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BAE's Asian, Mideast jet orders to offset cutsSales of combat aircraft in the Middle East and Asia will more than compensate for cutbacks in US and European spending, Britain's BAE Systems predicted on Tuesday. Eur More… |
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Qatar Airways eyes Boeing 777X mini-jumbosQatar Airways' top executive said the carrier wants to be a launch customer for Boeing's forthcoming 777X mini-jumbo jet, and that the airline pl More… |
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Kuwait Airways to sign $3bn Airbus dealState-run Kuwait Airways will spend KD850 million dinars ($2.98 billion) on 25 new Airbus jets and aims to lease a further 13 to upgrade its ageing fleet, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Sunday. Daily Al-Watan cited sources close More… |
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Jet 'dragged' from sky, says Lion Air crash pilotThe pilot whose Indonesian jet slumped into the sea while trying to land in Bali has described how he felt it "dragged" down by wind while he struggled to regain control, a person familiar with the matter said. More… |
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ME investment in Boeing doubles in 2012Middle Eastern airlines last year invested about $4 billion in financing for new Boeing products from regional sources, a figure that’s nearly double what it was in 2011, according to a top executive of the aircraft manufacturer. More… |
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Boeing reveals details of 787 battery changesBoeing today announced that a comprehensive set of improvements that will add several layers of additional safety features to the lithium-ion batteries on 787 commercial jetliners are in production and could be ready for More… |
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Empire receives first business jet for 2013Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group (EAG), a leading aircraft sales and aircraft management specialist and operator of one of the largest fleet of business jets, has taken its first new aircraft of the year under management. The Gul More… |
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Iran unveils new homemade fighter jetIran unveiled what it said was a new, domestically built fighter jet on Saturday, local media reported. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a ceremony in Tehran that the Qaher 313 demonstrated Iran's growing self-reliance in More… |
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Airbus to offer longer-range A330 planeEuropean planemaker Airbus will revamp its A330 wide-body passenger jet in order to boost its range, it said at the Farnborough Airshow on Monday. Industry sources told Reuters earlier on Monday that Airbus would announce a partial redesi More… |
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Erdogan warns Syria of Turkish wrathTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told Syria to beware the wrath of Turkey after Friday's shooting down of a warplane and said he had given orders to the armed forces to react to any threat approaching Turkish borders from Syria. E More… |
