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Thales Systems onboard the A380
2009-10-30 Read More...
Air France today took reception of its first A380 aircraft, the largest passenger jet in the world. This super-sized aircraft - capable of carrying 855 passengers, but carrying only 538 in the Air France version - is at the forefront of innovation

Qatar Airways still eyeing Bombardier Jets
2009-10-26 Read More...
Qatar Airways is "very interested" in buying Bombardier'c C-Series Jetliners, but needs to address commercial issues before it makes an order, the airline's Chief Executive

Gulf Air fleet expansion by year-end
2009-10-26 Read More...
Gulf Air is in talks with Airbus and Boeing over its plane orders and expects to make a decision by year-end, the airline's chief executive has

Emirates becomes world's largest Boeing 777 operator
2009-10-16 Read More...
Emirates has become the world's largest airline operator of the Boeing 777 aircraft with the arrival of its 78th 777 on Thursday.

Airbus reaffirms A400M Flight
2009-10-13 Read More...
Airbus reaffirmed plans to get the delayed A400M military transport plane flying by the end of the year as it announced a raft of management changes on

Bahrain Air Show work begins
2009-10-10 Read More...
More than 200 tonnes of steel has arrived in Bahrain as construction work kicks off for the inaugural Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) to be held from January 21 to 23,

Puma Life Extension Program for the UK Royal Air Force
2009-09-29 Read More...
Eurocopter UK Ltd. and the British Ministry of Defence signed a contract on September 18 for the Life Extension Programme

Dubai to become world's fourth biggest aviation hub
2009-09-23 Read More...
Dubai will become the world's fourth biggest aviation hub after Hong Kong, London Heathrow and Beijing, Airbus said in its latest

Airbus faces two more tough years
2009-09-19 Read More...
The head of Airbus said in remarks published on Friday that the European planemaker faces two further 'difficult' years and does not rule out making further production cuts if necessary to adjust to

US Air Force Looks to Cancel C-130 AMP
2009-09-15 Read More...
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz told reporters Sept. 15 the service has proposed killing the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), aiming to replace it with a less-expensive

Eurocopter and UTair Aviation sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to establish a certified Eurocopter Flight Training Center in Tyumen, Russia
2009-08-27 Read More...
Lutz Bertling, President and CEO of Eurocopter, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer, Jerome Noulens,Managing Director of Eurocopter Vostok and Andrey Martirosov, CEO of UTair, the largest Russian helicopter operator,signed today a memorandum

US firm to build $44.8m facility at Qatar air base
2009-08-25 Read More...
US-based Rizzani de Eccher has won a $44.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of a facility replacement at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Boeing offers $1.5bn F/A-18E/F offset package to Brazil
2009-08-13 Read More...
Boeing has said that it will transfer USD1.5 billion worth of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter technology under a direct offset obligation to Brazil, should the aircraft be selected to fulfil the country's F-X2 programme

Boeing delivers first C-17 Globemaster to Qatar
2009-08-12 Read More...
Boeing has delivered the first C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the Qatar Emiri Air Force at a ceremony at the company's facility in Long

Boeing and Schiebel sign Camcopter teaming agreement
2009-08-12 Read More...
Boeing and Austria's Schiebel Industries AG have signed a teaming agreement relating to the latter's Camcopter S-100 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) compact unmanned aerial

Raytheon awarded Navy contract for future air and missile Defense radar
2009-08-04 Read More...
Raytheon Company received a $9.9 million contract to perform concept studies for the U.S. Navy's Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR).

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