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AirGuide Business, June 30, 2008

Jun 30, 2008

Airbus

Airbus began transporting A320 segments from Hamburg to the new Tianjin FAL, where the first aircraft (headed for Sichuan Airlines) will be assembled starting in August for delivery in the first half of next year. Airbus will hold 51% of the Tianjin joint venture with the Chinese Industry Consortium comprising the Tianjin Free Trade Zone, AVIC I and AVIC II holding the remainder. Jun 25, 2008

Japan Airlines, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney

Japan Airlines, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney will team up to conduct a demonstration flight "to accelerate current research and development into the creation of a second-generation biofuel," JAL announced yesterday. A JT9D powered JAL 747-300 will fly for 1 hr. with one of its four engines partially powered by a yet-to-be-determined biofuel sometime toward the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. Jun 24, 2008

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