(AFP) Three cancellations and not a single order this year — as Airbus announced Thursday a disappointing outlook for the once-feted A380, analysts warned that the jetliner may not go the distance. On October 31, Airbus had 1,215 firm orders on its books this year — putting it ahead of rival Boeing — but none […]

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* Airbus Jan-Oct gross orders 1,265, net 1,215 * Boeing Jan-Oct gross orders 1,102, net 957 * Airbus Jan-Oct deliveries 504, Boeing 530 PARIS, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Europe’s Airbus extended its lead over Boeing in a hard-fought order contest in October, but remained behind on deliveries, leaving its U.S. rival in the industry’s no.1 […]

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BAIKONUR, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft carrying a three-man crew and a symbolic torch for next year’s Sochi Winter Olympic Games on Thursday docked with the International Space Station. "The docking was carried out on schedule in automatic mode," a spokesman for Russia's Roscosmos space agency told RIA Novosti. The […]

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Moscow, November 7. On November 6, 2013 the third Sukhoi Superjet 100 for the Mexican airline Interjet landed in Toluca (Mexico) to join the other two SSJ100 already in service with the airline. The aircraft was rolled out from SuperJet International's hangar in Venice (Italy) upon completion of customization and technical acceptance procedure on November […]

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Thursday, 7 November 2013 Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $50.7 million MissionCare™ contract extension by the US Department of Defense to provide continued support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the US Navy’s T-45 training aircraft. The contract extension will continue the successful MissionCare support which has provided the US Navy’s training fleet with […]

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RAF pilots are now flying the very latest standard of the Typhoon aircraft – even before the aircraft is delivered into service Up to the minute weapon system simulation software is being loaded onto the Typhoon flight simulators at RAF Leuchars, allowing pilots to experience 'flight missions' even before the aircraft arrive at the base. […]

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