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Air Arabia orders 34 Airbus A320s

UAE low-fare carrier Air Arabia yesterday ordered 34 Airbus A320 single-aisle airliners, with delivery to begin in 2012, and took options on an additional

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November 13, 2007

Aerion Now Taking Orders for Supersonic Bizjet

Reno, Nev.-based Aerion on Sunday announced at the Dubai Air Show that it is now accepting letters of intent for a “limited number” of early delivery posit

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November 13, 2007

Jet Aviation units focusing on customer improvements

Jet Aviation Dubai and Jet Aviation Basel, which have quite different operations and capacities, are both engaged in a process to better serve their custom

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November 12, 2007

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

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November 12, 2007

Airbus sells Corporate Jetliner to Hong Kong’s C Jet Limited

Airbus yesterday signed an order for an Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) from C Jet Limited, a Hong Kong company owned by a private individual.

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November 12, 2007

Virgin Nigeria buys bevy of Embraer regional jets

Virgin Nigeria has signed for up to 24 Embraer E-Jets worth $811 million at current list prices and is trying to persuade the manufacturer to establish a r

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November 12, 2007

Qatar pads order book with Boeing freighters

Gulf carrier Qatar Airways yesterday signed an order for five Boeing 777F cargo aircraft and took options on a further five.

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November 12, 2007

Lighter-than-air craft gaining favor in Mideast

Using gas for lift is hardly new, but interest in the idea is making something of a resurgence here in the Middle East.

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November 12, 2007

Straight as Arrows

The UK Royal Air Force Red Arrows make a return appearance to the Dubai Air Show.

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November 12, 2007

Cessna lengthens its order backlog in the Middle East

Cessna announced yesterday that its authorized sales representative for the region, Wallan Aviation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has placed an order for 25 air

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November 12, 2007

Grounded for Six Months, F-35 Prepares for Return

The first Lockheed Martin (LM) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has now been grounded for more than six months.

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November 12, 2007

Aerion accepting letters of intent for supersonic bizjet

Aerion has started accepting letters of intent for the first 80 delivery positions of its projected supersonic business jet and has appointed Zurich-headqu

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November 12, 2007

SAAB at 70…or Saab at 100?

On August 31 this year Saab held a party at its Linköping aircraft factory to celebrate the company’s 70th birthday.

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November 8, 2007

Embraer stakes its claim on booming Mideast bizjet market

Embraer (Stand E614) has opened a sales office here in Dubai in a bid to gain a larger share of what it views as a booming market for business aircraft in

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November 8, 2007

King Airs Are Still King for Hawker Beechcraft

Wichita-based Hawker Beechcraft yesterday reported third-quarter pre-tax profits of $62.1 million and quarterly aircraft sales of $871 million, resulting i

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November 8, 2007

M-346 gets lighter, faster, more agile

While the first two prototypes of the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 lead-in fighter trainer are engaged in a development program, a third is taking shape at the I

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November 7, 2007