Dubai Airshow, Thales, a leader in In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) systems, announced Qatar Airways confirmed the selection of the new Thales TopSeries AVANT™ system for its fleet of 80 A350 aircraft.
READ MORESome observers dubbed it as the “Al Baker Show”. Akbar Al Baker the colourful yet shrewd chief executive officer of Qatar Airways. On the 15th November 2011 to the surprise of many in a joint press conference with Boeing declared: “We thought we would conclude an agreement. Airbus is still learning how to make airplanes” Al Baker declined to give a specific reason for the announcement cancellation, although stressing price wasn’t the sticking issue.
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Abu Dhabi, At the Dubai Airshow today, Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), the Middle East’s largest independent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider and part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, announced that it has extended its long term relationship with Thomson Airways, one of the world’s largest charter airlines.
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Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today signed an innovative, long term leadership training agreement with The Emirates Group.
READ MOREAirbus won a total of 211 orders and commitments at the 12th Dubai Airshow worth US$20.5 billion, underlining outstanding demand for the A320neo, and again proving its status as the fastest selling airliner ever. The order intake includes 135 firm orders worth US$13.7 billion (130 A320neo and five A380s) and 76 memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth US$6.8 billion.
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Oman Air has ordered Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to power the six Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft it just ordered. The airline is the first in the Middle East to select the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine, which last month powered the first 787 Dreamliner into service.
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Qatar Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines for its order of 50 firm A320neo family aircraft. The deal includes 100 PW1100G-JM engines with a PureSolutionSM maintenance service agreement.
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