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Taiwan's Starlux firms A350 order
New Taiwanese operator Starlux Airlines has firmed the agreement for 17 Airbus A350s previously unveiled during last year’s Farnborough air show.
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Boeing to integrate nuclear-tipped cruise missile on B-52
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing Defense Space & Security a $250 million contract to integrate the nuclear-tipped Long Range Stand-Off Cruise Missile on the B-52H bomber.
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Boeing chief reinforces safety focus in open letter
Boeing chairman, president and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg has released an open letter to airlines, passengers and the aviation community reinforcing the company’s commitment to safety, as most of the global fleet of Boeing 737 Max aircraft enters its second week of groundings.
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Embraer chief executive to step down in April
Embraer chief executive and president Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva will step down from his role at the manufacturer on 22 April, and will be replaced with an executive recruited externally.
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Porpoising ATR lost nose-wheels in high-speed landing
Pilots of a White Airways ATR 72-600 failed to follow sterile cockpit procedures and allowed the aircraft to gain excessive energy before the turboprop porpoised on touchdown at Lisbon, suffering serious damage.
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Serbia to acquire H215 helicopters
Serbia intends to acquire three Airbus Helicopters H215 heavy-twins for operation by its ministry of the interior.
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Opinion
OPINION: The F-15's unlikely renaissance
Not too long ago, the Boeing F-15’s days looked numbered.
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EasyJet pulls out of Alitalia privatisation process
EasyJet has given up its interest in Alitalia.
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TUI confirms sale of majority stake in Corsair to Intro
TUI has sold its majority stake in French leisure carrier Corsair to German investment firm Intro Aviation, following through on the agreement-in-principle struck in October 2018.
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PICTURES: BA to debut new business-class seat on A350s
British Airways has unveiled a new business-class seat which will be introduced on its Airbus A350s and rolled out across the rest of its long-haul fleet.
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Australia to obtain four G550s equipped for EW mission
Canberra will obtain four modified Gulfstream G550 business jets that will be modified for the electronic warfare (EW) mission in the USA.
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Jet Airways to miss interest payment, grounds four more jets
Jet Airways has delayed paying interest on debentures coming due on 19 March, and grounded four more jets over defaults on lease rentals as the carrier’s cash crunch show little sign of abating.
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Ethiopian 737 flight data shows 'similarities' to Lion Air crash
Data retrieved from the recently crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 shows "clear similarities" with the October 2018 crash of a Lion Air aircraft, according to Ethiopia transport minister Dagmawit Moges.
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Atlas 767 crash probe strives to comprehend pitch upset
US investigators probing the Atlas Air Boeing 767-300 freighter crash have yet to explain fully the initiating circumstances behind the elevator deflection which pushed the aircraft into a fatal dive on approach to Houston.
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PICTURES: Third test MC-21 lifts off on maiden flight
Russian airframer Irkut has commenced flight-testing with a third MC-21-300, which lifted off from its Irkutsk assembly centre on 16 March.
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Avianca cancels 17 A320neo family aircraft, defers 35
Colombia's Avianca has cancelled deliveries of 17 Airbus A320neo family aircraft from a 100-aircraft order signed in 2015, and rescheduled deliveries of another 35 jets.
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Lessors say cyclical downturn could be near
As the industry convened in Orlando this week for the ISTAT Americas conference, head of CDB Aviation says the downturn has begun.
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US Air Force takes first Block 30 AC-130J Ghostrider gunship
The US Air Force’s (USAF) 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida took delivery of the first Block 30 AC-130J Ghostrider gunship on 6 March.
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Lockheed Martin names new head of fighter aircraft group
Lockheed Martin named Bridget Lauderdale as the incoming vice-president and general manager for its Integrated Fighter Group, the part of the company responsible for the development, manufacturing and sustainment of the F-16 and F-22 aircraft.
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Leonardo targets role on UK's Tempest next-gen fighter
Leonardo is hopeful that Italy can join the UK's Tempest sixth-generation fighter programme, building on the involvement of its defence electronics division in the effort.