AVIATION-NEWS: “Spain firm Ferrovial sells Heathrow stake” and 11 other news-items

Spain firm Ferrovial sells Heathrow stake

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 02:29 PM PDT

(AFP) Spanish construction group Ferrovial said Tuesday it is selling an 8.65-percent stake in London’s Heathrow airport to a British pensions fund for 463 million euros ($638 million). Ferrovial said it was selling the stake in FGP Topco Ltd, the holding company that owns Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd (HAH), to the Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited […]

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India, U.S. dig in against EU air carbon charge

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT

(Reuters) – India voiced firm opposition on Tuesday to EU plans to impose a scaled-back carbon charge on flights over European airspace while a senior U.S. lawmaker said the EU proposal runs afoul of a law intended to shield U.S. airlines from such charges. The European Commission, the EU executive, last week proposed to make […]

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Fokker designs and manufactures tail section for the new Dassault Falcon 5X

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Fokker designs and manufactures tail section for the new Dassault Falcon 5X Fokker Aerostructures, a Business Unit of Fokker Technologies, designs and produces the tail for the all new Dassault Business Jet, the Falcon 5X, which has been officially launched by Dassault Aviation on the 21st October on the 1st day of the NBAA in […]

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Fokker selected to perform Airbus ACJ319 VIP completion

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 02:00 PM PDT

Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, has been selected to carry out a VIP completion of a green ACJ319 for an undisclosed customer. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Fokker Services Netherlands facility in the first quarter of 2014 with a scheduled redelivery in the first quarter of 2015. The aircraft will be configured […]

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Embraer Executive Jets Introduces the Lineage 1000E

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 01:38 PM PDT

Embraer Executive Jets announced today, during its press conference at the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition 2013, the introduction of the Lineage 1000E executive jet. The ultra-large Lineage 1000E is Embraer's largest executive jet and carries up to 19 passengers in five cabin zones, and is equipped with an electronic fly-by-wire flight control system. […]

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Embraer Executive Jets Selects Rockwell Collins Systems for the Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 Program

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 01:24 PM PDT

Embraer Executive Jets announced today, during its press conference at the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition 2013, that the Company has selected Rockwell Collins' HGS-3500, the first-ever Head-up Guidance System (HGS) for mid-light and mid-size business jets, and the new multi-spectral EVS-3000 enhanced vision system for its Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 program. "Our […]

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Cessna wins Chinese charter order for Citation Mustangs

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 01:04 PM PDT

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, is celebrating a landmark deal that will see Citation Mustangs being flown for charter services in China for the first time. Yunnan Ruifeng General Aviation Company is acquiring two Citation Mustangs to operate charter flights in China. The company plans to offer customers connections to high-altitude airports, of […]

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Boeing Begins Assembling 3rd KC-46A Tanker Aircraft

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 12:54 PM PDT

Boeing is assembling a third KC-46A test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker program at the company's Everett factory, keeping the program on schedule to complete production of four test aircraft by the third quarter of 2014. "In addition to the three KC-46A tankers now in production, our System Integration Labs […]

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Bell Helicopter Unveils the Bell 429WLG at NBAA 2013

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, will display the Bell 429WLG for the first time at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 2013 conference, held this year in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 22 to 24. The aircraft is an upgrade to the Bell 429 and features wheeled landing gear in place of traditional skids. The […]

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Laser-Guided Rocket Successfully Qualified to Support Apache Crews

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 12:42 PM PDT

U.S. Army tests Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System under extreme flight conditions BAE Systems' Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS™) laser-guided rocket completed another major milestone when it was fired for the first time from an AH-64D Apache helicopter during flight testing. The flight test was performed under a company initiative to obtain an Airworthiness […]

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AgustaWestland Demonstrates Commitment to Air Medical Transportation with $15,000 Donation to LifeFlight of Maine

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 12:32 PM PDT

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced today that it has made a contribution in the amount of $15,000 to LifeFlight of Maine, in honor of 15 years and 16,000 patients served throughout the state. LifeFlight of Maine is celebrating the occasion with a 15th Anniversary Chef's Gala, featuring a tour of one of LifeFlight’s helicopters and […]

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Cygnus Spacecraft Heads to Fiery End After Leaving Space Station

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 10:56 AM PDT

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft developed by private US company Orbital Sciences undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Tuesday and headed toward Earth, where it will break up as it re-enters the atmosphere Wednesday, successfully completing the inaugural flight by an Orbital spacecraft, NASA said in a statement. "Cygnus will fire its engines for the […]

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