United Arab Emirates announced the purchase from EADS, through its Military Transport Aircraft Division, of the A330 MRTT (Multi Role Transport Tanker) as the new air to air refuelling aircraft for the UAE Air Force & Air Defense.
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Embraer disclosed a contract with Indian business aviation solutions company Aviators India for two Phenom 100 executive jets, totaling $ 5.96 million, at list price. This order, announced February 22, in India, is already included in Embraer
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Spectrum Aeronautical has received a significant fleet order for the Independence model S-33 and Freedom model S-40 business jets. The order was placed by Jetpool, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Spectrum Aeronautical is headquartered in Carlsbad, California with its development center located in Spanish Fork, Utah. The company is developing two jets: the Freedom, a nine-place
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RAK Airways and Boeing held a signing ceremony on February 25 for the procurement of four 737-800s with purchase rights for two additional 737s. The deal is valued at approximately $300 million at list prices. RAK Airways is the fourth national airline of the UAE. The airline was established in February 2006 under an Emiri
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Qantas reported that it would hire 900 new long haul flight attendants by the end of 2008 in the first phase of its largest ever cabin crew recruitment drive. The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said the airline would continue to build its full- time flight attendant numbers through to 2010 to
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Qantas Airways and BOC Aviation signed agreements for the lease of eight new Airbus A320 aircraft. The aircraft will be delivered new from Airbus between the third quarter of 2010 and first quarter of 2011 and will be operated by the carrier’s fast-growing low fare subsidiary Jetstar. This latest deal marks the second time BOC
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The Board of Directors of Goodrich Corporation approved an increase to the company’s existing Share Repurchase Plan to authorize the repurchase of up to an additional $300 million of the company’s common stock, bringing the total authorization to $600 million. Since the initial $300 million authorization was approved in October 2006, the company has repurchased
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BOC Aviation a leading Asia-based aircraft leasing company, has signed a firm contract for five A330-200F all-cargo aircraft. The agreement was signed during the 2008 Singapore Airshow. Previously known as Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise, BOC Aviation is headquartered in Singapore, with representatives based in Europe and the US. The company is wholly owned by the
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Avianca took delivery of the first of three Airbus A320s it has leased from CIT International, at a delivery ceremony in Toulouse, France. This paves the way to the subsequent delivery of 47 A320 Family aircraft (32 A320s and 15 A319s) the Colombian flag-carrier has directly ordered from Airbus as part of a complete fleet
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Bombardier released that its Board of Directors has granted Bombardier Aerospace the authority to offer formal sales proposals of the optimized CSeries aircraft family to airline customers. The aircraft will incorporate the latest technology available to produce the economic, performance, environmental and passenger-oriented improvements demanded by airline customers for the next quarter century. Entry into
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