25 October 2011
Air Pacific orders three A330-200 aircraft from Airbus
Airbus has secured a contract from Air Pacific to deliver three new A330-200 aircraft as part of its plan to overhaul its long-haul fleet.
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25 October 2011
United Rotorcraft to design four EC145 aircraft for OSF Aviation
OSF Aviation has awarded a contract to United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods, to complete its four new Eurocopter EC145 aircraft.
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25 October 2011
International Launch Services to launch AsiaSat 7
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered its new communications satellite AsiaSat 7 to the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan, ready for its scheduled launch on 26 November 2011.
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25 October 2011
Bombardier to build aft fuselage for Global 7000 and 8000 aircraft in Mexico
Bombardier Aerospace is planning to build aft fuselages for its new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets at its site in Queretaro, Mexico.
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24 October 2011
TAM Airlines orders 32 A320 aircraft from Airbus
TAM Airlines has ordered 32 A320 aircraft from Airbus, comprising 22 A320neos and ten A320s.
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24 October 2011
Eurocopter delivers Ecureuil AS350 B3e to Servicios Aereos
Eurocopter subsidiary Eurocopter Chile has delivered an Ecureuil AS350 B3e helicopter to Servicios Aereos Kipreos Marignane, France.
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24 October 2011
AAR to acquire Teleflex’s two aerospace business units
AAR has signed an agreement with Teleflex to acquire its two aviation businesses, Telair International and Nordisk Aviation Products, for $280m, expanding its offering to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing.
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24 October 2011
Arianespace launches Europe’s two Galileo navigation satellites
Arianespace has launched Europe's first two Galileo navigation satellites on the Russian-built Soyuz launch vehicle from French Guiana.
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23 October 2011
US DARPA plans to recycle space debris
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has started a programme, called Phoenix, which will find ways to recycle space junk thousands of miles above the Earth.
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23 October 2011
ViaSat-1 launched on a Russian Proton rocket
The ViaSat-1 broadband spacecraft has been launched on a Russian Proton rocket by International Launch Services (ILS) for ViaSat of California, US.