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  There's More than One Airbus Operator in Indonesia...

  Posted by Nigel Howarth 8:36 AM on Mar 29, 2013

  Whilst LionAir grabbed all the headlines last Monday with its huge order for Airbus narrowbodies, Garuda's subsidiary Citilink continues to receive brand new A320's at a pace. Thre... Read More >>

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  Flying For Your Smile Since 1958

  Posted by Nigel Howarth 8:48 AM on Mar 28, 2013

  In common with most other European flag carriers, Austrian Airlines has re-painted an A320 in 'retro' colours, with a tag-line of "Flying For Your Smile Since 1958" on the fuselage... Read More >>

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  A350 gets ready to power up

  Posted by Guy Norris 11:37 AM on Mar 26, 2013

  The engines and auxiliary power unit have been installed on the first flight test Airbus A350-900 (MSN001) in Toulouse, marking a significant milestone on the road to aircraft comp... Read More >>

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  Lion Air's Massive Airbus Order -- Airbus Say 'Thank You'

  Posted by Nigel Howarth 9:08 AM on Mar 18, 2013

  Lion Air of Indonesia today ordered 234 Airbuses in a deal worth a reported $24 billion. Lion Air are currently taking delivery of rival Boeing 737-800s and -900s, having over 80 i... Read More >>

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  Airbus Retirements In 2012

  Posted by Andrew Compart 4:30 PM on Mar 07, 2013

  Some warning signs are emerging for the marketability of Airbus A320-200, A340-300 and A340-600 aircraft, which warrants keeping an eye on what happens with the sales, storage or r... Read More >>

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  P&W's NEO engine shows a surprising new face

  Posted by Guy Norris 1:02 PM on Oct 26, 2012

  Pratt & Whitney’s long running efforts to introduce geared turbofan technology into the mainstream air transport market took a huge jump forward today with the formal &ls... Read More >>

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  Aerospace Hotels?

  Posted by Guy Norris 11:43 AM on Oct 19, 2012

  How can you tell you’re in a hotel where most of the guests come from the aerospace industry? Well, in the case of the Premier Inn, a hotel close to Bristol’s (soon to ... Read More >>

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  Do Airliners Have to be Boring?

  Posted by Graham Warwick 3:58 PM on Sep 12, 2012

  With both Airbus and Boeing choosing to pass up the opportunity to design all-new next-generation single-aisles, in favor of minimum-change re-engining of their current narrowbodie... Read More >>

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  London Olympics - in the air

  Posted by Guy Norris 2:34 PM on Jul 26, 2012

  As the Olympics get underway in the UK it seems there are signs of the games to be seen everywhere one looks – particularly on a journey that takes in London’s City and... Read More >>

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  Farnborough review

  Posted by Guy Norris 5:33 PM on Jul 23, 2012

    Farnborough 2012 is quickly receding into memory, but forever it vanishes forever, I’d like offer a brief retrospective using a couple of my shots. The show began und... Read More >>

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