A special convoy of six vehicles has arrived at the Airbus Toulouse final assembly line, carrying six sub-assemblies for the Airbus A380 – the nose, central and aft fuselage sections, the tailplane, and the two wings. The plane is the first of three which have been on order from All Nippon Airways (ANA) and final […]
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MTU Aero Engines AG launches a new brand to improve transparency in services for gas turbine customers. The new brand is called MTU Power and consolidates the existing gas turbine engineering, manufacturing and aftermarket expertise and services from the business units Aero Solutions, Brush Seals and MTU Maintenance at MTU. The overall aim is to
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Snow-ploughs at airports may soon be autonomous. For the first time, autonomous snow-ploughs, 20 metres long and 5.5 metres wide, have cleared snow from a runway. This project, which is known as Yeti and uses technology developed by Semcon, aims to increase efficiency and reduce delays at airports. Clearing snow at airports is absolutely crucial.
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Maureva a leading software and service solutions provider for the airline industry, has chosen Hi-Fly Marketing, the growing South African company specialising in technical services in the African aviation industry, as its commercial representative for its ALEXIS – Flight Scheduling & Crew Management solution for the Subsaharian African Region. Maureva’s ALEXIS Flight Scheduling & Crew
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Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) has begun working on the development of green energy solutions for the future development of electrically powered aircraft, combining environmental benefits together with longer ranges and endurance and with significant fuel cost savings. The demand for electrically powered aircraft is projected to reach hundreds of aircrafts per year within the next
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Lufthansa Technik AG has maintained its growth course in 2017. With a new revenue record and the best sales result in the company’s history, investments were raised once again and the final result was a slight improvement over the previous year. Sales revenue grew significantly, increasing by €260m from the previous year’s €5.144bn to €5.404bn
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HAECO ITM, a member of the HAECO Group, has reached an agreement with ASL Airlines (Ireland) to provide inventory technical management support for the company’s three Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (PTF) aircraft operating out of Hong Kong. The scope of the agreement includes access to HAECO ITM’s component pool, component exchange, component repair management, component engineering
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DAE Capital has delivered a new Airbus A320-200 aircraft to existing customer, Spring Airlines. The delivery took place at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany. This delivery is the first of three new A320-200 aircraft that DAE has agreed to lease to the Chinese low-cost airline. All aircraft will come equipped with CFM 56-5B4/3
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The Fraport Group has reported a successful 2017 fiscal year (ending December 31), in which revenue and earnings targets were fully reached. Supported by significant traffic growth at all of the Group’s airports, revenue climbed by almost 13.5% to €2.93bn. A major revenue contribution from the Greek airports (which Fraport began operating in 2017) boosted
Boeing’s new 737 MAX 7 successfully completed its first flight on Friday 16. The airplane remains on schedule and now begins a comprehensive flight test program leading to certification and delivery in 2019. The airplane completed a successful 3 hour, 5-minute flight, taking off from Renton Field in Renton, Wash., at 10:17 a.m. Pacific, and
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