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The Aerodays 2015 innovation event spotlights Dowty Propellers’ research efforts
Dowty Propellers’ technology research to make future regional turboprop aircraft quieter and more efficient was highlighted at the recent European Aerodays innovation event in London. Propulsion aerodynamics and acoustics improvements Taking centre stage at Aerodays...
Dowty Propellers readies the production restart for its composite propeller blades
Dowty Propellers’ reset of its production capabilities is fully underway, placing the company on track to ramp-up the manufacture of composite propeller blades following a fire earlier this year at its Gloucestershire headquarters in southwest England. A new interim...
Dowty Propellers selects new interim production facility location and advances its recovery plan
Dowty Propellers has made important steps forward in its efforts to resume manufacturing and support customers/operators worldwide after the February fire in its UK production facility at Gloucester’s Anson Business Park. Following an intensive search process, the...
Dowty Propellers return with the help of National Composites Centre
Bristol, UK – Dowty Propellers production activities have re-started thanks to the National Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol, UK. The NCC facility will be utilised on a temporary basis until a Dowty interim facility is up and running. Just a few weeks after a fire...
The MA700’s unveiling highlights Dowty Propellers’ supplier role for this Chinese airliner
China’s new MA700 regional airliner – which is to be equipped with Dowty Propellers’ R408/6-123-F/27 propeller system – made its public “debut” at this month’s Airshow China 2014 event in Zhuhai in the form of a full-scale fuselage mockup, complete with an outfitted...
Dowty Propellers to support QantasLink through a multi-year contract
Gloucester, United Kingdom – QantasLink has contracted with Dowty Propellers to provide a complete propeller system support package for the airline’s inventory of Bombardier Q400* regional aircraft, including repair and overhaul, technical assistance and support. The...
Dowty Propellers to support Japan Air Commuter’s Bombardier Q400* and Saab 340 regional airliner fleets through a multi-year contract
Gloucester, United Kingdom – Japan Air Commuter (JAC) has contracted with Dowty Propellers to provide a complete propeller system support package for the airline’s inventory of Bombardier Q400* and Saab 340 regional aircraft, including repair and overhaul, technical...
Present and past: Dowty Propellers’ propeller systems come together at the Farnborough Airshow
A full range of Dowty Propellers-equipped aircraft were at centre stage during this month’s Farnborough Airshow, spotlighting the company’s propeller systems from current-production applications to their origins. The following walk-along of the Farnborough flight...
Dowty Propellers signs a letter of intent with XAC to provide propeller systems for the MA700 regional aircraft
Gloucester, United Kingdom – China’s AVIC Aircraft Xi’An Aircraft Company (XAC) and Dowty Propellers have signed a letter of intent to provide propeller systems for the new MA700 aircraft. AVIC Aircraft Xi’An Aircraft Company Director and General Manager Wang...
Dowty Propellers is awarded a multi-year contract to support SpiceJet’s fleet of Bombardier Q400 regional airliners
Gloucester, United Kingdom – India’s SpiceJet has contracted with Dowty Propellers to provide a complete support package for propeller systems on the airline’s fleet of 15 Bombardier Q400* NextGen* regional aircraft, including repairs, overhaul, technical assistance,...
The future of integrated propulsion systems is being defined today by Dowty Propellers
Technologies for the next generation of regional airliners are coming into focus today at Dowty Propellers as the company evaluates integrated turboprop propulsion system (ITPS) concepts to improve the operating efficiency and safety of aircraft while reducing their...
GE Aviation expands Brisbane propeller maintenance, repair and overhaul facility
Brisbane, Australia – GE Aviation today announced the expansion of its maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Brisbane airport. The expansion of the building, as well as capital, personnel and training investment will enable the base to complete Bombardier Q400*...