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THE A350 XWB IS GETTING

READY FOR STATIC TESTING

Airbus A350 XWB static test airframe has moved into

the facility w here it w ill undergo testing to validate the

structural design of this next-generation jetliner. The

airframe rolled out of the A350 XWB final assembly line

at Toulouse, Blagnac Airport earlier this w eek and w as

transferred to the L34 static test hall situated across

the airport in the Lagardre industrial zone home to

the A380 f inal assembly line.

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ATRS NEW PILOT TRAINING

CENTER IN SINGAPORE

ACHIEVES EASA

CERTIFICATION

ATRs new est f light training center in Singapore is now

officially approved by the European Aviation Safety

Agency (EASA) and is ready to start training courses

shortly. The center w ill provide a high level of training

programs from flight crew type rating through recurrent

training to differences courses. Strategically located in

the Seletar Aerospace Park, a major hub for the

Singapore aerospace industry, the center w ill off icially

be inaugurated mid-December this year.

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Boeing 737 MAX Achieves 'FirmConcept'

Boeing has f inished defining in broad terms its new est single-aisle airplane, the 737

MAX, recently completing a major milestone in development know n as 'Firm Concept'.

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ST Aerospace breaks ground to addnarrow-body aircraft hangar inSingapore

ST Aerospace today broke ground to add a narrow -body aircraft hangar at its Changi

facility in Singapore. The total investment in the hangar and associated equipment

amounts to $11m. The new hangar is expected to be operational by the end of third

quarter 2013.

E-commerce the way

forward in the Russian spare

parts market

Today the national air f leet of

Russia is composed of over

1500 various types of aircraft,

w hilst a mid-sized Russian

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First LOTs Dreamliner is already inWarsaw

Exactly at 10.51 am on Thursday, on 15th of November, the f irst Boeing 787 Dreamliner

in LOT Polish Airlines livery landed at Warsaw Chopin Airport. LOT is the f irst air

carrier in Europe to add the w orlds most modern jet aircraft to its f leet, w ith the

Warsaw airport becoming its f irst European base.

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Embraer Legacy 500 Makes FlawlessFirst Flight

A new generation of business jets w as ushered in today w hen Embraers midsize

Legacy 500 made a successful f irst f light, marking the beginning of its f light test

program. Deliveries of the f irst aircraft are expected to begin in 2014.

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The Sukhoi Superjet 100 obtainsIndonesian Type Certificate

On November 22, 2012 the Indonesian General Directorate of Civil Aviation validated

the Type Certif icate for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft (RRJ-95B).

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British low-cost easyJet comes toRussia

Last w eek British low -fare carrier easyJet announced it plans to launch the f irst ever

scheduled f lights betw een Manchester and Moscow in Spring 2013. easyJet w ill

operate four f lights each w ay a w eek and plans to put f lights on sale in the coming

w eeks.

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Learjet 85 Jet Gets its Wings

Bombardier Aerospace announced that the f irst w ing shipment for its Learjet 85 jet has

arrived at the Wichita assembly line and is now in the process of being readied for

mating to the fuselage of Flight Test Vehicle one (FTV1).

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UIA has celebrated its 20th anniversary

commercial airline operates a

fleet of approx. 20 aircraft,

produced by both Russian and

Western manufacturers.

How ever, due to the ongoing

w esternization of the f leet, the

demand for relevant aircraft

spare parts is continuously

increasing, w hile the existing

deficiencies in the local supply

chain keep sabotaging the profits

of Russian carriers.

Most Russian carriers employ a

team of approx. 6 procurement

managers w ho are w orking w ith

quite a long list of 50-70 spare

parts vendors. Should a carrier

employ a smaller team, it w ould

be forced to deal w ith a massive

w orkload and thus the company

w ould certainly face a number of

serious human-factor related

issues. The added stress may

contribute to the acquisition of

w rong or unnecessary parts

w hich sometimes may account

for up to 20% of all airlines

purchases. How ever, more

people in the purchase Dep.

imply bigger HR-related costs

and more complex supply

process management,

comments the CEO of

Locatory.com Zilvinas

Sadauskas.

