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General Aviation News March 30, 2011

GE Capital Aviation Services Finalizes Order With Boeing for 10 777-300ERs

Boeing and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) finalized an order for 10 777-300ER (extended range) airplanes. The order is worth approximately $2.8 billion at list…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News March 30, 2011

Bombardier Enters into Strategic Alliance with Fokker Services to Strengthen Support for Dash 8/Q-Series 100/200/300 Aircraft

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Fokker Services for the launch of FLY, a new program aimed at…

General Aviation News March 29, 2011

Political Unrest Slows Global Growth

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced scheduled international traffic for February 2011 showing increases of 6.0% and 2.3% respectively for passenger and cargo…

General Aviation News March 29, 2011

Eurocopter Canada Announces the Sale of first AS350 B3e to Slave Lake Helicopters

The enhanced AS350 B3e is the next generation aircraft in the proven Ecureuil family of helicopters. Officially launched at Heli-Expo, 2011 the new version features…

General Aviation News March 28, 2011

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Two New Boeing 737-86Ns to Xiamen Airlines

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing unit of GE, announced delivery of two new Boeing 737-86N aircraft leased to…

General Aviation News March 28, 2011

Eurocopter to acquire Vector Aerospace Corporation – thus becoming a global player in Aerospace Support and Services

Eurocopter Holding, a subsidiary of EADS (EUR:EAD) and Vector Aerospace Corporation (TSX:RNO), a Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, have entered into a…

General Aviation News March 25, 2011

Bombardier Introduces Parts Satisfaction Guarantee for Business Aircraft Customers

Eliminating key shipping, labour and restocking charges Comes on heels of commitment to reduction in incidence of top 10 No Fault Found components to less…

General Aviation News March 24, 2011

Pratt & Whitney Completes First PurePower(R) PW1200G Engine for Mitsubishi Regional Jet

Pratt & Whitney completed assembly on the first PurePower PW1217G engine to test for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft. The engine, rated at 17,000…

General Aviation News March 22, 2011

NASA Global Hawk Takes the Earth’s Temperature Over the Pacific Ocean

A Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high altitude unmanned aircraft began a series of flights over the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 11 as part of a…

General Aviation News March 22, 2011

GULFSTREAM TO DISPLAY TWO AIRCRAFT AT HAINAN RENDEZ-VOUS

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. will display two of its aircraft at the second annual Hainan Rendez-Vous in Sanya, China, next month. The companyâ€™s static display at…

General Aviation News March 22, 2011

GULFSTREAM G250 COMPLETES NATURAL ICING TESTS

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.â€™s second Gulfstream G250 flight-test aircraft successfully completed natural icing tests, bringing the large-cabin, mid-range aircraft several steps closer to its certification later…

General Aviation News March 22, 2011

Boeing Helps United Airlines Enhance 777 Fuel Efficiency

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and United Continental Holdings, Inc. announced today that United Airlines’ 777 fleet will be modified with a Performance Improvement Package that will…

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