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Hawaiian Airlines considers in-flight wi-fi
Hawaiian Airlines may soon invest in onboard wireless internet – assuming that expected technological improvements bring reliable satellite communications to far reaches of the Pacific Ocean.
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United expands San Francisco with four new international points
United Airlines continues to respond to strong demand at its San Francisco hub with international growth, planning four new routes in 2019.
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Mitsubishi's aircraft engine shop assembles first PW1200G
Mitsubishi Aircraft's Japan-based engine-manufacturing affiliate has completed its first assembly of a Pratt & Whitney PW1200G turbofan, another milestone along Mitsubishi Aircraft's journey toward beginning full-scale MRJ production.
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First flight of Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant delayed until 2019
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant’s first flight will not happen before the end of 2018 as expected and will likely be delayed until sometime in early 2019 after “minor” problems were discovered within the aircraft’s testbed.
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MEA signs A330neo engine support deal with Rolls-Royce
Middle East Airlines has signed with Rolls-Royce a long-term maintenance agreement for Trent 7000 engines powering a fleet of Airbus A330neo jets that the Lebanese carrier intends to order.
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Viva Air picks Teledyne data solution for A320 fleet
Latin American budget carrier Viva Air has selected Teledyne Controls to provide hard- and software to collect aircraft data and distribute on-board system software updates across a fleet of Airbus A320 jets
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Avianca Brazil cancels some flights despite securing fleet
Financially troubled Avianca Brazil has cancelled about 3% of its daily operations today, even as the airline says it has secured the release of fleet to ensure that operations continue following yesterday's bankruptcy protection filing.
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VIDEO: Royal Air Maroc receives first 787-9
Boeing has delivered the first of four 787-9s ordered by North African carrier Royal Air Maroc.
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OpinionOPINION: Air France's naming of female chief must set a new trend
The appointment of Anne Rigail as the new chief executive of Air France is a positive end to a year in which gender diversity among airline leaders was thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
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Eastar Jet adds 737 Max to component MRO deal with LHT
South Korean budget carrier Eastar Jet has extended its component maintenance agreement with Lufthansa Technik to its on-order Boeing 737 Max fleet.
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Airbus taps successor for retiring military aircraft chief Alonso
Airbus has appointed Alberto Gutierrez to replace Fernando Alonso as head of military aircraft at the airframer's defence and space division in January 2019.
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PICTURES: Lufthansa A380 arrives in new colour scheme
Lufthansa has revealed the first Airbus A380 to carry the German airline’s recently-revamped aircraft livery.
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Joramco wins follow-up MRO deal from Flydubai
Flydubai has renewed a heavy maintenance agreement with Joramco.
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AMAC readies Basel facility for ACJ320neo arrival
AMAC Aerospace is readying its completion centre in Basel, Switzerland, for the handover in early January of the first Airbus ACJ320neo.
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Airbus Corporate Helicopters makes Middle East debut
Airbus Corporate Helicopters has made its Middle East show debut at MEBAA. The move comes 18 months after the unit was created by its parent company to focus its efforts in the business aviation segment and bring it into line with its sister fixed-wing operation.
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Bell delivers two 429s to EDIC Horizon
Bell has delivered two model 429 helicopters to Abu Dhabi's EDIC Horizon International Flight Academy from a May 2018 order for the light-twins.
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NewsRETROSPECTIVE: How the UH-1 'Huey' changed modern warfare
When the US Marine Corps received the last of its Bell UH-1Y Venom helicopters in April 2018 – some 61 years and six months after the prototype XH-40 first lifted off the ground – it was the beginning of the end for the pioneering rotorcraft.
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Hainan Airlines to serve Paris from Guiyang
Hainan Airlines is seeking rights to launch a daily Guiyang-Paris service from January.
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Rolls-Royce admits Trent 1000 disruption still 'high'
Rolls-Royce admits that the number of Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s remaining on the ground as a result of regulatory maintenance demands is still “high”, in spite of its rectification efforts.