The first Engine Alliance GP7200 engines have entered service with the first revenue service flight of an Emirates Airlines Airbus A380 aircraft. The Emirates flight was the first in-service A380 flight to the United States when it arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport after completing a 14-hour nonstop flight from Dubai. The GP7200-powered […]
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Development is now underway at the new Rolls-Royce aerospace manufacturing facility located on 1,000 acres of the Crosspointe Center property in Prince George County, Virginia. Clearing of the first 60 acre parcel began on July 21. Once clearing is complete, Rolls-Royce will break ground and begin construction of the first building. Crosspointe will manufacture, assemble
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Petters Aviation has acquired Southwest Aviation (d/b/a Charter First and operated by Midwest Aviation), a private air charter carrier based in Marshall, Minn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Charter First was formed in 1962 and is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certified Air Carrier operating a diverse fleet of jet and turboprop aircraft.
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TAM and Lufthansa are going to initiate their codeshare agreement on domestic and international routes on August 18. This partnership will allow the two companies to offer more choices of flights to passengers flying between Brazil and Germany, as well as for connections in the two countries.
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Embraer recorded second quarter 2008 (2Q08) net sales of $1,635.0 million and net income of $134.4 million, equivalent to diluted earnings per ADS of $0.7427. Embraer added new customers to its firm order backlog in the second quarter of 2008 such as ETA Star Group, from Dubai and TRIP Linhas A
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Astronics Corporation reported sales of $47.9 million in the second quarter of 2008, which ended June 28, 2008, a 15.8% increase compared with sales of $41.4 million in the second quarter of 2007. Net income grew 13.3% to $5.1 million compared with $4.5 million in the same period the prior year.
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BAE Systems reported that underlying earnings per share increased by 14% to 17.5p, total sales improved 12.5% to
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EADS continued its robust underlying performance in the first half of 2008 and achieved significant efficiency improvements across all Divisions despite programme challenges the Group is still facing. Within an uncertain macro-economic environment EADS registered a remarkable order intake reflecting the quality of its commercial and defence product portfolio. The Group confirms its full-year 2008
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IAE International Aero Engines announced that the latest production standard of the V2500, SelectOne has been certified on the Airbus A320 by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The new engine upgrade, which delivers an additional one per cent fuel burn benefit, achieved EASA CS-25 certification on schedule, following FAR33 engine level certification in December
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BA reported for the first quarter 2008 profit before tax of
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