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Boeing joins first 777X flight test aircraft
Boeing has joined the fuselage sections of its first 777X test aircraft, ahead of first flight in 2019.
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Canada’s CF-18s miss NORAD pledge due to personnel shortfall
The Royal Canadian Air Force’s fleet of CF-18 fighters is unable to meet the nation's commitments to NATO and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) due to a lack of pilots and technicians, according to a report by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.
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Opinion
OPINION: Pilots need proper training for envelope protection
Investigations into the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max tragedy last month are examining any role that a new automated stability system may have played.
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Kenya Airways delays start of Somali flights
Kenya Airways is to postpone the start of services between Nairobi and Mogadishu until December after encountering problems obtaining the "necessary approvals" to begin flights.
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Delivery of first repurposed H225s to Ukraine nears
Ukraine is close to receiving the first two of an eventual 21 Airbus Helicopters H225s that will be operated by the country's ministry of the interior.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Oil and competition keep pressure on Indian carriers
The challenges facing Jet Airways and its attempts to raise fresh capital continue to dominate the headlines, but all Indian carriers are having a tough time amid cost pressures and intense competition.
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UK probe flags conspicuity failings after fatal training crash
UK accident investigators have determined that visibility limitations and an absence of suitable warning systems contributed to the fatal collision between a helicopter and a light fixed-wing aircraft in which four people died.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How Tecnam and Cape Air created the P2012
There are few signs to or on Tecnam's modern production plant just outside the small town of Capua, near Naples. However, the cult Italian manufacturer – which has produced almost 5,000 small piston aircraft for the training and private pilot market since the late Professor Luigi Pascale founded it in ...
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Opinion
OPINION: Bombardier's commercial aerospace exit is self-inflicted
Once upon a time, in the not so distant past, Bombardier was the third-largest manufacturer of commercial aircraft in the world, behind the industry’s big two of Airbus and Boeing.
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Jetstar Japan to fly to Shimojishima
Jetstar Japan will become the only carrier to serve Shimojishima airport in Okinawa when it launches services there from Tokyo Narita airport on 30 March.
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EasyJet firms more A320neos but pushes back deliveries
UK budget carrier EasyJet has exercised purchase rights for another 17 Airbus A320neos, but is deferring the delivery of 18 of the type by up to two years.
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Ukrainian authority supporting L-410 crash probe
Ukrainian investigators have been downloading the flight recorder information from a Let L-410 which crashed in South Sudan in September.
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Avolon repays Emerald ABS debt
Avolon has repaid the $407 million of outstanding debt from its Emerald Aviation Finance securitisation.
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Seletar airport's new terminal starts operations
Singapore's Seletar airport has commenced operations at its new passenger terminal, which is dedicated to turboprop operations and business aviation.
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Jeju Air orders up to 50 737 Max 8s
South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air has placed a firm order for 40 Boeing 737 Max 8s plus 10 options.
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New Firefly chief to take charge of carrier in 2019
The parent company of Malaysia Airlines (MAB), Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), has named Philip See as chief executive for its turboprop unit Firefly, effective 1 January 2019.
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F-35A drops GBU-49 precision bomb for first time in combat training
The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II dropped a GBU-49 precision bomb for the first time in combat training at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
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USAF selects two maintenance bases for B-21 Raider
The US Air Force selected two maintenance bases for the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma and Edwards AFB, California.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: US continues dominance of military simulators deployment
Recent data provided to FlightGlobal shows that Canadian manufacturer CAE is responsible for 20% of the military simulation devices currently in service around the world. L3 Link Simulation & Training (L3 Link) follows with a share of 18%, while Boeing and FlightSafety International (FSI) account for 11% and 10% of the market respectively.
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Finland holds early talks in F-18 replacement contest
Finland has held initial negotiations with five potential bidders for its H-X contest aimed at replacing the country's fleet of 62 Boeing F/A-18C/Ds.