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DID YOU KNOW?

F-15 fighter lands with one

wing

In 1983 an Israeli air force pilot

Zin Nadivi experienced his w orst

nightmare w hen the training

exercise w ent horribly w rong

and his F-15 smashed into a

Shyhaw k fighter.

During the collision the F-15

fighter lost one of its w ings. Due

to the intense fumes the pilot and

his navigator Yehuar had no idea

that they w ere f lying w ith only

one w ing. This is w hy they

chose not to abandon the jet and

proceeded w ith a crash landing.

Only w hen the aircraft w as

landed and Ziv Nadivi leaned

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Ukraine International Airlines celebrated the 20th anniversary of its operations. 25

November 1992, w hen UIA operated its f irst ever Kiev London Kiev f light is

considered to be the airlines birthday.

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Vladivostok Air Signed AFI KLM E&MA320 "On-Wing" Engine Contract

AFI KLM E&M signed a long term repair and maintenance contract covering Vladivostok

Air's A320 engines. This is an addition to the previous contract inked in 2009, w hich

originally only concerned the Russian carrier's f leet of A330s.

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FL Technics Jets marks the year withthe service of 20 business jets

FL Technics Jets, a global provider of integrated maintenance, repair and overhaul

solutions for business aviation, is celebrating a one year anniversary since receiving

its f irst business jet in autumn 2011.

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Air France inaugurates a new enginetest cell at Paris-CDG

Air France Industries inaugurated its new engine test cell, at Paris-Charles de Gaulle

airport. The outcome of a 43 million euro investment program, the new facility, called

ZEPHYR, w ill serve to test some 300 engines each year, including over 100 Very Big

Engines (VBE), delivering an optimized service to clients in terms of processes and

costs alike.

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Turkish Airlines Orders GE90-PoweredBoeing 777-300ER Aircraft

Turkish Airlines (THY) has ordered 15 GE90-115B-pow ered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft

w ith options for f ive additional aircraft. Delivery w ill begin in 2014.

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Rolls-Royce delivers the first Trent aeroengine produced in Singapore

Rolls-Royce, the global pow er systems company, today delivered the f irst Trent 900

aero engine produced in Singapore to a customer in the region.

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Lufthansa Technik Sofia inauguratesextended MRO facility

The Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov has recently inaugurated the new

extended state-of-the-art MRO facility of the German-Bulgarian Joint Venture company

back tow ards his navigator for a

congratulatory handshake, he

realized that the aircraft w ing on

the right hand side w as missing.

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Latin American airlines w ill

require more than 2,100 new

aircraft in next 20 years

According to the recently

released Airbus Global Market

Forecast (GMF), Latin American

airlines w ill require 2,120 new

aircraft betw een today and

2031, including 1,660 single-

aisle, 420 tw in-aisle and 40 very

large aircraft estimated at $242

billion. Globally, by 2031 some

28,200 new aircraft valued at $4

trillion w ill be required to satisfy

future robust market demand.

With GDP currently grow ing

above the w orld average, socio-

economic indicators predict Latin

Americas middle class w ill

double betw een 2012 and 2031.

Additionally, Latin America has

become the second most

urbanised region w orldw ide

after North America, and by

2031, 10 out of the 92 mega-

cities w ith more than 10,000

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Lufthansa Technik Sofia at Sofia Airport. Along w ith Prime Minister Borisov, the red

ribbon w as cut by Mr. Plamen Atanassov, CEO of Bulgarian Airw ays Group, Dr.

Thomas Stueger, Chief Executive of Lufthansa Technik AG and Dr. Ruediger Hoeben-

Stoermer, CEO of Lufthansa Technik Sofia.

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Schiphol has been named "TheInternational Airport of the year"

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has secured the prestigious 'International Airport of the

Year 2012' aw ard at the CAPA's Aviation aw ards for Ex