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Indian air force to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets
NEW DELHI – A top Indian government official says India has decided to buy 126 French-made Rafale combat aircraft for the Indian air force.
The official says the French aviation company Dassault snapped up the $11 billion deal after… Continue reading
Iraq signs deal to buy 18 F-16 warplanes
Iraq has signed a contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 warplanes to bolster its air force, an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday.
The value of the deal was not immediately known, but a senior U.S.… Continue reading
Possible F-16 buy highlights Iraqs progress
9/15/2011 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Iraq’s potential purchase of 18 U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons is an encouraging development that benefits both nations, the senior U.S. Air Force component commander in Iraq said Sept 14.
“I do not have any word… Continue reading
Iraq in talks to buy US fighter jets
Iraq has renewed talks to buy up to 36 US F-16 fighter jets in a deal worth billions that Washington hopes will help contain neighboring Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Iraq had frozen a $4.2 billion deal to… Continue reading
Mideast to buy 2,340 planes in 20 years
Airbus A380 at Le Bourget Air Show 2010, Photo: M. van Leeuwen Z.A.P.P.
DUBAI – Plane maker Boeing Co expects a near quadrupling of air traffic in the Middle East over the next 20 years, as its young populations… Continue reading
Airbus to buy plane parts from China
TIANJIN, China – Airbus, the world’s biggest maker of commercial airplanes, said it has reached deals with two Chinese manufacturers to supply 5 percent of parts for its new A350 aircraft, underscoring its commitment to a market that will account… Continue reading
China Plans To Buy 218 Aircraft This Year
China plans this year to buy 218 aircraft, including jumbo jets and regional planes, to meet surging demand, the head of the country’s civil aviation agency said.
There were 230 million air passenger trips last year and the number is… Continue reading
Ryanair Decides Not to Buy 200 Boeing Planes
Boeing (BA) is seeing plenty of turbulence these days. No sooner does it get some good news than it gets smacked with bad. The good news was that on Tuesday, Boeing managed to get a partially successful test flight of… Continue reading
Brazil Is To Buy French Rafale Fighter Jets
BRASILIA – Brazil is to buy 36 high-performance Rafale fighter jets from France in a deal worth billions of dollars, both countries said in a joint statement on Sept. 7.
France will also buy 10 military transport aircraft from Brazil,… Continue reading