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Honeywell Brakes for Quantas A380s

Posted by Gail K. Warner at 2/9/2010 10:28 AM CST

Honeywell recently announced a wheel and brake carbon material contract with Qantas for A380s. Honeywell will provide wheels and brake materials for Qantas’ fleet of six A380s, as well as 14 additional aircraft orders. Financials were not disclosed. According to Mike Madsen, Vice President of Airlines at ... Read More »

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Seat Supplier Falsified Certification Data

Posted by Sean.Broderick at 2/9/2010 8:22 AM CST

A Japanese seat supplier has admitted falsifying certification data, and regulators are determining what to do for the thousands of affected seats in service. ... Read More »

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Shanghai-Based Carriers Merge

Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at 2/9/2010 8:08 AM CST

China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines officially completed their merger yesterday. The carriers control about 50% of the Shanghai civil aviation market. The Shanghai-based carriers plan to cooperate in various airline functions, from marketing to ground service and aircraft maintenance. Last week we ... Read More »

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AAIB Issues Final Report On BA 777 Crash At Heathrow

Posted by Sean.Broderick at 2/9/2010 7:56 AM CST

The UK AAIB has released its final report on the January 2008 crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 that suffered a (then) mysterious drop in engine thrust as the plane was on final approach to London Heathrow. ... Read More »

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Aircelle Inks R-R Trent 700 $11 M Overhaul Deal With Garuda

Posted by Gail K. Warner at 2/9/2010 7:52 AM CST

Aircelle recently signed an $11 million agreement for inspection, repair, overhaul and replacement work on its thrust reverser systems that equip Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines for Garuda Indonesia’s fleet of Airbus A330 jetliners.
The 26-month contract is part of the Garuda's overall route network ... Read More »

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A330, A340 Stabilizer AD

Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at 2/9/2010 6:34 AM CST

Reports of defects found on Airbus A319 and A321 rudders that were reworked in production prompted EASA to issue an airworthiness directive ( 2010-0021 ) today for A330 and A340 aircraft, because similar reworks were performed on those stabilizer, too. EASA says the "defects were a result of de-bonding between the skin ... Read More »

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CessnaBell or a BellaCess? New Hybrid Distribution Effort...

Posted by Gail K. Warner at 2/8/2010 3:50 PM CST

Earlier this week Cessna announced an agreement with its sister company, Bell Helicopter, to leverage Bell’s Asia parts distribution facility in Singapore to further enhance parts distribution to Citation operators in Asia and the Pacific Rim region. “We’ve had remarkable success with our ... Read More »

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Embry-Riddle Teams with UniSIM in Singapore

Posted by Elyse Moody at 2/8/2010 3:14 PM CST

Joint effort marks Embry-Riddle's first collaboration with a partner in Asia for an undergrad degree program.

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Timco Update

Posted by Gail K. Warner at 2/8/2010 2:33 PM CST

According to Mark Davis, VP Sales and Marketing at TIMCO, the company is smack dab in the middle of formally introducing its newly rebranded “TIMCO LineCare” network covering line maintenance, cabin refurbishment and cleaning services at 19 airports -- and apparently more on the way.

At ... Read More »

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UTC's CFO @ Aero/Defense Conf. Thurs.

Posted by Gail K. Warner at 2/8/2010 1:12 PM CST

United Technologies Corp.'s CFO Greg Hayes will be one of the speakers at the Cowen and Company 31st Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference on Thursday. It'll be interesting to see if the analysts dig into the potential loss of aftermarket sales for Pratt & Whitney and Hamilton Sunstrand if the F-35 does not get ... Read More »

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