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The Boeing 737 MAX 200 is cleared to take off in Europe

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 8^th 2021 |

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has in turn validated the modifications to the type certificate of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 in its 737-8200 version, or simply 7...

EU regulator clears Boeing 737 MAX for flights

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jan 28^th 2021 |

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and its UK counterpart on Wednesday cleared the Boeing 737 MAX to fly again in European skies, 22 months after the plane was grounded following two fatal crashes."Foll...

US regulators clear Boeing 737 MAX to fly again

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Nov 18^th 2020 |

US regulators on Wednesday cleared the Boeing 737 MAX to return to the skies, ending its 20-month grounding after two fatal crashes that plunged the company into crisis. The Federal Aviation Administration said the...

Britain clears Virgin Atlantic's £1.2 bn rescue

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Sept 3^rd 2020 |

Britain's High Court on Wednesday cleared a £1.2-billion rescue of struggling airline Virgin Atlantic, part-owned by British tycoon Richard Branson and which has been hit badly by the coronavirus pandemic.The private...

Airbus' Skywise is cleared to land in China with Alibaba

MAINTENANCE / MRO | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Oct 2^nd 2019 |

Airbus has signed a major cooperation agreement with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and data intelligence arm of the Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group, to estab...

Jean Kayanakis (Dassault Aviation): "customer service quality is now clearly a critical argument"

MAINTENANCE / MRO | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jul 18^th 2019 |

Dassault Aviation has just announced the acquisition of RUAG Business Aviation's maintenance activities in Geneva and...

Thales and Gemalto are granted regulatory clearance by the European Commission

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 13^th 2018 |

Reference is made to the joint press release by Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) dated 27 March 2018 in relation to the laun...

Full steam ahead at Lufthansa Technik for cleaning heat exchangers

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Oct 3^rd 2018 |

In July, Lufthansa Technik commissioned an automatic heat exchanger cleaning system which uses steam. The system bypasses traditional chemicals and is compatible with ...

Thales and Gemalto are granted regulatory clearance by the CFIUS

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Sept 6^th 2018 |

Reference is made to the joint press release by Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) dated 27 March 2018 in relation to the laun...

Clearing out space junk, one step at a time

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jun 21^st 2018 |

An experimental satellite from Airbus’ SSTL subsidiary will test methods of removing orbital debrisSince the start of the space age, mankind has left its mark on the orbital pathways overhead…and not alwa...

St. Helena tourism cleared for takeoff as airport opens

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Nov 22^nd 2017 |

Cut off from the rest of the world for centuries, St. Helena, which lies isolated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is now reachable by plane for the first time.Th...

India clears $3.2 billion purchase of naval choppers

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 2^nd 2017 |

India will purchase more than 100 armed helicopters for its navy to replace its outdated French-designed fleet in a military deal worth $3.2 billion, an official said...

India clears $650 mn Boeing army chopper deal: defence sources

DEFENCE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Aug 18^th 2017 |

India approved a $650 million purchase of six attack choppers Thursday from US aviation giant Boeing, officials said, as it boosts its military might amid border tens...

Poland clears airport plan for takeoff

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Mar 16^th 2017 |

Poland's government approved Wednesday plans to build a large new airport outside the capital Warsaw that it hopes could become a passenger and cargo hub for central and eastern Europe.Development and Finance Ministe...

Alitalia and Etihad Airways receive clearance from the European commission

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Nov 17^th 2014 |

Alitalia and Etihad Airways are pleased to confirm that they have received merger clearance from the European Commission under EU Regulation No. 139/2004. They can the...