Etihad Airways Orders $3.9 Billion in GE Engines & Services for Boeing 777 & 787 Aircraft
LE BOURGET – June 16, 2009 — Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has selected the GEnx-1B engine to power its…
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Avialeasing Company acquires 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100s
June 16, 2009, Paris – Today as part of the International Paris Air Show, the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and the Investment Financial Company Avialeasing…
Second Boeing 787 Dreamliner Moves to Flight Line
EVERETT, Wash., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner has moved to the flight line to begin fuel testing. This is…
Bombardier Sells an Additional 15 CRJ1000 NextGen Aircraft to Air Nostrum
Airline also confirmed as previously unidentified launch customer for CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft Air Nostrum’s cumulative orders for Bombardier aircraft since 1998, now total 100, including…
Bodies of Air France victims returned to land
FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil (CNN) — The first bodies to be recovered from the crash of Air France 447 returned to land Tuesday, as helicopters…
More bodies found from Air France crash
RECIFE, Brazil (CNN) — Sixteen bodies have been recovered from last week’s crash of an Air France jetliner in the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil’s military announced…
Boeing Completes 787 Intermediate Gauntlet Testing
EVERETT, Wash., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has completed the intermediate gauntlet phase of testing on the first 787 Dreamliner. During the testing,…
Nigeria’s Afrijet Airlines Inks Head of Agreement for 4 ATR 72-500s
Nigerian carrier Afrijet Airlines and ATR today announced the signature of a HoA (Heads of Agreement) for the purchase of 4 ATR 72-500s, in a…
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Air France flight AF 447
Airbus regrets to confirm that an Airbus A330-200 operated by Air France has been lost about 3.5 hours after departure. The aircraft was operating a…
ASTRA AIRLINES OF GREECE ACQUIRES SECOND BAe 146
Hatfield, Hertfordshire – Astra Airlines of Greece has acquired a BAe 146-300 from BAE Systems Asset Management to add to its existing Series 300 that…
Boeing Completes First 787 Dreamliner Engine Runs
EVERETT, Wash., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] continued to make steady progress toward the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, completing the first…
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