6 November 2011
Boeing selects 68-inch fan for 737 MAX engine
Boeing has selected a 68-inch fan diameter for its new 737 MAX family, which will be powered by CFM International LEAP-1B engines.
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6 November 2011
Airbus secures FHS contract from Singapore Airlines
Airbus has secured a flight hour services (FHS) tailored support package contract from Singapore Airlines to integrate and provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance.
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6 November 2011
Dubai Aerospace modifies five 747-8Fs to 777Fs
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has agreed to cancel five of the 15 747-8 freighters and convert them to smaller Boeing 777 freighter jets.
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6 November 2011
Australia’s Optus 10 satellite to be launched in 2013
Australia-based SingTel Optus will launch its Optus 10 satellite, which will offer enhanced data transmission services, on an Ariane 5 rocket in 2013 from the Guiana Space Center in French...
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3 November 2011
Cathay Pacific receives first Boeing 747-8 Freighter
Cathay Pacific Airways has received the first of ten Boeing 747-8 Freighters it ordered from Boeing to replace its 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF).
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3 November 2011
NASA, Space Florida sign agreement for Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge
NASA has signed an agreement with the Space Florida Small Satellite Research Centre of Cape Canaveral, Florida, to manage the Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge to launch satellites with a mass of...
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3 November 2011
Southern Air to lease two Boeing 777F aircraft
Southern Air Holdings is to enhance its fleet by leasing two Boeing 777F aircraft.
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3 November 2011
Aveos raises funds to expand component solutions centre
Aveos has raised $50m from a group of financial institutions to invest into its new component solutions centre.
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2 November 2011
GE starts construction on jet engine component plant in US
GE Aviation has broken-ground on a new $50m jet engine component plant in Auburn, Alabama, US.
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2 November 2011
Boeing to build orbiter processing facility at Kennedy Space Centre
Boeing has signed a deal with Nasa and Space Florida to build an Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) in Florida, US.