20 December 2011
Hebei Airlines receives two Embraer 190 jets
China's Hebei Airlines has received two Embraer 190 (E190) jets from Embraer.
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19 December 2011
Lion Air plans to place new aircraft order in February 2012
Indonesia-based Lion Air is planning to place another aircraft order in February 2012 to upgrade its fleet following a $21.7bn contract with Boeing to buy 380 737 aircraft in November...
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19 December 2011
Etihad Airways selects GEnx-1B engines to power Boeing 787 and 777 jets
GE Aviation has secured a $900m contract from Etihad Airways to deliver its GEnx-1B engines to power ten Boeing 787 Dreamliners and two Boeing 777 freighters.
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18 December 2011
JetBlue orders 86 Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines for A320s
JetBlue Airways has signed a $1.03bn agreement with Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies, to purchase 86 PW1100G-JM engines to power 40 Airbus A320neo jets.
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18 December 2011
Arianespace launches six satellites
Arianespace has launched the Pleiades 1A, Elisa and SSOT satellites from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana for French space agency CNES, Astrium and the French and Chilean...
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15 December 2011
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental receives FAA certification
Boeing has received certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its 747-8 Intercontinental passenger aircraft, clearing the way for deliveries early next year.
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15 December 2011
FedEx orders 27 767-300 freighters
FedEx Express has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase 27 767-300 freighters worth $4.7bn to replace its less efficient, medium wide-body cargo planes.
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14 December 2011
Astrium to manage the ISS on behalf of ESA
Astrium has secured a €240m contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to manage the continued operation and exploitation of the European components of the International Space Station (ISS) as...
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14 December 2011
Arianespace to launch MEASAT-3b satellite in 2013
Arianespace has secured a contract from the satellite operator MEASAT Global to launch the MEASAT-3b satellite.
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13 December 2011
Southwest Airlines confirms 208 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft order
Southwest Airlines has agreed to buy 208 Boeing 737s to modernise its all-Boeing fleet.