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5/16/2012
CAE acquired OXFORD AVIATION ACADEMY for C$314m in cash to add seven civil aviation training centers (now 42), 40 full-flight simulators (now 211), and four flight schools (now 12) to portfolio.
 
5/16/2012
AIRBUS earned e183m on e7.9b revenues in 1Q12 vs e115m on e7b in 1Q11, and says it has now defined permanent solution (more complex than initially anticipated) for A380 wing bracket issues, leading to one-off charge of e158m. It still plans to deliver 30 A380s in 2012, but says that is becoming more challenging.
 
5/16/2012
US SENATE passed legislation to extend EX-IM BANK authorization through FY14 and increase its portfolio cap to $140b.
 
5/15/2012
Sikorsky's PZL MIELEC was selected by Eclipse Aerospace to manufacture Eclipse 550 fuselage, empennage and wings in Poland, pending launch of aircraft.
 
5/14/2012
CESSNA AIRCRAFT launched 8-pax Citation Longitude with Snecma's Silvercrest engine with range of 4,000 nm and maximum speed of Mach .86.
 
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