Dubai Airshow 2005

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Engines

GE’s $2.5 Billion Emirates Windfall

General Electric is clearly delighted with the latest Emirates Airline order for 42 Boeing 777s and 20 options as it will supply the GE90 engines to power

Kuwait lessor takes Airbuses

Airbus took some of the sting out of its rival Boeing’s blockbuster sales announcement yesterday with a pair of significant orders of its own for A350s and
Aircraft

Stork-Fokker F100s to go to Iran

Officials from Stork-Fokker Services are meeting with IranAir’s new chairman and managing director Saeid Hesami here at the show to talk over plans to send
Aircraft

Northrop touts Hawkeye for UAE

Competition to supply the United Arab Emirates with an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is becoming intense as next year’s selection date

B777 wins a $9.7 billion Emirates OK

Emirates Airline chairman HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum yesterday announced the largest ever order in the history of the Boeing 777 program.

Saudi Aramco Takes Delivery of A109 Fleet

Delivery of the seven AgustaWestland A109 Power helicopters ordered by Saudi Aramco are almost complete, with the last aircraft due for acceptance by the e
Aircraft

Kingfisher Airlines orders 20 ATR 72s

Six months after beginning operations, Kingfisher Airlines has confirmed it has ordered 20 ATR 72-500 twin turboprops valued at $350 million and taken opti

Interest Shown in Bexair’s Airplane Financing

Bahrain Executive Air Services (Bexair) is seeing strong interest in its new aircraft financing venture, Arabian Aircraft & Equipment Leasing Co.

ACSS expanding on TCAS product

Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), an L-3 Communications & Thales company, is at Dubai 2005 (Stand E609) featuring its new SafeRoute sof