Airbus has taken advantage of scheduled development test flights to assess the impact on the aircraft and its flight systems within the volcanic ash on aircraft over Europe. Airbus A380 MSN 4, powered with four EA engines, and A340-600 MSN 360, fitted with Rolls Royce engines, took off at 14.25 and 14.50 (French time) respectively […]
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Boeing delivered to Garuda Indonesia its 75th airplane, a Next-Generation 737-800 with Blended Winglets. The airline plans to add 23 737-800s in 2010 from both Boeing and leasing companies, and will be operating 42 737-800s by year-end. “The airline has an aggressive fleet-expansion plan that is part of its ‘quantum leap’ transformation strategy,” said Garuda
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SR Technics has concluded a statutory consultation period with the representatives of its employees at the maintenance facility in London-Stansted. These discussions followed the announcement on January 13, 2010 of the Group
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Aviation Capital Group reported 16 aircraft and engine transactions for the first quarter of 2010. Ten of the transactions were lease extensions, three were new leases, two were deliveries and leases for new aircraft, and one aircraft was sold. The number of transactions continues to reflect ACG
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Lockheed Martin rolled out the first of a new fleet of HC-130J combat rescue tankers for the U.S. Air Force
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The second Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC521, landed in Palmdale, Calif., today, marking the beginning of a planned transition of 747-8 Freighter testing to Southern California. The more than four-hour flight from Boeing Field in Seattle included testing on avionics and cruise performance. The entire flight-test program calls for the three airplanes to perform a total
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