New Bombardier learjet aircraft on track to enter service in 2013

Bombardier reported that it is on track with its three new Learjet business aircraft as it shared further details of its ongoing development programs.The Learjet 85 aircraft program continues to progress towards first flight with four test aircraft in various stages of fabrication. The first complete pressure fuselage, including the nose and aft fuselage, is […]

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airBaltic signs Letter of Intent for up to 20 Bombardier CSeries airliners

Riga, Latvia-based Air Baltic has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire 10 CS300 aircraft and take purchase rights on a further 10 CS300 jetliners. Based on the list price of the CS300 airliner, a firm-order contract with the network carrier will be valued at approximately US$764m and could increase to US$1.57bn should the

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Rolls-Royce wins Trent 700 engine order from Garuda Indonesia

Rolls-Royce has won an order from Garuda Indonesia Airlines for Trent 700 engines to power 11 Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract includes long-term TotalCare service support. The order confirms an announcement made by the airline in April of its intention to purchase Rolls-Royce engines. Garuda Indonesia Airlines will have 24 A330 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce

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Ruag and GE extend business agreement

Philipp Berner, CEO of RUAG Aviation, Konrad Peter, executive chairman of RUAG Holding and Tony Mathis, vice president and general manager of Turbofan/Turbojet Projects for GE Military Systems Operation have extended a business agreement to further broaden industrial development activities in Switzerland. The agreement includes GE’s F414 engine, which powers the Boeing F/A-18E/F, Saab Gripen

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ATR signs aircraft deals with ALC, Lao Airlines, TransAsia Airways and NAC

ATR and US-based leasing company Air Lease Corporation (ALC) signed a contract for the acquisition of 2 ATR 72-600s. These 72-seat aircraft are the conversion into firm orders of two of the ten options that ATR and ALC included in their first deal, booked in Farnborough 2010. With the purchase of these two aircraft, ALC

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Pratt & Whitney to provide PurePower PW1200G engines on SkyWest order for 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jets

Pratt & Whitney will provide exclusive power for 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft for an order announced by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and SkyWest, Inc. The agreement represents 200 PurePower PW1200G engines with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2017. Each Mitsubishi Regional Jet is powered by two PurePower PW1200G engines. To date, Pratt & Whitney

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Air Astana selects Pratt & Whitney PW4000-94" engines in deal valued at $90m

Air Astana has selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000-94″ engine for its order of three firm and one option Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft. The contract is valued at approximately $90 million. Delivery of the engines will start in 2013. Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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Nasair chooses Hamilton Sundstrand APS3200 Auxiliary Power Unit

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation has been selected to install its APS3200 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) on Nasair’s future purchased and leased Airbus A320 series aircraft and to retrofit Nasair’s nine current A320 aircraft fleet from the Honeywell 131-9A APU to the Hamilton Sundstrand APS3200 APU. Nasair also selected Hamilton Sundstrand for a long-term fixed price agreement

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U.S. Army awards Hamilton Sundstrand multi-year Overhaul & Repair contract

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation was recently awarded a multi-year Overhaul & Repair contract from the U.S. Army for BLACK HAWK helicopter T700 fuel controls, with initial delivery orders starting in 2012 and covering a period of performance through 2017. The contract is estimated to be worth $46m over the life of the program. Hamilton Sundstrand’s Engine

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