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FAA certifies all Pratt & Whitney CFM56-3 engine life limited parts

Pratt & Whitney received the remaining three Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) approvals. The three STCs certify Global Material Solutions life-limited parts for the CFM56-3 engine high-pressure compressor, high- pressure turbine, and low-pressure turbine; in total GMS has certified 19 CFM56-3 engine life limited parts. Each part is certified with FAA Chapter 5

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Finnair Technical Services signs maintenance contract with KLM

Finnair Technical Services and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have signed a contract covering nine scheduled C-checks for Boeing MD-11 passenger aircraft. Each maintenance visit will last approximately one week, the last one will be completed by 3 July 2008. KLM’s MD-11 fleet consists of 10 passenger aircraft.

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Boeing and Jeppesen Technology expand China market for China Eastern Airlines

A China Eastern Airlines Next-Generation 737-700 completed a flight into China’s Lijiang Airport on May 13th to validate the capability and benefits of an advanced navigation method known as Required Navigation Performance (RNP). RNP uses global-positioning satellites and onboard flight-management systems to guide airplanes along precise flight paths with pinpoint accuracy. RNP flight procedures provide

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Spirit AeroSystems secures Airbus A350 XWB contract

Spirit AeroSystems reported that it has signed a contract with Airbus to design and produce a major composite fuselage structure for the A350 XWB program. Spirit will design and manufacture the Section 15 center fuselage frame section, a composite structure that will be approximately 65 feet long, 20 feet wide and weigh nearly 9,000 pounds.

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Avcorp announces 2008 first quarter results

Avcorp Industriesm reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. Revenue increased 14% to $31,151,000 for the quarter ending March 31, 2008, and cash flow from operations increased to $1,529,000 compared to $1,101,000 for the same quarter last year. EBITDA of $1,375,000 was a significant improvement over the negative EBITDA of $1,282,000 incurred in

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IAI and TATA sign framework agreement

Mr. Itzhak Nissan, President and CEO Israel Aerospace Industries and Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman Tata Sons have signed a framework agreement for cooperation in the development, manufacturing, marketing and support of defence products in India. This agreement was signed following a Memorandum of Agreement that was signed on February 17 in New Delhi during

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