Daily Archives: November 16, 2007
Government of Croatia Adds Two Bombardier 415 Amphibious Aircraft to its Fleet
Montréal, November 15, 2007
 Today, Bombardier Aerospace announced that the Government of Croatia has placed a firm order for another two Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft. With this order, the Croatian government is increasing its fleet to six Bombardier 415 aircraft.… Continue reading
Russian Air Force has preliminary certified Yak-130
Russian Air Force has issued the Preliminary Certificate as a result of combat-trainer jet Yak-130 State Flight Tests that opens road to production of leading batch of Yak-130 aircraft ordered by Russian Defense Ministry and approves its operation in flight… Continue reading
Zhuhai Purchases Additional Sikorsky Helicopters to Support China’s Growing Offshore Oil Industry
 ZHUHAI, China, – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that China Southern Airlines Company’s Zhuhai Helicopter Branch has contracted for additional Sikorsky helicopters to support offshore oil projects in the South China Sea and Bohai Bay in China. Sikorsky is… Continue reading
ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company Selects GEnx Engine for Boeing 787 Fleet
November 13, 2007 — DUBAI — ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company (KSCC) has chosen the GEnx engine to power its additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
ALAFCO has order a total of 22 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, all powered by GEnx engines.… Continue reading
EMBRAER DISCLOSES MORE THAN US$ 1.1 BILLION IN ORDERS AT THE 2007
Company reports firm orders for 66 commercial and business jets
São José dos Campos, November 15, 2007
– The 2007 Dubai Air Show comes to an end with Embraer reporting more than US$ 1.1 billion in firm orders from nine… Continue reading
Bell, CALSTAR Sign Four Aircraft Deal
Fort Worth, TX (November 15, 2007) — Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced the sale of four of its new 429 model aircraft to California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR), a regional 501(c)(3) non-profit helicopter ambulance service.… Continue reading
RAF Marham Tornado Incident: Statement at 16:30hrs
BAE Systems can today, 15 November 2007, confirm the identity of the navigator, Mike Harland, who died in an incident during a test flight of a Tornado aircraft from RAF Marham yesterday.
Confirming that the next of kin have been… Continue reading
ATR signs Agreement with AEROMAR for 2 ATR 72-500s
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ATR today announced the signature of a MoU with the Mexican carrier AEROMAR for the purchase of 2 ATR 72-500s. The total value of this agreement is over US $ 36 million. With these 2 ATRs, powered with new, higher… Continue reading |
Industrial accident at Airbus facility – Saint Martin site
Following the regrettable accident that occurred at the Airbus Saint-Martin site (close to Toulouse) yesterday 15th November at 5 pm local time, Airbus reports that of the five injured people, three remain in hospital. Two were released between yesterday… Continue reading