Boeing completed the final assembly of United Airlines’ first 787 Dreamliner Wednesday, October 12th, the first major step in the aircraft’s production. United will be the first North American carrier to take a 787 delivery, with plans to introduce the first of 50 Dreamliners into revenue service in 2012. While in final assembly, the aircraft moved through […]
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ST Aerospace is awarded a contract to support Japanese low fare airline Solaseed Air’s CFM56-7B and CFM56-7BE engines, powering its entire fleet of 13 Next- Generation Boeing 737 aircraft over five years. The services provided to Solaseed Air will involve off-wing engine maintenance support, technical support and short term leasing of the CFM56-7B engines.
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Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney announced an agreement to form a new partnership to power future mid-size aircraft (120 – 230 passenger aircraft). The two companies will establish a joint venture company, in which each will hold an equal share, to develop new engines for the next generation of aircraft that will replace the existing
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British Prime Minister David Cameron officially opened Airbus’ new £400 million wing factory in Wales on October 13th, a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility which will assemble the wings for Airbus’ advanced new A350 XWB long-range aircraft family. The Prime Minister joined hundreds of guests and Airbus employees to unveil the giant, environmentally friendly Airbus North Factory
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MTU Aero Engines intends to increase its share in the International Aero Engines (IAE) consortium. This move is expected to follow an agreement between Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce on the restructuring of the IAE consortium, which markets the highly successful V2500 engines for Airbus A320 family aircraft. Rolls-Royce will sell its stake in IAE
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