29 November 2011
Russia launches Glonass-M navigation satellite
Russia has launched another Glonass-M navigation satellite on a Soyuz carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space centre as part of its Glonass global navigation system.
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29 November 2011
Hebei Aviation orders ten ARJ21 jets
Hebei Aviation Investment Group has signed an agreement with Commercial Aircraft of China (Comac) to buy ten Comac ARJ21 regional jets.
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29 November 2011
SIA Engineering wins TSP contract from Airbus
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has secured a six-year tailored support package (TSP) contract from Airbus to maintain Singapore Airlines' (SIA) additional fleet of 15 A330-300 aircraft, which were bought from...
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29 November 2011
AeroMechanical to install AFIRS 220 for Nigerian airline
AeroMechanical Services (AMA) has secured a contract from a Nigerian airline to install the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 220 on six Fokker 100 aircraft.
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28 November 2011
Kazakhstan receives six EC145 helicopters from Eurocopter
The Republic of Kazakhstan has received the first of six EC145 helicopters out of a total of 45 ordered from Eurocopter.
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28 November 2011
UK opens national composites centre
The UK has opened a 8,500m² National Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol at a cost of £25m.
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28 November 2011
AsiaSat launches AsiaSat 7 satellite
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) has launched AsiaSat 7, a new communications satellite, on an ILS Proton Breeze M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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28 November 2011
Nasa launches car-sized rover to explore Mars
Nasa has launched the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in...
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27 November 2011
Flybe secures funds for aircraft finance deal
European regional airline Flybe has secured $500m of funding from the Brazilian Export Development Bank (BNDES) to buy 20 new Embraer E175 regional jet aircraft.
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27 November 2011
Volvo to divest aero engine parts business
Swedish group Volvo is planning to sell its aerospace engine component business to streamline the group towards commercial vehicles.