Airbus has delivered the first A350-900 Ultra Long Range (ULR) aircraft to launch customer Singapore Airlines (SIA). The aircraft is being prepared for flight and is scheduled to depart Toulouse for Singapore later today. The latest variant of the best-selling A350 XWB is capable of flying further in commercial service than any other aircraft, with […]
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Täby Air Maintenance, TAM, is seeking approval for a Part 21 Design Organisation, thus aiming to further enhance services to operators of the worldwide fleet of Saab 340 and Saab 2000 airliners. Plans call for a spring 2019 full design approval. “We constantly strive to provide operators with a seamless service, and with full in-house
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Rolls-Royce has been keen to find a permanent fix to problems which have beset the Trent 1000 engine and which, according to half-year results issued on August 2, have cost the company US$728 million, contributing to an overall pretax loss of US$1.7 billion. The Trent 1000 engine has been the engine of choice of the
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Universal Avionics (UA) has finished the 60th Embraer-140/145 aircraft completion in Envoy Air’s WAAS/SBAS-FMS upgrade program. The upgrade program includes 169 aircraft, all of which will be retrofitted with dual UA UNS-1Lw FMSs, providing Envoy Air with a navigation source for ADS-B Out and the latest in capabilities and operational efficiencies. With the WAAS upgrade,
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Airbus has celebrated the topping out of the E-Aircraft Systems Test House at its Taufkirchen/Ottobrunn site near Munich in Germany. The facility will provide the infrastructure to install hybrid-electric propulsion systems with a total power of up to 2×20 MW for Airbus’ E-Aircraft Systems Programme. The project is on schedule for completion in March 2019.
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Shanghai Airlines has taken delivery of the carrier’s first 787-9 Dreamliner from Boeing. The airline says it plans to use the super-efficient and passenger-preferred Dreamliner to upgrade its regional and long-range service from its base in China’s largest city. The new airplane, with a special symbol of “100” on its fuselage, is the 100th airplane
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Lufthansa Technik AG handed over a converted Airbus A321 to the German Armed Forces. In addition to military missions, the aircraft is also used for political/parliamentary purposes. On the customer side BAAINBw was responsible for the procurement and on-schedule and on-budget conversion of the former Lufthansa aircraft named “Neustadt an der Weinstraße”. BAAINBw had awarded
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Pentagon 2000 Software has worked with Aero Trade, to expand the deployment of software and systems to manage their growing business operations. Customers are supported with 24 hour AOG service, so the use of Pentagon 2000SQL™ allows the team of experienced aircraft parts specialists to keep their focus on quality management and delivering the highest
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