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ANALYSIS: Piaggio's marketing offensive bolsters Avanti Evo's prospects
It's been a tough decade for Piaggio and the P180 Avanti. Deliveries of the iconic twin-pusher – which emerged in the late 1980s and is now on its third iteration, the Evo – have fallen from their market peak of 30 aircraft in 2008 to only two in 2017, due ...
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Aegean signs for 30 A320neo-family jets
Aegean Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of 20 Airbus A320neos and 10 A321neos.
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INFOGRAPHIC: Asia-Pacific ultra-long-range flights
The historic ultra-long-range service launched by Qantas this week, which is the first regular nonstop connection between Australia and the UK, is one of the longest air routes currently in operation.
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PICTURES: SIA invests $350m in new cabin products for 787-10s
Singapore Airlines says it is investing $350 million on an initial 20 Boeing 787-10s, which to be equipped with the new regional cabin products, to be used on flights of up to eight hours.
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Qantas chief defends premium pricing on Perth-London route
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce believes the airline can go on charging more than its rivals for its new 17h Perth to London Heathrow service because premium passengers in particular will pay to avoid a stop.
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Qantas promises 'new level of service' on ultra-long-haul routes
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the new ultra-long-range aircraft he expects to be flying from Australia's big east-coast cities to London by 2022 will "take passenger experience to the next level".
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El Al attempts to block Air India's trans-Saudi route
El Al is trying to force the rescindment of Air India's permit to operate its new Delhi-Tel Aviv service on short routes unavailable to the Israeli flag-carrier.
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SIA to introduce regional A350-900 later in 2018
Singapore Airlines has will introduce a regional variant of the Airbus A350-900 later this year that will complement its Boeing 787-10s.
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JF-17 to get Chinese-developed AESA radar
The Chengdu/Pakistan Aernautical Complex JF-17 fighter is to get an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, which is expected to boost its export prospects.
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Air China Group to add 170 jets through to 2020
Air China Group is scheduled to add 170 jets to its fleet over the next three years.
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US auditor gives backstory of software reform on F-22, F-35
A new government audit explains for the first time how the Lockheed Martin F-22 quietly launched a movement within the Pentagon four years ago to fix a broken process for developing software for complex weapon systems.
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VietJet signs GECAS, Safran deals during state visit
Vietnamese low-cost carrier VietJet Air has entered into a sale-and-leaseback deal with GECAS covering five Airbus A321neos, as well as a support deal with Safran for aircraft engines.
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ANALYSIS: SIA upgrades regional services with new 787-10
Singapore Airlines took delivery of its latest regional aircraft this week: the first 787-10 handed over to a customer by Boeing.
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US Navy plans to modify 45 more Super Hornets
The US Navy plans modify 45 more Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in the next two years to increase the aircraft’s service life and capabilities, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on 27 March.
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American adds new Argentina routes as it grows in Latin America
American Airlines will begin new service to Buenos Aires and Cordoba in Argentina from this winter, as it grows its already leading Latin America presence.
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NASA partners with Thales in push for drone airspace management
NASA has formally brought Thales on board in its effort to develop an unmanned air systems traffic management (UTM) system that can be handed over to the US Federal Aviation Administration in 2019. Under this Space Act Agreement, Thales will collaborate with NASA to research, develop, test and evaluate low-altitude ...
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China Eastern signs broad data analytics deal with GE
GE Aviation and China Eastern Airlines have signed a deal under which the US engine maker will provide China Eastern with digital analytics covering some 700 aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines jockey for position after Air Berlin's fall
Few airline markets have shown as much movement as Germany over the past year, amid the jockeying for position that accompanied first the attempts to save Air Berlin and subsequently the backfilling of capacity the Oneworld carrier vacated.
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EasyJet signs predictive maintenance deal with Airbus
EasyJet has subscribed to Airbus's digital services platform Skywise in order to roll out predictive maintenance across its A320-family fleet.
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Great Lakes Airlines ceases flights after pilot shortage warnings
Great Lakes Airlines, a turboprop operator with a network that connected cities in the western USA, suspended all scheduled flights on 26 March.