Flying over the white cliffs of Dover, the two pilots of a Gulfstream 450 jet keep their eyes glued to a flight-deck display, ignoring the almost cloudless sky over the southern coast of England on their descent to a nearby runway.
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There was an even louder sound than the roar of jet engines during the daily flying display at the Farnborough International Airshow this week - a collective sigh of relief from the civil aviation industry.
New plane orders of almost $29 billion (...)
There was an even louder sound than the roar of jet engines during the daily flying display at the Farnborough International Airshow this week - a collective sigh of relief from the civil aviation industry.
New plane orders of almost $29 billion (...)
The stream of plane orders continued at the Farnborough International Airshow on Tuesday, taking the tally past $21 billion and underscoring hopes of a resurgence in the aviation sector after a painful two-year downturn.
The deals at Farnborough, (...)
It looks like the ultimate new video game: the operator on the comfortable leather chair uses dextrous thumbs on a hand-held console to maneuver an aircraft, whose trajectory is shown on three large flat screens.
But the chair is for a qualified (...)
It looks like the ultimate new video game: the operator on the comfortable leather chair uses dextrous thumbs on a hand-held console to maneuver an aircraft, whose trajectory is shown on three large flat screens.
But the chair is for a qualified (...)
Saudi Arabian Airlines has ordered CFM56-5B engines worth $300 million to power 22 new Airbus A320 planes. Commercial aircraft engine maker CFM International is a 50/50 joint venture between Safran group's Snecma and General Electric. Saudi Arabian (...)
European plane maker Airbus kept ahead of its US rival Boeing on Wednesday in the order tally at the Farnborough International Airshow, where leasing companies and Asian and Middle Eastern airlines have been top customers.
Airbus increased its (...)
European plane maker Airbus booked orders for 143 planes Tuesday at the world's biggest air show, while Boeing Co. reassured the industry that its previously delayed 787 jetliner remains on schedule.
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