Emirates Airlines has ordered 42 extended-range Boeing 777 aircraft, all powered by GE90 engines, with purchase rights for an additional 20 aircraft. These GE90-115B engines will be covered by a 12-year, OnPointSM Solution service agreement with GE for maintenance and overhaul. Total value of the order is more than $2.5 billion (USD). Under the terms […]
The facility was designed in co-operation with GE with a capability unique to the Middle East region. The facility will house a 13-meter cross-section turbofan engine test cell and an auxiliary power unit test cell and will be capable of testing aircraft engines with up to 150,000 pounds of thrust. The test facility will test
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Assembly of engine subasssembly for the first full-scale GEnx test engine is underway. The GEnx engine is being developed for the Boeing 787 and 747 Advanced aircraft and the Airbus A350 aircraft. The certification schedule for the GEnx engine for the A350 includes engine certification in 2007, flight tests in 2009 and aircraft/engine certification in
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Embraer foresees a global demand for 7,950 commercial jets in the 30- to 120-seat capacity segment over the next 20 years. The Company estimates that 3,350 aircraft will be delivered between 2006 and 2015, with the remaining 4,600 units to be delivered between 2016 and 2025. The total market value is estimated at US$ 180
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National Air Services, a provider of VVIP and executive air transport services in the Middle East, has made a firm commitment to purchase five A318 Elites and has taken an option for five additional aircraft, becoming the launch customer in the Middle East for this new member of the Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) Family.
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MTU Aero Engines is expanding its military engine maintenance activities. The company has signed a contract with the German Air Force on the expansion of the existing industry-military cooperative model of engine maintenance (“Cooperative Model”). The agreement widens the scope of maintenance, which had so far involved only the Eurofighter EJ200 engine, to include also
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Ten years ago the GE90-entered service on a new Boeing 777.To date, more than 350 GE90 engines are in service.
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BAE Systems will close its facility at Lochside, Edinburgh, in 2006, with the potential loss of up to 260 jobs. The decision to close the engineering and product development facility is driven by a defence market environment that provides fewer opportunities for the large, customer-funded development projects that have historically sustained the business. Work currently
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Talks between Continental Airlines and the IAM adjourned yesterday in Washington, D.C., with no flight attendant agreement being reached. The chairman of the National Mediation Board (NMB) joined the talks on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The issues have been narrowed to a few remaining items. A final bargaining session has been scheduled for Dec. 7 and
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AMR Corp. , the parent company of American Airlines, Inc., announced the pricing of a public offering of 13 million newly issued shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $17.25 per share. AMR has granted the underwriter of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1.95
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