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  • MH17- Rex
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    MH17: Oxygen mask mystery remains unsolved

    2015-10-14T09:50:00Z

    ​Investigators have been unable to explain conclusively why a passenger on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was found wearing an oxygen mask following the Boeing 777’s destruction over Ukraine.

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    Comlux America poised to open widebody completion hangar

    2015-10-13T16:23:40Z

    Comlux America, the US completions and service centre arm of the Comlux Group, is planning to induct the first green widebody airliner into its Indianapolis facility in early November, as the construction of a new hangar extension to accommodate twin-aisle aircraft nears completion.

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    MH17: Ukraine airspace restriction did not alter airlines' behaviour

    2015-10-13T14:25:00Z

    ​Investigators have disclosed that, in the three days before Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down, 61 carriers flew through the same sensitive region of airspace.

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    Boeing to expand aftermarket services network

    2015-10-13T14:24:24Z

    Boeing is setting up decentralised engineering teams in international locations to meet growing demand for aftermarket services.

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    MH17 shot down by Buk missile warhead: inquiry

    2015-10-13T12:56:00Z

    ​Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-built surface-to-air missile, investigators have formally concluded.

  • FlightSafety Arrows
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    Piper dispatches first Warriors to FlightSafety International

    2015-10-13T12:46:21Z

    Piper Aircraft has delivered the first five Warrior piston-singles to FlightSafety International from an order for 20 of the four-seat aircraft placed by the training provider’s Vero Beach academy in July. The Warriors are built to order and will replace the company's ageing fleet of Piper Cadets. The 15 ...

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    SIA launches longer-range A350-900ULR

    2015-10-13T11:31:00Z

    ​Singapore Airlines has become the launch customer for a longer-range version of the Airbus A350-900.

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    Carriers protest as EASA orders faster A320 pitot retrofit

    2015-10-12T09:04:00Z

    ​European safety regulators have halved the compliance period for replacing pitot tubes on Airbus A320-family jets, after rejecting complaints about the shorter deadline.

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    UK claims to be ahead of international UAV regulators

    2015-10-08T11:28:56Z

    ​The UK’s Department for Transport has claimed the country is pioneering ahead of European and international airspace regulators to rapidly look at integrating unmanned air vehicles into national airspace.

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    ​CityJet poised to order Superjets

    2015-10-08T10:59:58Z

    Irish regional carrier CityJet is close to finalising an order for 15 Sukhoi Superjets to replace BAE Systems Avro RJ85s, sources familiar with the matter have indicated.

  • Taranis - BAE Systems
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    Taranis to enter third testing phase

    2015-10-08T10:34:48Z

    ​The UK’s BAE Systems Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator will carry out a third phase of flight tests towards the end of the year, the Ministry of Defence has revealed.

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    Vueling to add 13 new routes from Rome in 2016

    2015-10-08T09:30:22Z

    Vueling is to add nine new routes from Rome Fiumicino this winter and 13 during the summer 2016 season.

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    Waypoint signs for H135 as helicopter lessors diversify

    2015-10-07T22:14:46Z

    ​The rotorcraft industry’s trio of big lessors are out in force at Helitech, with each keen to emphasise that business continues to be strong despite the downturn in the oil and gas segment that is afflicting heavy helicopter operators.

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    Bond hands over first upgraded EC135 T2 to UK NPAS

    2015-10-07T19:58:57Z

    ​Bond Air Services has handed over to the UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) the first of an eventual seven upgraded Airbus Helicopters EC135 T2+ rotorcraft.

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    MoD reveals Reaper derivative will be chosen for Protector

    2015-10-07T17:39:35Z

    The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the unmanned air vehicle that it plans to acquire under its recently-announced Protector effort will be a derivative of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper that the Royal Air Force operates.

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    PICTURE: Airbus delivers Finnair's first A350

    2015-10-07T11:45:13Z

    Airbus has formally handed over a first A350 to the widebody twinjet type's first European operator, Finnair.

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    Dassault Falcon prepares to break ground on Bordeaux MRO facility

    2015-10-07T10:07:21Z

    Dassault will, on 16 October, break ground on a heavy maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Bordeaux, Mérignac, southwest France, to serve its expanding fleet of Falcon high-end business jets.

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    Collins debuts Pro Line Fusion at Helitech

    2015-10-07T00:58:54Z

    ​Rockwell Collins displayed a Pro Line Fusion avionics system demonstrator for helicopter cockpits for the first time the Helitech International Helicopter Expo and Conference in London.

  • Fourth AW169 prototype
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    AgustaWestland considers full ice protection for AW169

    2015-10-07T00:31:09Z

    ​AgustaWestland expects deliveries of its new AW169 to be into double figures by the end of 2015 even as it works to add further capabilities to the 4.6t rotorcraft, including potentially full ice protection.

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    H135 gains Helionix avionics suite

    2015-10-07T00:27:26Z

    ​Airbus Helicopters is to further upgrade the H135 light twin with the addition of its Helionix avoinics suite - which includes a glass cockpit and four-axis autopilot - and has signed up Norwegian emergency medical services operator Norsk Luftambulanse (NLF) as launch customer.