27 January 2012
NEC starts system design for second Hayabusa asteroid explorer
NEC has begun the system design of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) second Hayabusa Asteroid Explorer under the Hayabusa 2 project.
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26 January 2012
Norwegian orders 222 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus for $21.5bn
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) has signed deals worth $21.5bn to buy 222 planes from Boeing and Airbus including models equipped with fuel-efficient engines.
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26 January 2012
Airbus delivers first A320 aircraft to Hong Kong Airlines
Airbus has delivered a long-range, single-aisle A320 aircraft to Hong Kong Airlines, the first of 30 aircraft ordered by the airline.
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25 January 2012
Saudi Arabian Airlines orders eight Boeing 777-300ERs
Saudi Arabian Airlines has ordered eight Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a deal worth $2.4bn.
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25 January 2012
Hawaiian Airlines extends maintenance agreement with Goodrich
Goodrich and Hawaiian Airlines have extended their current Prime Solutions nacelle maintenance agreement in order to include three Boeing 717-200 aircraft inducted into the airline's fleet in October 2011.
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24 January 2012
EASA orders checks on one third of A380 fleet
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) relating to one third of the current Airbus 380 fleet following reported cracks inside the wings of the...
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24 January 2012
Indian Government to fund civilian aircraft development project
The Indian Government’s Planning Commission is expected to allocate Rs50bn ($995.6m) in the 12th Five Year Plan for the development of a 90-seater regional transport aircraft (RTA).
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23 January 2012
Cathay Pacific Airways orders six Airbus A350-900 jets
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has signed a $1.6bn order with Airbus for six A350-900 wide-body long-haul aircraft intended to serve European destinations.
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23 January 2012
ULA launches fourth WGS satellite
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 4 (WGS-4) satellite on board an unmanned heavy-lift Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 in Cape...
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20 January 2012
Boeing to build eighth and ninth WGS satellites for USAF
The US Air Force (USAF) has given authorisation to Boeing to build and launch the eighth and ninth wideband global SATCOM (WGS) satellites.