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FBOs

Dubai’s Aviation City scouts for key bizjet OEM tenants

Dubai World Central (DWC) will hold talks with “several key business jet manufacturers” at the air show in the hope of attracting them to set up shop at it
Engines

Europrop finally lays to rest A400M compressor problems

Powering the A400M was always going to be a challenge, requiring the development of the Western world’s biggest turboprop, the 11,000-shp TP400-D6, and int

Airlines brace for a bumpy ride

After regaining profitability for the first time since 2000, the world’s airlines are heading for another downturn, predicts U.S.-based analyst Forecast In
Engines

CFM partners renew vows, launch Leap-X

CFM International partners General Electric and Snecma have extended their successful 34-year partnership until 2040 and revealed plans to develop an all-n
Aircraft

Rolls still bullish despite climbing jet-fuel prices

Given the skyrocketing price of oil, the global financial crisis and gloomy forecasts from the travel industry, one might be forgiven for anticipating a me

Rolls still bullish despite climbing jet-fuel prices

Given the skyrocketing price of oil, the global financial crisis and gloomy forecasts from the travel industry, one might be forgiven for anticipating a me
ATC

Europe takes big step toward a single sky

On May 6, a long-term solution to Europe’s air traffic control congestion problems came a giant step closer with the launch of the Single European Sky (SES
Engines

IAE celebrates 25 years in biz, braces for bumpy ride ahead

International Aero Engines comes to Farnborough celebrating the 25th anniversary of the landmark deal on March 11, 1983, between Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitn

FSI debuts Europe’s first full-flight VLJ simulator

Next month, the first very light jet (VLJ) full-flight simulator to enter service outside the U.S.
Engines

OEMs eye 10k engine sector

A year ago, EBACE was full of talk about which engine manufacturers would compete for the upcoming requirement for a 10,000-pound-thrust class engine to po

Engine monitoring programs take off

UK-headquartered Spectro, and Jet-Care, both divisions and trading names of Palace International, Ltd.
Engines

P&W defends GTF principle

Pratt & Whitney insists its geared turbofan (GTF) engine will have “fuel burn parity” with the competing open-rotor designs being studied by CFM Intern
Aircraft

Airbus mulls 10-abreast A350XWB for AirAsia

Airbus is studying 10-abreast seating for its A350WXB following interest from low-cost airlines including AirAsia, which has inquired a potential 25-aircra

Volvo shows commitment to ‘Clean Sky’

The environment is everything these days for engine manufacturers and suppliers, as initiatives such as the recently launched European Commission Clean Sky
Aircraft

Composites or aluminum; the choice for OEMs

Cessna, Bombardier and Raytheon have taken fundamentally different approaches to their new business jet designs.

June first flight anticipated for P&W geared turbofan

With two airframe applications already secured and early test results looking “very, very good,” Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan (GTF) development engine
Engines

CFM throttles up research efforts

CFM International has thrown down the gauntlet to engine manufacturers hoping to compete on the next generation of single-aisle airliners by accelerating i

Costs driving R-R out of UK

Rolls-Royce’s plans to build a greenfield factory in Singapore to manufacture and test the latest Trent engines came as no surprise given the increasing im
Engines

GE convinced PDE holds ‘game-changing’ potential

The efficiency of the gas turbine engines that power today’s commercial and military aircraft is approaching the highest level possible with current turbof
Engines

IAE claims big gains in store for SelectOne-powered A320s

Visitors to International Aero Engines’ V2500 SelectOne Web site are invited to play an interesting game–in the spirit of creative marketing.In
Aircraft

C Series to use Pratt GTFs

Bombardier has selected Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine for its proposed 110- to 149-seat C Series airliners in a deal the Canadian manu
Engines

First TP400 engines to ship by year-end

Airbus Military will receive the first four flight test engines for the delayed A400M medium-lift transport by the end of the year, ending speculation that
Aircraft

Bombardier picks Pratt GTF to power its C-Series airliner

Bombardier has selected Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine for its 100- to 149-seat C-Series airliners in a deal the airframer claims “secures

ILFC orders A350XWB engines

Rolls-Royce has notched another sale of its Trent XWB engine for the Airbus A350XWB, this time to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). Th

Embraer bullish on bizjet sales

Embraer’s executive jet division comes to Dubai in bullish form with announcements for more than $200 million of new business and forecasts for strong grow

A400M engine delay affects Middle East sales campaign

Four European engine exhibitors at Dubai–Rolls-Royce, Safran, MTU and ITP–are fighting to recover an engine program that has run into serious problems duri

Dubai sets goal to host world’s biggest airshow

Buoyed by the 40 percent growth figures for this year’s event, HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is making no secret of Dubai’s ambitions to eventually
Engines

Mitsubishi Picks GTF for Future RJs

The news that Pratt & Whitney had beaten Rolls-Royce and General Electric in the competition to power the new Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) was received in
Engines

Ever-widening range of forces driving direction of engine tech

The debate about the design of future commercial aircraft engines broadened this year as concerns mounted over the effect aircraft engines may be having on
Engines

Rolls-Royce working on new two-shaft engine

Rolls-Royce has revealed exclusively to Aviation International News details of an entirely new family of two-shaft engines under development to power busin