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Quickstep to supply JSF parts to Marand
/Quickstep Holdings has announced it has signed a long-term agreement (LTA) with Marand Precision Engineering to supply about 700 sets of carbon fibre composite parts for F-35 JSF vertical tails over 14 years. The estimated $148 million deal comes after the signing of an MoU in 2009, and comprises 18 individual parts including skins, spars
Read moreQantas and China Southern extend codeshares
/ | 1 Comment on Qantas and China Southern extend codesharesQantas has announced it will offer more codeshare flights on China Southern services to four destinations in China. The extension of the codeshare arrangement will take in China Southern services from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to Guangzhou, and on to Xiamen, Kunming, Fuzhou and Ürümqi. In return, China Southern passengers will codeshare on nine
Read moreQantas to fly PER-AKL again next summer
/ | 1 Comment on Qantas to fly PER-AKL again next summerQantas has confirmed it will again operate seasonal services between Perth and Auckland again next summer following the success of a similar seasonal service last summer. The airline said it would utilise A330s which are normally laid up on weekends to operate the service. Flights from Perth to Auckland will depart on Friday and Saturday
Read moreFirst United 787-9 rolled out
| 2 Comments on First United 787-9 rolled outThe first Boeing 787-9 destined for United Airlines has been rolled out of the factory in Everett, Washington. The aircraft will be equipped with its cabin fittings and then conduct manufacturer and customer test flights, before entering service on some of the shorter routes currently flown by United’s smaller 787-8s from July. It is due
Read moreAirbus’s US A320 FAL takes shape
The Airbus A320 final assembly line (FAL) being built in Mobile, Alabama is rapidly taking shape. Airbus says the steel structure of the main assembly building is nearly complete and the nearby utility powerhouse is also close to being finished. Work started on the site in April last year, and manufacturing engineers, station managers and
Read moreBAE details AIR 5428 bid
/ | 5 Comments on BAE details AIR 5428 bidBAE Systems Australia has offered some details on its Project AIR 5428 Pilot training System bid, tenders for which closed on March 31. The company has teamed with CAE Australia and Beechcraft to offer a solution based around the Beech T-6C aircraft. “We’ve drawn on decades of global military flight training experience to develop a
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