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For more company news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Sep 4, 2006

ABX Air, which was Innovative Solutions & Support's first customer for its Flat Panel Display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time  System retrofit on the 767, announced Friday that the two companies will partner in developing and installing a system on a 767-200ER belonging to an unidentified third party. ABX ABX Antibiotics
ABX Airborne Express
ABX Abstracting
ABX Albury, New South Wales, Australia - Albury (Airport Code)
ABX Automatic Branch Exchange
ABx Non-Antibiotics
ABX Asset Backed Securities Index
ABX Acoustic Bass Extension
 holds a supplemental type certificate The Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) is the Federal Aviation Administration term for the approval that extends a type certificate for modifications made to an airframe, engine, or appliance. External links
  • A scanned example of a Supplemental Type Certificate
 for the work, which is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2007. IS&S announced development of an FPDS FPDS Federal Procurement Data System
FPDS Ford Product Development System
FPDS Fraksi Partai Damai Sejahtera
FPDS Fire Prevention, Detection and Suppression
FPDS Force Protection Demining System
FPDS Fire Priority Dispatch System
 for the 737-300/-400/-500 at the Farnborough Air Show The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace business which is held biennially in England. The airshow is organised by Farnborough International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of British aerospace industry's body the Society . "The flat panel display system includes primary flight/navigation display systems that can be retrofit in less than four days by ABX Air. Our customer will begin with the implementation of the IS&S STC and add other features, including Electronic Flight Bag Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) is an electronic information management device that helps flight crews perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently with less paper. , a dedicated standby flight instrument and an [EICAS EICAS Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System
EICAS Engine Instrument and Crew Alerting System (aviation)
EICAS Engine Indicating and Condition Advisory System
EICAS Engine Indication Crew Alert System
EICAS Engine Indication and Crew Advisory System
], as they become available," ABX Director-Technical Sales Bill Brown said. Aug 28, 2006

Aer Lingus intends to order up to 14 long-haul aircraft, with negotiations starting this fall for 787s and A350 XWBs, the Financial Times reported. The airline firmed up an order for two A330s in March 2006. Aug 29, 2006

US National Transportation Safety Board issued "urgent" recommendations upon conclusion of its investigation into the uncontained CF6-80A failure in June on an American Airlines 767 parked at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation).

“KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation).

Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX
. NTSB NTSB
abbr.
National Transportation Safety Board
, in finding that the high-pressure turbine stage 1 disk rupture resulted from a rim-to-bore radial fracture originating at a "small dent" at the bottom of the blade slot and that the disk, which had accumulated 9,186 cycles in service, had two additional cracks, proposed that FAA require that disks be removed for inspection every 3,000 cycles. Aug 30, 2006

Boeing picks Nagpur as Indian MRO MRO

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
 base. Boeing yesterday named Nagpur in central India as the location of a new MRO facility intended to address growing demand for maintenance services in India. The manufacturer's commitment to invest up to $100 million in the facility was part of Air India's order for 68 aircraft, Jan. 12), which was finalized in January. Aug 30, 2006

Boeing's board of directors announced a repurchase plan of $3 billion in common stock. The board terminated the mostly completed 2005 repurchase program, which had authorized the purchase of up to 40 million shares. Aug 30, 2006

Boeing said Indian carriers will need 856 new aircraft worth more than $72 billion over the next 20 years, nearly double the 470 aircraft it projected last year. Aug 29, 2006

Air Sahara customer for 10 737-800s; Boeing doubles India forecast. Boeing confirmed yesterday that Air Sahara is a previously unidentified customer for 10 737-800s. The order, worth more than $700 million at list prices, was placed in the first quarter of this year. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in mid-2009. "This order reflects our confidence both in the growth of India's aviation market and Air Sahara's modernization and expansion plans," President Alok Sharma said. Air Sahara operates three 737-800s, eight dash 700s, three dash 400s, three dash 300s and seven Bombardier CRJ200s. It took delivery of an additional 737-400 yesterday, according to press reports, and will take another next month. Aug 29, 2006

Turkish Airlines put its 100th aircraft, a 737-800, into service Friday. Aug 28, 2006

Volito Aviation announced the sale of a 737-300 to Dniproavia. Aug 29, 2006

Rockwell Collins was selected by Xiamen Airlines to provide avionics for its 15 737-800s, the first of which was delivered last month. Aug 30, 2006
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