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ABACE: Chinese aviation firm to take 25% stake in NetJets China
Chinese business aircraft manager Business Aviation Asia will take a 25% stake in the China unit of fractional ownership firm NetJets.
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Boeing's 'optimistic' KC-46 plan delivers 18 tankers in six months
Boeing’s grand plan to deliver 18 operational KC-46 Pegasus tankers in six months instead of fourteen has been labelled “optimistic” in a new report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Rachelle Ornan-Stone, Boeing regional director cabin experience and revenue
Rachelle Ornan-Stone is the regional director of cabin experience and revenue analysis at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Her background in psychology and neuroscience has unleashed Ornan-Stone's creative streak
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Qatar CEO confident A320neo engine fix coming
A meeting with Pratt & Whitney executives 10 days ago left Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confident his list of complaints about the engine he ordered to power 50 Airbus A320neos will be partly resolved by mid-year.
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Russian Helicopters integrates new defensive aids suite
Russian Helicopters will integrate a defensive aids suite onto some of its military rotorcraft that it claims will make them invulnerable to attacks by air-to-air and shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Europe prepares to approve commercial single-engine operations
After two decades of European resistance to permitting commercial single-turbine operations at night or in instrument meteorological conditions (SET-IMC), EASA is drawing up the final regulation that would approve it across all contracting states.
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ANALYSIS: European GA is emerging from economic gloom
Europe’s general aviation community will return to the historical German town of Friedrichshafen from 20-23 April for the industry’s largest annual gathering outside the USA.
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Jordan amends Pilatus order to take PC-21 trainers
Jordan has amended a production order with Pilatus for a new fleet of turboprop trainers, switching its commitment from the PC-9M to the more capable PC-21.
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ABACE: Flying Colours enjoys Singapore success
Engineering and completions company Flying Colours says its Singapore facility has been enjoying strong business growth since opening at Seletar Aerospace Park in 2015.
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ABACE: Airbus mid-term optimistic on China business jet market
ABACE: Airbus mid-term optimistic on Chinana business jet market
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ABACE: China business jet fleet saw lacklustre growth in 2015
The Asia-Pacific business jet fleet grew 6.2% in 2015 to 1,134 aircraft, with 66 new and 74 pre-owned aircraft entering the region.
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SpaceX demonstrates water recovery of Falcon 9 booster
SpaceX on 8 April successfully recovered the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on the landing pad of an unmanned ship floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
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RCAF C-130H fire linked to faulty hydraulic modification
Excessive chafing and arcing between an axillary hydraulic line and the power cable is what caused a fire that destroyed a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130H at Naval Air Station Key West in Florida in 2012.
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Airbus to deliver first US-built A321 on 25 April
Airbus will deliver the first US-built Airbus A320 family aircraft to JetBlue Airways on 25 April.
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PICTURES: Dutch KDC-10 certified to refuel Lockheed F-35
The Royal Netherlands Air Force’s KDC-10 tanker has been certified to refuel the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II following flight trials at Edwards AFB in California.
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US Army starts firming FVL requirements as RFI deadline passes
In February, the US Air Force revealed its 21st century bomber, the Northrop Grumman B-21. This week, the US Army edged closer to defining what could be its first truly new rotorcraft type of this century.
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Airbus Helicopters advances Panther MBe deliveries
Airbus Helicopters will accelerate deliveries of its AS565 MBe Panther anti-submarine warfare rotorcraft following requests from the Indonesian and Mexican navies – its sole customers for the new variant.
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Bell secures 30-unit deal for 505 with Whitesky Aviation
Bell Helicopter has added to the backlog for its developmental 505 Jet Ranger with a tentative order for 30 examples from Indonesia’s Whitesky Aviation.
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First MD500E delivered to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources has received a new MD Helicopters MD500E light-single for use by its enforcement division.
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PICTURE: Rossiya receives 747-400 in new colours
Aeroflot Group carrier Rossiya has taken delivery of a Boeing 747-400 bearing the revised and modernised livery of the newly-consolidated carrier.