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Pentagon Issues Draft Request for Proposals for New Tanker Contract
August 7, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Defense Department has issued a draft request for proposals to the competitors in the Air Force’s $35 billion program to acquire new aerial refueling tanker aircraft. The request went to Northrop-Grumman and Boeing, and addresses concerns the Government Accountability Office raised about the original award of the contract in February, said Shay Assad, the Defense Department’s director of procurement and acquisitions policy
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Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G Engine Completes Successful Test Flight
July 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMPratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1000G demonstrator engine successfully completed its first flights on July 11, launching a flight test program that will run through the end of 2008. The PurePower PW1000G engine flight test program will run in two phases
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Industry and Government Hail Success of Farnborough Airshow
July 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) have today hailed the success of the 2008 Farnborough International Airshow. The Airshow has defied the gloomy predictions about orders and has given the global aerospace and defence industry the opportunity to see the best of British-based manufacturing and engineering at first hand
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Airbus Announces Orders Worth Over US$ 40 Billion at Farnborough Airshow
July 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAirbus announced transactions covering 256 aircraft, valued at US$ 40.5 billion at the 2008 Farnborough Air Show
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Farnborough orders point to slow second half
July 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMA $40 billion (20 billion pound) spree by Gulf oil states prevented aircraft orders from going into freefall at this week's Farnborough Airshow but left little for Airbus and Boeing to scrap over for the rest of the year. Airbus, the planemaking unit of Europe aerospace group EADS , was still squeezing out a few orders on day four of a show that exposed a yawning divide between the industry's rich and poor as oil prices approach $150 a barrel
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Boeing trails Airbus in jet orders at air show
July 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMEuropean plane maker Airbus signed orders for 144 aircraft at the world's biggest air show on Tuesday, while the Boeing Co. reassured the industry that its previously delayed 787 jetliner remains on schedule
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Etihad Airways Buys 55 Airbus Aircraft, Including the A380 and A350
July 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>Etihad announced orders for 55 Airbus, including ten A380s, and 45 Boeing aircraft on the first day of the Farnborough air show. (Airbus photo)Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has signed a firm contract for the purchase of 20 A320s, 25 A350 XWBs and 10 Airbus A380 aircraft
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Saudi Arabian Airlines Orders Eight Airbus A330s
July 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSaudi Arabian Airlines, Saudi Arabias national airline, has signed a firm contract with Airbus for eight A330-300 wide body aircraft, as part of its fleet modernisation plan.>> The contract follows one for 22 Airbus A320s signed at the end of 2007, marking the first agreement between Saudi Arabian Airlines and Airbus for commercial aircraft in 26 years
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Airbus' Order Backlog Increasing Further During the First Six Months of 2008
July 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AMDuring the six-month period from January to June 2008, Airbus achieved a healthy gross order total of 525 aircraft units and a leading market share of 52 per cent. In dollar terms, this represents a total value of $62bn, based on current list prices
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GMT Global Acquires Four Airbus A320-200s
July 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AMDUBLIN --- GMT Global Republic Aviation (GMT Global) has acquired four Airbus A320-200 aircraft with a market value of US$68 million, from Aercap Holdings N.V
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