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Marines Corps general calls for optionally manned helicopter
The US Marine Corps’ portion of the future vertical lift programme will be an optionally manned platform, the service’s deputy commandant for aviation says.
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Gulfstream second quarter shipments hit by Brexit concerns
Brexit jitters hit sales of Gulfstream business jets in the second quarter, but the outlook for the US airframer for the remainder of 2016 is robust, according to parent company General Dynamics.
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Piaggio to focus on military market, plans to divest civil MRO business
Piaggio Aerospace is to shed its “non-core” civil maintenance and engine overhaul business and focus its efforts almost entirely on military platforms in a major reshaping of the Italian company's portfolio.
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Allegiant places order for 12 new A320s
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air has agreed to purchase 12 Airbus current engine option A320s, in its first purchase of new aircraft.
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Embraer slides to second-quarter loss as deliveries fall
Embraer made a net loss of $99.4 million in the second quarter, after a positive result of $129 million in the same period of 2015, as deliveries of business jets declined and commercial output stagnated.
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Cebu Pacific orders more A330s
Philippines-based carrier Cebu Pacific is ordering another pair of Airbus A330-300s.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Who will finance Turkish Airlines now?
Turkish Airlines' decision to replace its chief financial officer, remove a swathe of its senior financial team and terminate the contracts of more than 200 staff – whom it accuses of having links to the recent failed military coup – appear to have taken a heavy toll on its previously ...
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IAG enthusiastic about A321LR potential
IAG is enthusiastic about the potential offered by Airbus’s longer-range version of the A321neo in the Aer Lingus fleet.
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Opinion
OPINION: Cracks appear as Airbus, Boeing workloads mount
There is no other way to describe it. The second quarter of 2016 marked a modern low-point in the history of the Airbus and Boeing duopoly.
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IndiGo makes Dubai push
IndiGo plans to launch a daily Chandigarh-Dubai service on 26 September.
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India to build two new airports; upgrade three others
The Airports Authority of India has begun installing a Centralised Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) system at six metro airports.
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Ukraine receives Raven UAVs
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received a batch of AeroVironment RQ-11B Ravens for reconnaissance missions, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced yesterday.
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H160 configuration frozen, but first delivery may slip
Airbus Helicopters has frozen the aeromechanical configuration of its developmental H160 medium twin, but admits that certification and service entry may need to slip into early 2019.
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Interjet plans five US routes with new bilateral
Mexican low-cost carrier Interjet plans to launch service on five US routes, as a liberalised air services agreement between the two countries is set to go into effect.
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Netherlands, Luxembourg agree joint A330 MRTT buy
A multinational initiative to acquire a pooled fleet of Airbus A330 multirole tanker/transports has edged closer to take-off, with the Netherlands and Luxembourg agreeing to buy an initial two examples.
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Germania to grow its regional network in 2017
Berlin-based carrier Germania is planning to increase its presence in Dresden, Nuremberg and at Munster/Osnabruck airport with additional routes for the summer 2017 schedule.
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GE reaches investment deal with Czech government for ATP engine facility
The Czech government has approved a deal with GE Aviation to build a new €350 million ($385 million) facility in the country to house development, testing and production of its new advanced turboprop (ATP) engine family.
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PICTURES: First flight for Israel's F-35A Adir
Lockheed Martin completed the first flight of an F-35A Adir for the Israeli air force on 25 July, just one month after rolling the aircraft out at its Fort Worth site in Texas on 22 June.
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UAV incursion strengthens Israeli sales ban with Moscow
The incursion of an Israeli-made unmanned air vehicle into that nation’s airspace from inside Syria on 17 July has provided the authorities in Washington with another reason to block future sales of such equipment to Moscow. reason to block any future sales of such equipment to Moscow.
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Raytheon, UVision honing Hero 30 for US Army contest
Raytheon and UVision are finalising the design of a derivative of the latter's Hero 30 loitering munition that will be offered to meet the US Army's lethal miniature aerial missile system requirement.