Paris Air Show 2009

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Engines

Etihad blesses engine makers with historic $14B in orders

Etihad Airways has completed engine selections for the massive aircraft orders it revealed at last year’s Farnborough airshow, in deals now totaling $14 bi

PC-6 hits new heights with Yeti in Himalayas

Chromalloy CF6 gas turbine blades have reached the 10,000 flight-hour mark for the first time with an unidentified major airline.

Enders stirs up subsidy row again

Calling Boeing’s 787 “probably the most subsidized airplane ever,” Airbus CEO Thomas Enders nevertheless feels comfortable with the €11 billion ($15 billio

Schiebel nearing first order for civil Camcopter UAV customer

Schiebel (Hall 4 Stand A24) is poised to announce a civil customer for the Camcopter S-100 unmanned rotorcraft to be used for pipeline surveillance.

ACSS closing in on T3CAS certification

Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) is closing in on end-of-the-year certification for T3CAS, a product that combines a traffic alert and
Aircraft

Spectrum Aero Unveils First S.40 Fuselage

Spectrum Aeronautical sister company Rocky Mountain Composites has completed a test article version of the all-composite S.40 Freedom midsize jet fuselage
Aircraft

Qatar could scrap 787 orders as Al Baker berates Boeing

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is threatening to pull the plug on a contract for up to 60 Boeing 787s due to what appear to be serious objections to the

Saab Off the Hook Over Gripen Deal

This week the Swedish chief prosecutor, Christer van der Kwast, decided to close the preliminary investigation into alleged illegal methods concerned with

Bombardier Bullish in 10-year Bizjet Forecast

Bombardier said at the Paris Air Show yesterday that it expects total deliveries of 11,500 business jets worth $256 billion between this year and 2018.