When a freak English summer storm flooded exhibition halls at this week's Farnborough Airshow, the stiff-lipped announcer told sodden aerospace executives: "Please do not panic: we will not evacuate at this stage."
It was a message meant to (...)
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 (...)
General Atomics, which has already sold 435 Predator drones in recent years, sees growing demand for its unmanned planes, including a high-flying new successor to the Predator being considered by the US Navy for use on aircraft carriers as soon as (...)
Arch rivals Boeing Co. and Airbus announced new orders worth almost $13 billion at the start of the Farnborough International Airshow on Monday, raising hopes that the aviation industry is on the way back up after a dire two-year slump.
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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.
In other deals on the second day of the (...)
FlyDubai kicked-off the Farnborough Airshow on Monday by announcing a $4.0 billion-deal for 54 single-aisle Boeing 737 passenger jets, as Gulf states reap the benefits of soaring oil prices.
New low-cost carrier FlyDubai, announcing its first ever (...)
Marwan Lahoud, head of strategy at the European aerospace group EADS, on Sunday said he did not rule out forging links with companies in the Middle East.
“It would be silly from our side to exclude any of the options of this kind,” he told an EADS (...)