All Europe news – Page 511
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NewsTecnam delivers 200th P2006T to Poland's Bartolini Air
Tecnam’s P2006T piston-twin reached a programme milestone on 10 March, with the handover of the 200th unit to Polish flight training academy and long-time customer Bartolini Air.
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NewsLisa prepares second Akoya prototype for flight testing
Lisa Airplanes is readying its second and final Akoya prototype for flight testing in April, and plans to launch production of the light, amphibious piston-single in the fourth quarter of this year.
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NewsLIMA: MPA version of ATR 72-600 makes public debut
Leonardo's ATR 72MP is making its public debut at the Langkawi Interational Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition. A maritime patrol example operated by the Italian air force is appearing on static display at the show, receiving VIP visitors including Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
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Opinion
OPINION: How airliner development is fraught with difficulty
Fifteen years ago, the aviation industry gathered in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, to witness the unveiling of the first all-new large regional jet in a generation, the Fairchild Dornier 728.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can the A350-1000 live up to Airbus’s expectations?
The audience at Airbus’s annual press conference this year may have been a little surprised to hear the company’s senior executives singing the praises of the best-selling widebody produced by their arch-rival, the Boeing 777-300ER.
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NewsTecnam founder and president Luigi Pascale passes away
Professor Luigi Pascale, co-founder, president, and chief preliminary design officer of Europe's largest general aviation aircraft manufacturer, Tecnam, died unexpectedly on 14 March after a brief illness, aged 93.
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LHT launches UAV flight safety initiative
Lufthansa Technik has launched a voluntary online training and registration initiative for unmanned air vehicle operators.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Vega needn't thank its lucky stars
When launching rockets, failure is a disaster but success is absolute – and absolutely, delightful
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: IAG's Level goes head-to-head with Norwegian
IAG has signalled that it is aiming to compete head-on with low-cost operator Norwegian with its newly-unveiled budget carrier Level.
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IAG brands new long-haul A330 budget carrier 'Level'
IAG's new long-haul low-cost airline operation is to be branded 'Level', and its initial route network will comprise four destinations in North and Latin America.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Yield woes belie profitable 2016 for Europe's carriers
Europe’s airlines were largely profitable on an operating level in 2016, as low fuel prices and a strong focus on cost-cutting helped them to eke out profits, despite a tough yield environment.
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Air Vallee gear-up landing traced to incorrect maintenance
Italian investigators have disclosed that incorrect maintenance was conducted on an Air Vallee Fokker 50’s nose-gear the day before the aircraft was forced to land with its nose-gear retracted.
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French authority joins UK in Airbus fraud probe
French financial judicial institution Parquet National Financier has joined the probe into alleged fraud at Airbus previously opened by UK authorities.
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NewsF-35 firing boosts ASRAAM sales prospects
Lockheed Martin F-35s have fired their first non-US-produced missiles in testing, with the activity providing a boost to MBDA’s sales efforts for the ASRAAM.
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Strike costs hit Lufthansa's 2016 result
Lufthansa Group's adjusted EBIT declined 3.6% to €1.75 billion ($1.88 billion) in 2016, as revenue shrank 1.2% to €31.7 billion.
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Investigators detail A330's short landing at Cologne
German investigators probing the short landing by a Hi Fly Airbus A330-200 at Cologne have disclosed that the jet’s descent rate increased after its autopilot was disengaged.
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Alitalia cuts into narrowbody fleet as board approves new plan
Alitalia’s board has approved a restructuring plan that aims to return it to profit by 2019, under which the struggling Italian carrier will cut its narrowbody fleet by around a quarter.
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Leonardo sketches 'modular, multi-task' civil-military aircraft
ATR shareholder Leonardo intends to break the industry impasse on development of a 100-seat regional turboprop with a new programme to create a "modular and multi-task" aircraft that would also replace the Italian manufacturer's C-27J tactical airlifter.
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EU-US open skies may not apply to UK post-Brexit: government
The UK's secretary of state for exiting the European Union has indicated that the country may not have access to EU-US open skies after its departure from the bloc.
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EASA drawing up safety guidance over en route wake
European safety regulators are drawing up a safety bulletin centred on mitigating risks of en route wake-vortex encounters.