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SINGAPORE: Extra assembly stations to handle A350 ramp-up
Airbus has completed an extension of its final assembly line at Toulouse which will be used for A350 ramp-up and integration of the -1000 variant of the twinjet.
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SINGAPORE: Citilink to upsize 10 A320s to A321s
Indonesian carrier Citilink has plans to convert at least 10 of its Airbus A320s on order to the larger A321.
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SINGAPORE: Rolls-Royce begins building 100th Trent XWB-84
Rolls-Royce has begun building its 100th Trent XWB-84 as it prepares to ramp up production from three to five engines a week for the Airbus A350 by the end of the year.
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SINGAPORE: Airbus opens show with C295W order
Airbus Defence & Space had a busy first day at the Singapore show, with a confirmed order for its C295W medium transport capping a debut international appearance on the static display by an A400M from its Malaysian air force customer.
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SINGAPORE: Saab introduces GlobalEye AEW aircraft
Saab has officially launched a new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft called GlobalEye, combining its new Erieye ER active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with Bombardier's Global 6000 business jet.
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ROUTES: US, Cuba to end scheduled travel ban
US and Cuban officials will formally sign an agreement on 16 February to re-open scheduled airline service from the USA to the island nation after a 56-year-long ban.
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Boeing upbeat as US Army moves on Future Vertical Lift
The US Army has moved forward with an ambitious project to introduce a next-generation family of rotorcraft designs with funding sought for Future Vertical Lift (FVL) in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Phil Eyre managing director Astra Aviation
Phil Eyre is Managing Director of Astra Aviation. The UK company offers commercial airlines, cargo carriers, executive and private charters a full range of flight support services across Africa.
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Why Skunk Works ditched its clean-sheet T-X for Korean T-50
One year ago this week, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works chief Rob Weiss announced that his advanced design team had been working on a clean-sheet aircraft for the US Air Force’s T-X programme as a potential alternative to the South Korean T-50 Golden Eagle, which Lockheed jointly developed with Korea Aerospace ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airline traffic growth on the rise in 2015
Airline traffic increased among leading global carriers more than 6% in 2015 as demand remained strong in what was the industry's most profitable year to date.
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CareFlight receives Australia's first air ambulance-configured 400XTi
Nextant Aerospace has delivered the first air ambulance-configured 400XTi into the Australian market, with the handover in early February of the light business jet to emergency medical services (EMS) charity CareFlight.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Ascend highlights what to watch for in the rest of 2016
Richard Evans, senior consultant with Flightglobal’s advisory arm Ascend, here shares some of the indicators and issues the team will be keeping a close eye on as 2016 wears on – and explains what they may mean for the health of the industry
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UK Typhoon tests Reccelite XR pod
The UK Royal Air Force has recently completed a series of test flights of the Eurofighter Typhoon carrying Rafael's Reccelite XR reconnaissance pod.
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ANALYSIS: San Juan traffic rebounds amid renovations
Traffic at San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International airport continues to surge amid a multi-year renovation effort that was intended to help the airport recover from sagging passenger numbers.
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ANALYSIS: Turbomeca spins up plans for high-powered future
“Project Jersey”, named after the Channel Island, is a curious title for an internal initiative – particularly one at a French manufacturer – but on closer inspection, there is sense behind it.
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US Foreign Military Funding talks key to Israeli tanker plan
Decisions about whether Israel will select Boeing's KC-46A tanker and ask for additional Lockheed Martin F-35s will depend on the result of current negotiations about the size of the US Foreign Military Funding (FMF) package that the nation will receive over the next 10 years.
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Turbomeca proposes new Arriel variant to power Korean LAH
French engine manufacturer Turbomeca is proposing a new, locally produced variant of its Arriel turboshaft to power South Korea’s developmental light armed helicopter (LAH).
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SINGAPORE: Airbus seals in-depth MRO pact for SIA A380s
Singapore Airlines has reached a flight-hour services maintenance agreement with Airbus covering the carrier’s A380 fleet.
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SINGAPORE: P&W opens fan blade manufacturing facility
Pratt & Whitney has opened its first manufacturing facility in Singapore to produce fan blades and other key components for its PW1000G geared-turbofan (GTF) engine family.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Next-gen simulation preps F-35 units for battle
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is not just one of the most expensive and complex endeavours in military acquisition history, it’s also an evolution in the way military pilots train to fly jets.