the cause of the crash.
No loss of civilian lives or property was reported in the area where the aircraft crashe...
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