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Gama plots MRO expansion with new flagship facility
Gama Aviation – one of the largest business aviation services providers in the world – has its eyes set on rapid expansion in the maintenance sector, and sees the recent opening of a new flagship facility in Bournemouth, UK as crucial to achieving that ambition.
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How Airbus Helicopters maintained lift
Airbus Helicopters combines the technological innovations of a set of French and German firms that, through industrial concentration, became a modern international powerhouse
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Flybe chief to depart
Flybe chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener is to step down in July following the sale of the UK carrier to the Connect consortium earlier this year.
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Reaching for the stars
Airbus is setting the pace in space, from manufacturing the satellites that provide mobile communications networks to developing the rockets that launch exploratory missions
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The future of Airbus Defence & Space
Having grown from early collaboration, Airbus’s defence arm is now aiming to replicate the commercial unit’s stellar performance
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An interview with Tom Williams
Airbus veteran Tom Williams, who retired at the end of 2018 after two decades in the management team, gives his perspective on some of the company’s key achievements
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Five things Airbus got right and five it didn't
Over its 50-year history, Airbus has led the way in a number of major technological and industrial innovations and contributions to the industry. Here, we list five of the most important, together with five products or business moves that – with the glorious benefit of hindsight – failed to live up to billing.
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Airlines get voice in development of Poland’s Solidarity airport
IATA is helping to establish an airport committee to represent airline’s interests in the construction of Poland’s planned Solidarity airport.
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The extraordinary evolution of the commercial business
Over five decades Airbus has transformed itself from niche player into a global aerospace powerhouse. We chart its rise in the airliner manufacturing business
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Textron showcases flush line-up of in-development jets and props
Textron Aviation has no shortage of products to highlight at this year's EBACE, including its flagship Cessna Citation Latitude and a rich development pipeline.
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TRAINING: Civil simulator market update
Recently updated information shows that just over 1,350 devices designed to simulate commercial airliners are currently in use around the world. This total comes to about 80 more simulators than were accounted for at the same point last year.
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CALC signs for $840m syndicated revolver
China Aircraft Leasing (CALC) has signed an $840 million unsecured revolving syndicated loan facility that will hep finance pre-delivery payments for new aircraft.
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Volga-Dnepr Technics obtains initial 777 MRO approval
Russian maintenance firm Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow has secured approval from regulators in Bermuda to service Boeing 777-200s and -300s.
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Malaysia Airlines, JAL sign joint venture MOU
Malaysia Airlines and Japan Airlines have inked a memorandum of understanding for a joint business agreement that looks set to expand the scope of the two carriers’ partnership.
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Garuda signals Europe network cutbacks
Garuda Indonesia is signalling that it will cut back its Europe presence in a bid to reduce its losses.
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Choppy year drags down IndiGo to full-year loss
IndiGo has cited mixed market dynamics between the two halves of the year ended 30 March as it reported a Rs1.5 billion ($21.6 million) loss before tax.
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Landing A350's wake suspected in Dubai DA62 crash
Investigators believe wake turbulence from a landing Airbus A350-900 may have contributed to the fatal crash of a light aircraft at Dubai earlier this month.
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PICTURES: India conducts second air-launched Brahmos test
The Indian air force recently conducted the second launch of the Mach 2.8 Brahmos cruise missile from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter, and a flight test of a new 500kg guided bomb.
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Air NZ looks to 787-9s for nonstop New York flight
Air New Zealand will likely use its existing Boeing 787-9s to launch a future Auckland-New York route, having bypassed the Airbus A350 and 777X and selected the 787-10 to replace its 777-200ER fleet.
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Air NZ picks GEnx-powered 787-10s to replace 777-200ERs
Air New Zealand will order eight General Electric GEnx-1b-powered Boeing 787-10s to replace its fleet of 777-200ERs.