GE Aviation has been awarded a multi-year contract extension from the U.S. Army that provides for the continued production of T700 turboshaft engines in support of both Army and Navy Black Hawk series helicopters through 2014. Under this arrangement, GE will provide its T700 engine family supporting the upgrade of existing aircraft platforms and also […]
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Bombardier Aerospace announces that SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance B.V. has been selected as a Recognized Service Facility (RSF) for the Dash 8/Q-Series aircraft. Located at Maastricht Airport in Beek, the Netherlands, SAMCO will service aircraft based in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Under an RSF agreement, SAMCO is recognized by Bombardier as a quality service
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French Polynesia-based Air Tahiti today took delivery of its 25th ATR aircraft, an ATR 72-500, in a ceremony held at the Final Assembly Line of the European turboprop manufacturer in Toulouse. With this delivery the airline, which operates ATR aircraft since 1986, counts today a fleet of 3 ATR 42-500s and 7 ATR 72-500s. Air
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ExpressJet’s March revenue passenger miles totaled 670 million, and available seat miles flown were 889 million. ExpressJet’s March load factor was 75.4%. The company flew 58,621 block hours and operated 30,045 departures during the month. ExpressJet had a total of 244 planes in its fleet during March – 214 allocated to flying as Continental Express
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Embraer delivered 40 aircraft to the Commercial and Executive aviation segments during the first quarter of 2009. On March 31, 2009, the Company’s firm order backlog totaled US$ 19.7 billion. Of the 40 aircraft delivered by Embraer in 1Q09, 32 were for the Commercial Aviation segment and eight for Executive Aviation.
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During the seventh edition of the Latin America Aero and Defence (LAAD) trade fair, which takes place from April 14 to 17, at Riocentro, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Embraer signed a contract with the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) for the KC-390 military transport aircraft program. The event was attended by the Minister
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Embraer signed a contract to modernize 12 Brazilian Navy jets — nine AF-1s (single-seat) and three AF-1As (two-seat). The ceremony took place during the seventh edition of the Latin America Aero and Defence (LAAD) trade fair, which is being held at Riocentro, April 14-17, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and it was attended
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