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Braathens contracts Sabena Technics for ATR component MRO
Swedish carrier Braathens Regional has selected French maintenance specialist Sabena Technics to provide rotable component support for an ATR 72 turboprop fleet.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Knittel, CIT Aerospace
As a 30-year industry veteran, CIT Transportation & International Finance president Jeffrey Knittel has seen a lot.
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Debris off Southern Thailand not from MH370
Malaysian officials have declared that the debris discovered off the coast of Southern Thailand does not belong to the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which had gone missing in 8 March 2014.
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PICTURE: Alaska unveils new livery and brand
Alaska Airlines announces the first major update to its branding in 25 years, rolling out a Boeing 737-800 adorned in a new font and with a logo that includes streaks of blue and green.
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JetBlue details Airbus seat reconfiguration plans
JetBlue Airways will add more seats to some of its Airbus A321s from later this year, in addition to a previously announced seat densification project for its smaller Airbus A320s.
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Airbus Helicopters sees 2015 orders and deliveries fall
Airbus Helicopters saw orders and deliveries slide last year as the rotorcraft market showed continued weakness in both the civil and military sectors.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Long-range fashion catches on in IAF
Waiting so long for Rafael to respond to a new fashion in missile technology seemed surprising only because the state-owned Israeli weapons and sensor house is most often the industry’s leading trendsetter.
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Global air ambulance demand spurs profits at FAI
Soaring global demand for air ambulance services in 2015 helped German business aircraft services provider FAI rent-a-jet to record profitability.
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Joramco wins follow-up MRO deal from Gulf Air
Gulf Air has extended until 2018 its airframe maintenance partnership with Jordanian MRO specialist Joramco.
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Saudi engineers to train on Typhoon self-protection maintenance
Engineers from Saudi Arabia will become the first to train at a new electronic warfare maintenance centre established in the UK to enable the transfer of skills required to support the self-protection systems installed on the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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Dassault to work with India to build on new Rafale agreement
Dassault says it will “go step by step” to securing further Rafale orders from India after prime minister Narendra Modi today confirmed a deal to purchase 36 of the fighters.
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Boeing correcting course as KC-46A refuels F-16C
The US Air Force is optimistic about awarding the first production contract to Boeing for the developmental KC-46A, following a flight test in which the 767-derived tanker transferred 725kg (1,600lb) of fuel to a Lockheed Martin F-16C – the most significant trial of its refuelling systems to date.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The evolution of Rolls-Royce's MRO strategy
Rolls-Royce launched its TotalCare maintenance programme for commercial operators nearly 20 years ago. Since then, the UK manufacturer has sold the hour-based aftermarket services to the vast majority of its customers, and revenue from the scheme has become a central pillar of Rolls-Royce civil aero engine business.
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Bahrain debut for export-ready Tejas fighter
India is ready to start seeking export buyers for its Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA), supporting its message by sending two of the fighters overseas for the first time.
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Opinion
OPINION: Airbus faces price pressure on A380 sales
Willie Walsh’s enthusiasm for the A380 – and disclosure that British Airways is looking at adding up to half a dozen used examples to its fleet – only serves to remind us what an enigma the Airbus big beast is.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: NASA awaits final design on supersonic X-plane
Back in 2012, NASA thought it had reached a breakthrough in a decades-long quest to design a “low-boom” supersonic aircraft. With leftover funding from the 2009 financial stimulus act, the agency commissioned Lockheed Martin and Boeing to separately develop preliminary designs and wind tunnel models of aircraft concepts.
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Airbus Helicopters and Mahindra reaffirm ties
Airbus Helicopters and Mahindra Defence have reaffirmed their partnership toward producing military helicopters in India.
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MH370 search hits a snag
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER in the Indian Ocean has hit a fresh setback, with the loss of a sonar deep tow vehicle that was being used to scan the ocean floor.
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Boeing sets tentative date for 737 Max first flight
Boeing has set a tentative date of 29 January to conduct the first flight of the re-engined 737 Max.
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Taiwanese F-16A crashes in Arizona desert
A Taiwanese F-16A operating from Luke AFB in Arizona has crashed and the pilot is presumed dead, according to a base spokesman.