Twice As Many Participants As In The Previous Competition To Shape The Future Of Aviation
More than 6,000 students of over 100 nationalities registered for Fly Your Ideas 2013, the global university contest organized by the leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Teams of students are challenged to develop and submit ideas for a more sustainable aviation industry in the future. Twice as many students as in the previous competition have registered this time.
Fuji Dream Airlines (FDA), of Japan has signed a contract for two Embraer 175 jets in a ceremony held at the headquarters of the airlines’ parent company, Suzuyo Corp. in Shimizu, Japan. The total value of the deal is $81.6 million, at list price, which will be included in Embraer’s fourth quarter of 2012 backlog.
AviancaTaca Cargo Subsidiary Receives First Of Four Freighter Aircraft On Order
Tampa Cargo, AviancaTaca Holding’s cargo airline based in Colombia, has taken delivery of the first of four new A330 Freighter (A330-200F) aircraft at Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engines.
Includes First Simulators For New COMAC C919 Aircraft
Four Level D full-flight simulators (FFS) have been sold by CAE to customers in China and Russia. The sales include the first two FFSs, associated training devices and the CAE Augmented Engineering Environment (AEE) for the new C919 aircraft being developed by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC).
The Shareholders' representatives of the Eurojet consortium appointed Clemens Linden, 58, as Managing Director of Eurojet Turbo GmbH as of December 1. He succeeds Hartmut J. Tenter, 63, who has led Eurojet since March 2001 and took over the position as Managing Director of Turbo-Union Ltd on November 1.
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