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June 18, 2007

News From Paris: Airbus Wins Important A350 XWB, A380 Orders

European Planemaker Shows Renewed Strength At Le Bourget

Airbus is off to a rollicking start at the Paris Air Show, with orders from a variety of carriers that also include vindication, of sorts, for two of its most trouble-plagued aircraft.

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News From Paris: Boeing Wins 40 737-900ER Orders From Lion Air

Also Earns Six-Plane 777 Freighter Order From GECAS

While the order perhaps doesn't carry the gravitas of rival Airbus' strong first-day showing at the Paris Air Show, Boeing was still proud to note a new order for the longest-legged variant of the American planemaker's erstwhile 737.

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News From Paris: Bombardier Signs Strategic Deal With AVIC I

MOU To Develop Chinese Regional Plane May Hold Promise For CSeries

The big deals continued Monday from Paris. China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC I) and Bombardier Aerospace announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a new, long-term strategic cooperation in the five-abreast, 90- to 149-seat commercial aircraft market.

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Boeing Says First 787 Will Fly A Bit Later Than Hoped

Targeting Mid-September For First Test Flight

Boeing conceded Monday the first flight of its much-anticipated 787 Dreamliner may not occur until mid-September, towards the latter half of its previously-announced six-week window for the event.

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News From Paris: P&WC Celebrates Launch Of Rapid Response Center

Notes Global Expansion Of Service Network

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) tells ANN it is celebrating the recent launch of a new rapid response Customer First Centre, and the expansion of its service center and parts distribution network worldwide, at this week's Paris Air Show in Le Bourget.

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Sippy-Cup Drama Puts TSA On The Offensive

Invites Website Visitors To "Decide For Yourself"

The Transportation Security Administration -- apparently a bit singed from constant accusations of duplicity and incompetence -- responded in a most unusual way to a news story this weekend regarding an incident at Reagan National Airport last week.

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Eagle Air Flight Makes Belly Landing At BHE

Passengers Praise Pilot For Fire-Free Landing

An Eagle Air Beechcraft 1900 turboprop enroute from Timaru to Wellington, carrying 15 passengers and two crew members, was forced into a gear-up landing Monday morning at Blenheim's Woodbourne Airport in New Zealand.

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Airbus Chief Denies A350 XWB 'Not Precisely Defined'

Airbus' Gallois Retaliates At Boeing Interview

It ain't easy being Airbus these days. Particularly for Airbus Chief Louis Gallois, who went on defense Saturday after reading an interview Friday with Boeing Chief Executive James McNerney in the French daily Le Monde that "we still don't know what this model (A350 XWB) will be like."

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Composites Will Likely Play Even Larger Role In Aviation Industry

That Guy In "The Graduate" Was Right

Even 40 years after his father's friend whispered what he saw as the future into Dustin Hoffman's ear in The Graduate ("plastics"), it turns out he was right  - and then some, particularly for the aviation industry.

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China Puts Out The Help Wanted Sign

240,000 Civil Aviation Personal Needed Over Next 20 Years

With the Chinese civil aviation industry developing at a pace double that of the world average, China is facing greater shortages of pilots, crew members, and maintenance personnel, according to a report from China Academy of Personnel Science.

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