The acceptance ceremony of the first two Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 I/TI was held at Istres, Dassault Aviation’s Flight Test Centre on March 25th. The signing of the contract for the upgrade of Indian Mirage 2000 fleet occured in July 2011. The maiden flight of its first upgraded Mirage 2000 was completed successfully by […]
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TransDigm Group has completed the acquisition of the Telair Cargo Group of businesses, from AAR, for a total purchase price of approximately US$725m in cash, subject to adjustment. TransDigm financed the acquisition through a combination of existing cash on hand and borrowing of US$75m under its existing revolving credit facility. The acquisition was previously announced
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Emirates, which flies daily direct from Lusaka to Dubai and Harare, has announced the appointment of a new Country Manager for Zambia. Khalid Al Zarouni, who took up his new position from the beginning of March, and replaces Husain Al Safi, who will become Country Manager in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where Mr Al Zarouni was the
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China Eastern has selected Rockwell Collins’ advanced avionics systems, including its Head-up Guidance System (HGS) and Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR), for 20 new Next-Generation Boeing 737 aircraft. Deliveries will begin early next year. Rockwell Collins’ HGS displays critical flight information in pilots’ forward field-of-view, eliminating the need for pilots to transition to the head-down instruments. As
Aeronautical Engineers reported that the third MD-80SF freighter conversion for Aeronaves T.S.M. (TSM) has commenced modification at Commercial Jet’s Miami, Florida facility, which is one of five authorized AEI Conversion Centers worldwide. The MD-83 variant aircraft (MSN 49558) will be the third MD-80SF conversion for TSM. TSM currently operates two AEI MD-80SF freighters. After this
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Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, delivered a second Boeing 737-800 to Aeromexico. The delivery is the second of four B737-800 aircraft scheduled for delivery to Aeromexico by Avolon. Avolon also delivered the first of four Boeing 787-9 to Virgin Atlantic.
Airbus Group completed a placement of 1,612,407 shares of Dassault Aviation corresponding to 17.5% of the company’s share capital. In accordance with the agreement signed with Airbus Group and pursuant to the approval granted by its shareholders during its shareholders’ meeting dated January 28th, 2015, Dassault Aviation acquired through this placement 460,687 shares corresponding to
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