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International Russian airline, Transaero Airlines awarded GA Telesis Engine Services Oy an exclusive 10 year contract valued at up to $500 million to provide engine repair and overhaul services for Transaero's sixty-two General Electric CF6-80C2 engines for their Boeing 767 and Boeing 747 fleets.

The Paris Air Show, which opened Monday, is a chance for aerospace companies to show off their latest and greatest military planes, airliners, helicopters and more.

THE successful maiden flight of a new lightweight airliner will safeguard more than 1,000 aerospace jobs across Burnley and Pendle.

Airbus and Boeing both won pledges for big purchases of long-haul, wide-body jets Monday, as the Paris Air Show got off to a robust if rainy start.

The National Bank of Kuwait , DVB Bank, and Jazeera Airways Group today announced a USD90 million commercial facility for funding JAG's aircraft purchases through a structured facility led by NBK and DVB Bank SE.

Honeywell and Safran have completed the first major phase of testing of their electric green taxiing system , and will make the first public demonstration of the technology, installed on an Airbus A320 aircraft , during the 50th International Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget Airport this week.

Airbus SAS is set to win an order for more than 10 A380 double-decker airliners from leasing company Doric Asset Finance Ltd., people familiar with the transaction said.

Engine makers for next-generation Airbus and Boeing narrow-body jets stepped up their war of words on Sunday, claiming their new power plants will burn less fuel than current models plus last longer without maintenance and create less noise than their rival's.

It started out as a tiny aeroplane manufacturing company in Seattle trying to push the boundaries of the emerging aviation industry in the middle of the First World War.

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The Paris Air Show, which opens for business on Monday Jun. 17, brings hundreds of aircraft to the skies around the French capital, the usual tense competition between aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, and a slew of innovations large and small.

Etihad Airways' maiden flight to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, has landed on schedule at the city's Nikola Tesla Airport.

EgyptAir Flight 985, which was on its way to JFK from Cairo, was escorted to Glasgow by Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets this morning after a note reading, "I'll set this plane on fire" was found in the plane's bathroom by BBC producer Nada Tawfik, who happened to be on board the Boeing 777.

Solar Impulse, a solar-powered airplane with a wingspan of 208 feet, similar to a Boeing 747, is parked in its inflatable hangar at Lambert-St.

The British Royal Air Force scrambled a fighter jet to escort an EgyptAir flight that had been bound for New York City to Glasgow instead, the Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Frontier Airlines Flight 601 left Knoxville, Tennessee, about 6 p.m. ET Friday, and safely landed in Denver before it was moved to a remote pad at the airport for screening, the FBI said.

Flight test-crew members Peter Chandler, Patrick Du-Che, Guy Magrin, Emanuele Costanzo, Fernando Alonso and Pacal Verneau wave to onlookers Friday after the maiden flight of the Airbus A350 at Blagnac airport near Toulouse, southwestern France.

One person is in custody after an incident on a Frontier Airlines Airbus A319 that was flying from Knoxville, Tenn.

TO the cheers and whoops of thousands of spectators, the world's newest airliner, the Airbus A350 XWB, lifted off on its maiden test flight from Toulouse airport in France.

Boeing Co is poised to launch a larger member of its 787 Dreamliner jetliner family to meet demand for long-haul travel within Asia and other long-haul routes, sources told Reuters on Thursday.