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Xiamen Airlines switches to Airbus A320neo family with order of 40 aircraft

Xiamen Airlines has placed a firm order for 40 A320neo-family aircraft switching to Airbus for its fleet growth, making the airline the newest Airbus customer. The agreement was announced by the carrier’s major shareholder China Southern Airlines to the Shanghai Stock exchange. The A320neo family incorporates new-generation engines and sharklets, which together deliver more than […]

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Embraer and GMV sign MoU for technological development

Embraer and GMV in Portugal, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a cooperation in the field of systems development and integration for defence products and services, mainly regarding the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft programme. The MoU also includes a potential joint research, technology development and innovation process, intending to extend and increase long-term

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Boeing, Red 6 to advance fighter pilot training with augmented reality

Boeing and augmented reality developer Red 6 have announced that they are collaborating to develop leading-edge aerial dogfighting technology and training in advanced tactical aircraft. Boeing is the first company to team with Red 6 on this type of advanced training technology. The joint agreement sets the stage for future integration of Red 6’s advanced

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Airbus still confident of 75 narrow-body jet output per month by 2025 despite current supply chain problems

While maintaining its proposed output target of 75 narrow-body jets per month by 2025, European planemaker Airbus has been forced to accept current supply chain issues and has lowered the pressure on suppliers to commit to meeting Airbus’ proposed target. Currently many suppliers have openly confirmed that parts’ shortages would remain “largely through the end

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GKN Aerospace celebrates grand opening of aero-engine parts repair facility in Malaysia

On the last day of the MRO ASIA show in Singapore, GKN Aerospace has celebrated the grand opening of its all-new facility for aero-engine parts repair in Johor Malaysia with an inauguration ceremony. The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place in February 2020 but had to be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The

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Boeing to slash staffing for IT and finance – 150 jobs to go in finance alone

North American planemaker Boeing has announced that as part of its corporate structure simplification programme and its decision to focus more on manufacturing and product development, numerous jobs in both the IT and finance sectors are to be shed. This year 150 jobs are due to be cut in the United States in the finance

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Heart Aerospace selects MSB (Sogeclair) to support interior development of latest electrically powered aircraft, ES-30

MSB, a Sogeclair company, supplier of innovative, high value-added solutions for safer and more efficient mobility, has signed an agreement with Heart Aerospace, manufacturers of the electrically powered ES-30 regional aircraft to design and develop some 60 key structural components for the cabin, flight deck and cargo sections. The scope of work includes full provision

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Airbus tests loading system for outsized military cargo on Beluga

Airbus Defence and Space has developed and tested a loading system to lift outsized military cargo into the Airbus Beluga A300-600ST aircraft. The capability was successfully tested during a verification exercise with the German armed forces, the system’s first customer, by loading a CH53 military medium-lift helicopter into the Beluga.  The new self-funded cargo loading

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Topcast wins exclusive distribution agreement from Av-DEC

Topcast, the aircraft parts distributor and MRO service provider, has won an exclusive distribution agreement of products from Aviation Devices & Electronic Components, LLC (Av-DEC), the innovative anti-corrosion solution provider. Upon the contract signed as of the first day of MRO Asia-Pacific 2022, Topcast will represent all corrosion-prevention products engineered by Av-DEC to customers in

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