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Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
Airbus <AIR.PA> has put six jets made for one of its largest customers up for sale after giving up on Malaysia's AirAsia <AIRA.KL> taking delivery of them, sources familiar with the matter told ...
After an Airbus A350 production increase, Airbus aimed to deliver 880 aircraft in 2019, and raise A320neo output to 63 per month by 2021; the Beluga XL fleet was expanded with a sixth aircraft in June 2019. [10] The BelugaSTs could still have 10–20 years' flying life left, and may be offered for sale, or used to serve external customers. [10]
GE Aviation, part of the General Electric conglomerate, currently has the largest share of the turbofan engine market. Some of their engine models include the CF6 (available on the Boeing 767, Boeing 747, Airbus A330 and more), GE90 (only the Boeing 777) and GEnx (developed for the Boeing 747-8 & Boeing 787 Dreamliner and proposed for the Airbus A350) engines.
MTU Aero Engines were responsible for the five-stage low-pressure turbine and Fiat Avio designed the gearbox. [7] In 1989, its unit cost was US$4.7 million. [8] The 4,000th V2500 was delivered in August 2009 to the Brazilian flag carrier TAM and installed on the 4,000th Airbus A320 family aircraft, an A319. [9]
Later, Airbus decided to stop accepting additional PW1100G engines for A320neo aircraft. [70] Despite the part failure that could hold up engine deliveries to Airbus until April, P&W reaffirmed its 2018 delivery goal of doubling its 2017 rate of 374 engines as nearly 100 engines delivered to Airbus are problematic, including 43 in service.
The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter), or Beluga, is a specialised wide-body airliner used to transport aircraft parts and outsize cargoes. It received the official name of Super Transporter early on, but its nickname, after the beluga whale , which it resembles, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] gained popularity and has since been officially adopted.
An Airbus A320-232 with V2500 engines Workshare on the joint venture's first engine, the V2500 , was divided between the constituent aero-engine companies. Rolls-Royce based the high pressure compressor on a scale-up of the RC34B eight stage research unit used in the RB401-06 Demonstrator Engine, but with a zero-stage added at the front and a ...