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NewsFAA raises concerns about safety data sharing, pilot training
The US Federal Aviation Administration says great strides have been made in improving safety, but continued improvements are contingent on further data sharing by the industry and more relevant pilot training.
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Kenya’s Fly-SAX starts Lokichoggio route
Kenya’s Fly-SAX has started flights from Nairobi to Lokichoggio.
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Air France-KLM’s MRO arm wins 787 deal from Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways has extended its MRO partnership with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to include component support for its ordered Boeing 787 fleet.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Where all the airliner deliveries went in 2013
Data compiled from Flightglobal's Ascend Online database provides a detailed insight into the where all the Airbus and Boeing jets were delivered last year.
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Aerostar wins A319 C-check work from Fastjet
Pan-African low-cost carrier Fastjet has selected Romania’s Aerostar for C-check maintenance on two Airbus A319s.
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NewsAir safety experts question MH370’s impact on data connectivity
Aviation safety experts are dubious that the MH370 tragedy will spark urgent action to improve the data connectivity of airliners.
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Comair has options for eight more 737 Max jets: chief
South African carrier Comair has “floating options” for a further eight Boeing 737-800 Max 8 twinjets on top of its order for eight of the type, says chief executive Erik Venter.
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ANALYSIS: Can airlines take share and profits?
One of the most striking things about IATA’s robust industry profit outlooks over the last couple of years has been the way the extra capacity that airlines have added has been soaked up without derailing profitability.
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SAX-Tanzania plans second-half launch
New Tanzanian airline SAX-Tanzania is to start operations in the second half of this year.
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ANALYSIS: How Embraer is keeping faith with the regional market
Selling airliners in the regional market is a tough business. In the past 30 years, the short-haul segment has spawned and slain whole companies and aircraft. From turboprops like the BAe ATP and Saab 340/2000 to jets like the Fokker 100 and the Fairchild Dornier 728, entire aircraft programmes have ...
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ANALYSIS: Financing the new fleet of 2014
Brendan McHenry – senior analyst, risk advisory, with Flightglobal consultancy Ascend – considers how the lessor share is changing in aircraft finance markets
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ANALYSIS: Ascend examines the recovery in market values
George Dimitroff, head of valuations with Flightglobal advisory service Ascend, looks at how values and lease rates are faring
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Air Nambia broadens MRO partnership with LHT
Air Namibia has expanded its maintenance co-operation with Lufthansa Technik.
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SITA to set up industry registry for beacon technology
Air transport specialist SITA it is to set up a industry registry to help facilitate the use beacon technology after its technology research team SITA Lab issued the findings of early trials at airports.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Sabotage most common factor in en-route accidents
More than a third of all fatal accidents that have occurred to jet airliners while en-route are caused by some form of deliberate action. But a significant number of other factors can also come into play.
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RwandAir receives EDC funds for Q400
RwandAir has agreed to C$15 million ($13.6 million) to C$25 million in financing from Export Development Canada (EDC) for Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft.
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NewsNext decade set for $75bn civil helicopter deliveries: Ascend
Around $75 billion of new civil turbine helicopters are expected to be delivered globally within the next decade a helicopter fleet forecast from Flightglobal advisory service Ascend predicts.
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NewsAir freight traffic lift gives airlines bright start to 2014
Global air freight grew 4.5% in January over the same month in 2013, a marked improvement on the sluggish growth that has plagued the air cargo market over the last couple of years.
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Ethiopian to expand export of trainees to rival airlines
Ethiopian Airlines will seek to quadruple the number of pilots, cabin crew and technicians it trains each year in a bid to deal with the challenge of staff leakage to rival airlines, and to raise additional revenue, says its head of MRO services.