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Serbia adds locally produced weapons to H145M fleet
Integration of domestically produced weapons onto Serbia’s fleet of newly acquired Airbus Helicopters H145Ms is nearing completion.
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IATA moves to tackle rogue lithium battery threat
IATA is ramping up its efforts to combat incidents of rogue shipments of lithium batteries.
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Analysis
Does the MRO sector have an innovation problem?
EasyJet director of engineering and maintenance Brendan McConnellogue raised eyebrows when, during his keynote speech at the MRO Europe conference in October, he argued that OEMs deliver more innovation in aircraft support than MRO providers.
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Spectre of pitch-up illusion emerges in Atlas 767 crash probe
Investigators have alluded to the possibility that an Atlas Air Boeing 767-300 freighter pilot experienced somatogravic illusion before the aircraft entered a fatal dive on approach to Houston. The aircraft had been descending through cloud at 6,000ft when its go-around mode activated and its engine thrust increased, causing the aircraft ...
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Rolls-Royce electric speed record bid ‘on track’
Rolls-Royce is “on track” to go to the 2020 Farnborough air show touting a world speed record for electric flight – and to be a leader in electrification – after unveiling the airframe it hopes to push to 260kt (480kmh) in the second quarter
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Gulf Air signs codeshare agreement with SriLankan
Gulf Air and SriLankan Airlines have inked a codeshare partnership covering flights between both countries and two Mediterranean cities. Under the agreement, SriLankan will place its code on Gulf Air’s flights from Bahrain to Colombo, Athens and Larnaca. In turn, Gulf Air will place its code on SriLankan’s Colombo-Bahrain flights. ...
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Severstal takes delivery of winglet-equipped Superjet 100
Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division has delivered the first Superjet 100 with the ‘sabrelet’ winglet modification to Russian carrier Severstal Aircompany, following approval from the federal regulator. The aircraft (RA-89135) features a new winglet intended to generate a 4% reduction in fuel costs. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft says it has obtained major ...
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LOT wet-leases four A320s from Avion Express
LOT Polish Airlines is wet-leasing four Airbus A320s from Avion Express next year. The leases run till the end of May. Two of the aircraft will start flying for LOT from 14 January, and the other two will commence operations on 1 February. The carrier will deploy the aircraft in ...
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Embraer, Brazilian air force to research new light transport
Embraer and the Brazilian air force will study the development of a new light military transport aircraft.
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Energy Department unveils three radiation sniffing King Air 350ERs
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration unveiled three new King Air 350ER aircraft at Joint Base Andrews on 18 December to be used to measure air and ground radiation contamination coming from events such as nuclear explosions or accidents.
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USAF names ballistic missile security helicopter the MH-139A ‘Grey Wolf’
The US Air Force named its intercontinental ballistic missile base security and support helicopter, the Boeing MH-139A, the “Grey Wolf” on 19 December.
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Atlas 767 crash: Go-around mode activated after mystery ‘click’
Investigators probing the fatal Atlas Air Boeing 767-300 freighter crash near Houston have been trying to ascertain whether a sound captured on the cockpit-voice recorder signifies the activation of the go-around switch immediately before the accident sequence. The aircraft suddenly entered a steep nose-down attitude and dived into Trinity Bay ...
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Leidos’ $1.65bn buy of Dynetics brings hypersonic missiles and glide munitions
Leidos signed an agreement to acquire privately owned Dynetics for $1.65 billion in cash, a deal which would add several up-and-coming military weapons, including hypersonic missiles and glide munitions, to the company’s portfolio.
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Phenom 100 gets approval for Garmin G1000 NXi upgrade
Garmin has secured US certification for the next-generation G1000 NXi integrated flightdeck on the Embraer Phenom 100, and says its will perform the first upgrades on the entry-level business jet “very soon”.
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Air Caraibes takes delivery of first Airbus A350-1000
Air Caraibes has taken delivery of its first of three Airbus A350-1000s it has on order.
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Typhoons, Rafales star in Qatar’s annual flypast
Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons and Qatari Dassault Rafales took part in a flypast over Doha on 18 December.
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Norwegian eyes Max compensation deal by year-end
Norwegian is hopeful it can reach an agreement with Boeing on compensation for its grounded 737 Max fleet by the end of the year.
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In depth
Powering into our eleventh decade
The last in our series of articles marking Flight’s 110 years in aviation publishing examines how the magazine has come of age, and the challenges ahead for the aerospace sector
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In depth
2019 year in review
For the big aviation story of the year to be a crash is not so unusual; the history of flight has been punctuated by disaster. But there is no discussing 2019 without reference to Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
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In depth
All-new G700 is Gulfstream’s bigger, faster promise to regain business jet crown
The past year has been one in which Gulfstream fired back against competitors, launching an aircraft that is set to help the company regain its slot in the top echelon of the traditional business jet market. That, of course, is the G700, a large-cabin jet that Gulfstream launched at the ...