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Leading plane makers are battling over strategy for big jets as the Paris Airshow gets underway on Monday. After a bruising two-year fight for market share of popular smaller models, Airbus and Boeing are increasing the deployment of next-generation long-range jets, seen as crucial to the future of both companies and their suppliers. Days after the first flight of its new A350, Airbus will attempt a curtain call on Friday with a fly-by for Presid ...

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British Airways is set to confirm an order for about 10 of the stretched version of Boeings 787 Dreamliner in a deal worth about USD$ 2.5 billion at the Paris Air Show, The Sunday Times newspaper reported without citing sources. BAs parent company, International Airlines Group, said in April that it planned to convert 18 existing Boeing 787 options into firm orders for British Airways to replace some Boeing 747-400 aircraft between 2017 and 2021. ...

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Airbus is confident that the strong traffic growth airlines are currently enjoying will create "a mindset change" that will reignite sales for the A380 . That's why the manufacturer remains resolute in its view that the long-term demand for ultra-large aircraft is over 1,700 aircraft. Airbus sold just nine A380s in 2012 and had announced no new airline orders in 2013 prior to the Paris air show . This is a legacy of the financial crisis and ensui ...

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Larry Lawson has just taken the helm as Spirit AeroSystems chief executive after holding the same position at Lockheed Martin 's aeronautics division, where he was previously programme manager of the F-35 and also the F-22 During your third week on the job we heard Spirit AeroSystems was undergoing a sweeping strategic and financial review. Can you bring us up to date on where that stands, and do you have an idea of the kind of changes we'll see ...

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For BAE Systems (chalet 264), Le Bourget is naturally a show ground for its latest aeronautical technology, ranging from the Eurofighter Typhoon starring in the flying display to the head-up display systems in use by its pilots, or the "active inceptor system" tactile-feedback sidesticks that feature on Lockheed Martin F-35s , as well as a host of less visible systems. But while technology for civil and military aircraft is the outward focus of t ...

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Supercharged by the Rolls Royce RB211-524G2 engines, VH-OJF archetypical flew on the 20th Protest 1990 and was accepted by Qantas on the 6th Apr 1990. Its net receipts air was on the 3rd June 2012 as QF108, New Royalty - Los Angeles. The succeeding day, 4th June 2012 it was ferried to Victorville as QF6021 for hardware and awaiting merchandising from the Qantas fast.

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The A350 is Airbuss firstnew model in almost a decade. Even before it took to the skies, there were 613 firm orders for the mid-sized aircraft, which can fly up to 15580km, making it capable of long-range flights. However, although the aviation industry continues to grow with passenger numbers doubling every 15 years it is under pressure from the rising price of jet fuels, environmental concerns and aviation taxes looming on the horizon. Airbus c ...

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PARIS (Reuters) International Lease Finance Corp is set to place an order for 50 Airbus A320neo narrowbody jets worth $5 billion at list prices, industry sources said on Sunday. The order by one of the worlds largest aircraft leasing companies could be announced as early as Monday at the Paris Airshow . It lifts the Los Angeles-based firms portfolio of a revamped model of European medium-haul jet to 150 aircraft. ILFC and Airbus both declined com ...

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Boeing will launch a larger version of its lightweight 787 Dreamliner this week with up to 100 orders worth just under USD$ 30 billion, industry sources said on Sunday. The latest addition to Boeings model range, the 323-seat 787-10, is partly designed to serve fast-growing routes within Asia and sharpens a fight with Airbus for sales of the latest generation of efficient, carbon-composite jets. The decision to go ahead and build a new version, b ...

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Data link waveform prototype tested to simulate UAS communication systems CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (June 17, 2013) Rockwell Collins and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently completed the first in a series of risk reduction tests that will eventually help enable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to safely operate in the national airspace. The data link waveform tests, performed as part of the first of three research phases on ...