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Ryanair to open Belfast base
Ryanair will in March launch flights between London Gatwick and Belfast International airport as the budget carrier opens a base in the Northern Irish city.
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AJA's Sky Limo fleet set for major expansion
Al Jaber Aviation’s Sky Limo VIP charter service is set for a major expansion, a year after launching services with a single Hawker 800XP midsize business jet.
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Garuda hands over 737 to Indonesian air force
Garuda Indonesia has sold a Boeing 737-500 to the Indonesian air force.
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BOC Aviation orders 30 more A320s
BOC Aviation has announced an additional order for 18 A320neo and 12 A320ceo family aircraft.
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United chief’s return in question after heart transplant
United Airlines chief executive Oscar Munoz is recovering from a “heart transplant operation”, likely pushing his return to the carrier’s helm to at least the second quarter.
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Next US Navy budget battle pits ships against strike fighters
A recent directive by the US secretary of defence that pits strike fighters against ships in the navy’s next five-year spending plan will be a showdown to watch going into 2016, with increases in F-35C and F/A-18 spending coming at the expense of the Littoral Combat Ship.
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AJA enters record books with Embraer Lineage 1000 flight
Abu Dhabi business aviation services provider Al Jaber Aviation entered the record books on 5 January after completing the longest commercial flight with an Embraer Lineage 1000.
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Dassault Falcon deliveries hit 10-year low in 2015
Dassault Falcon business jet deliveries hit their lowest level for 10 years in 2015 due to a slump in demand for large-cabin and long-range business jets from the previously booming markets of China, Russia, and Latin America.
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Deloitte: Defence sector to grow 2.7% in 2016, ending decline
A two-year budget deal in the USA coupled with growing global instability could see defence revenues jump by 2.7% in 2016, breaking a five-year decline, according to forecasters at Deloitte.
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OBITUARY: Andre Turcat, first man to fly Concorde
Andre Turcat made his reputation as the first Concorde pilot. In retirement, he remained one of the supersonic transport’s greatest supporters
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Flying Colours secures ADS-B Out approval for Challenger 300
Engineering and completions company Flying Colours has secured US supplemental type certification (STC) for retrofits of an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast out (ADS-B Out) system on the Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet.
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ANALYSIS: New Spirit chief refuels Frontier merger rumours
The surprise departure of ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines chief executive Ben Baldanza follows a year that saw the airline's stock lose its shine, as investors began to worry that Spirit's once-revered moat was rapidly being encroached upon by its rivals.
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ANALYSIS: Our 2015 forecasts revisited – spot-on or way, way off?
Forecasting is a rough game, but here at Flight we're always up for a challenge – or are we just too foolish to know when to quit? Our 2015 calls, in retrospect
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Saudia to open domestic VIP A319 shuttle link
Middle Eastern carrier Saudia is to open a new VIP domestic service connecting the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh with the city of Jeddah.
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Spain and Belgium prepare to take on Baltic policing duties
On 7 January, Spain will take the lead role for the next four-month, NATO-led Baltic Air Policing (BAP) rotation, as it deploys four Eurofighter Typhoons to Šiauliai air base in Lithuania.
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Boeing wins 10-year T-38C contract as USAF looks to T-X
Boeing has defeated an unnamed challenger to secure a 10-year contract worth up to $855 million for Northrop T-38C Talon avionics and logistics support, retaining its involvement in the programme through 2026 as the US Air Force fields a replacement “T-X” combat trainer.
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Airbus Helicopters delivers four more H135s to Polish EMS operator
Polish emergency medical services (EMS) operator Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (LPR) has taken delivery of four additional Airbus Helicopters H135 light twins, taking its fleet of the type to 27 units.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Will airline profits streak continue in 2016?
Given historical experience, the airline industry can rarely enter a year fully confident of ending it with a strong collective profit, but there are relatively robust reasons for hope that carriers might stretch their profits run to a new peak in 2016.
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Opinion
OPINION: Talons drawn for T-X trainer battle
If 2015 was the year of the bomber, the US Air Force’s requirement for a next-generation fighter trainer will be one of the hottest games in town in 2016.
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Air transport safety reached new peak in 2015: Ascend
Air transport operations resulted in a global fatal accident rate of just one in 5 million flights last year, the lowest figure on record.