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22.07.2010 2:00

FARNBOROUGH: Republic signs for 24 more Embraer 190s

US airline group Republic Airlines has signed a letter of intent to buy 24 more Embraer 190 jets in a deal valued at $960 million signed today at the Farnborough... [Read more]

22.07.2010 2:00

FARNBOROUGH: Airbus ministers keep the heat on WTO

European ministers representing the nations behind Airbus joined the attack on the delay in the World Trade Organisation's verdict on alleged subsidies for Boeing commercial aircraft. [Read more]

22.07.2010 2:00

American orders 35 additional 737-800s

American Airlines announced today it has exercised options for an additional 35 Boeing 737-800 aircraft to be delivered in 2011 and 2012. American... [Read more]

22.07.2010 2:00

FARNBOROUGH: Boeing hints at KC-767 NewGen Tanker design

In a huddle with reporters after a press briefing, a Boeing executive offered the most tangible hint to date that the KC-767 NewGen Tanker blends major structural components from different aircraft models. [Read more]

22.07.2010 2:00

FARNBOROUGH: Boeing F-15 fires missile from internal bay for first time

The 40-year-old Boeing F-15 has fired an air-to-air missile for the first time from an internal weapons bay, demonstrating a critical new capability invented... [Read more]

22.07.2010 2:00

FARNBOROUGH: Cessna composite propellor gets the nod from standards body

Cessna Aircraft's two-blade, fixed-pitch composite propellor for the 162 Skycatcher light sport aircraft has been approved by the American Society for Testing... [Read more]

22.07.2010 2:00

FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed prepares for KC-390 competition

Lockheed Martin sees the Embraer KC-390 as a potentially serious competitor to its C-130J, but it adds that there are still many questions to be answered about the Brazilian aircraft. [Read more]

22.07.2010 2:00

FARNBOROUGH: Boeing completes C-130 AMP deliveries

Boeing delivered the last of three test aircraft on 19 June for the US Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernisation Programme (AMP). [Read more]