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Singapore Airlines and Airbus sign Flight Hour Services Tailored Support Package (FHS-TSP) contract for its A380 fleet

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a ‘Flight Hour Services - Tailored Support Package’ (FHSTSP) contract with Airbus to integrate and provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for SIA’s 19 A380s. Under this 1...

Boeing Sees SE Asia Aircraft Demand Worth USD$550 Billion

Southeast Asia will need 3,750 new aircraft worth USD$550 billion in 20 years from 2015, a senior Boeing executive told a press conference ahead of the Singapore Airshow. Of this number, 76 percent will be for single-aisle aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, said Dinesh Keskar, senio...

This Russian jet might just give Boeing and Airbus a run for their money

When it comes to commercial airplane production, two companies essentially have the industry on lock: American-made Boeing and European-produced Airbus. Boeing’s 737, 777 and 787 models — as well as Airbus’ A320, A330 and A350 models — dominate airports across the world. Now, a Russian company is seeking to squeeze one of its planes right into the middle of the ma...

Bombardier’s all-new CS100 Aircraft Kicks off Worldwide Demonstration Tours with First Stop in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that its all-new, recently-certified CS100 aircraft in the livery of first operator SWISS has kicked off demonstration tours and that its first stop will be Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In addition to stops in the Middle East, the aircraft – which is en route to the Singapore Airshow 2016 - is expected to make stops in a number of Asia-Pac...

Finmeccanica Technology Excellences at Singapore Air Show

Asia’s biggest aerospace show is set to start on the 16th of February in Singapore, and Finmeccanica will be participating with its newly integrated “One Company” organisation. Leader in the aerospace, defence and security sectors, Finmeccanica will be exhibiting its latest technologies and products in the helicopter, aeronautics and security fields to the Singapore and...

Rolls-Royce Expands Asian Trent 1000 Parts Manufacturing

Rolls-Royce (R-R) has expanded its involvement in the Asia/Pacific aerospace industry with arrangements for producing Trent 1000 engine fan cases in Malaysia. The engine maker has signed a 25-year agreement covering manufacture, assembly, and supply of the assemblies with UMW M&E, the investment arm of Malaysian conglomerate UMW, and the latter's newly established ...

Dassault Sees Weaker Market for Falcon Bizjets in Asia

Dassault Falcon is exhibiting two of its wide-cabin business aircraft, a Falcon 7X trijet and a Falcon 2000LX twinjet, here in Singapore. The Asian market, after a peak period in the early 2010s, is now much slower, but the French airframer is confident about the coming years. “Business aviation is a cyclical market, including in Asia,” Jean-Michel Jacob, senior v-p f...

Elbit unveils Skylark 3 UAV

Elbit Systems has unveiled its new Skylark 3 mini unmanned air system, and also revealed it has gained selection by an undisclosed customer. Intended to support brigade- and division-level units, the Skylark 3 has an operating range of more than 54nm (100km) and a flight endurance of up to 6h, says the Israeli manufacturer. Deployed from a pneumatic launcher on the ground or mounted on a v...

KC-46 demonstrates probe-and-drogue refuelling of F/A-18

Boeing and the US Air Force have completed the first KC-46APegasus refuelling of a combat jet using the next-generation tanker's wing-mounted hose-and-drogue system. The milestone was achieved on 10 February when the KC-46 transferred fuel to a US Navy F/A-18 at 20,000ft, says Boeing. On January 24, Pegasus completed its first ever aerial refuelling by topping up an F-16 d...

Boeing 777 an Elephant in the Room, Says RBC

RBC cuts price target on Boeing driven by concern over 777 demand and production. In a research note published on February 10, RBC reiterated its Sector Perform rating on Boeing Co.but cut its price target from $143 to $135, driven by low earnings per share margins. RBC sees many fundamental issues that could impact the aircraft maker’s revenue and profit. The research firm sees the 77...

The Boeing 747 jumbo jet changed air travel with this momentous event 47 years ago

On February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747-100 jumbo jet took to the sky for the very first time. With that event, commercial air travel changed forever. With the 747 and its widebody, dual-aisle interior, airlines greatly increased the volume of passengers it could ferry per flight. Known as the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747 ruled the skies for most of its life. Over the pas...

Airbus A320neo's engine problems to be solved by April: Pratt CEO

Any technical problems with the engines of Airbus's A320neo jetliner should be solved in the coming weeks, the head of engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitneysaid. "By April, most of that will be solved," Robert Leduc said at a ceremony at which German flagship carrier Lufthansa took delivery of the first A320neo. Lufthansa stepped up to become the first airline to ta...

Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc 2015 Full Year Results

Warren East, Chief Executive, said: “In the context of challenging trading conditions our overall performance for the year was in line with the expectations we set out in July 2015. It was a year of considerable change for Rolls-Royce: in our management, in some market conditions and in our near-term outlook. At the same time, there were some important constants: the underlying growth of our...

Foreign investors may participate in Russian Helicopters privatization in 2016

The blocking stake of Russian Helicopters may be privatized in 2016, the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Friday, adding that foreign investors may participate in privatization. "As far as Russian Helicopters are concerned we’re always searching for strategic, portfolio investors so it’s not ruled out that the blocking stake will be sold by (State Corporati...

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