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NewsTop 10 highlights from 50 Paris air shows
On the eve of the 51st Paris air show, and in anticipation of a memorable week at Le Bourget, we take a look back at ten highlights of previous editions of Le Salon.
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NewsA330neo enters detailed design phase
Airbus’s re-engined A330neo has achieved the concept freeze point of its development, enabling detailed design work to start.
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NewsFirst A350-1000 for Qatar achieves definition freeze
Qatar Airways’ first Airbus A350-1000 has reached the stage of contractual definition freeze.
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NewsPICTURE: A380 shows off illuminated decal technology
One of Airbus’s A380 test aircraft has demonstrated a new electro-luminescent display technology designed for external use on aircraft.
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NewsMAS A330 makes air turn back due to engine fire alert
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has grounded an Airbus A330-300, which had to make a turn back shortly after take-off from Melbourne airport, apparently due to an engine problem.
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NewsPICTURE: Myanmar National Airlines takes delivery of first 737
Myanmar National Airlines (MNA), formerly known as Myanma Airways, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
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Airbus and Aerospace Valley foster eco-innovation
A programme to foster innovation created by Airbus and the Aerospace Valley industry R&D cluster in France’s Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées regions has selected a group of four projects to support, following a 2014 call for ideas that attracted 59 applications.
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NewsCull the ‘creep’: Report on why US weapon programmes blow budgets
In an attempt to discover why large weapons programmes like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter too frequently miss their development cost and schedule targets, the US Government Accountability Office has found lower-level requirements creep due to a lack of systems engineering expertise is generally to blame.
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Virgin America upgrades Red inflight entertainment system
Virgin America has started upgrading its Red inflight entertainment system, announcing today that three aircraft will begin flying with new seat-back touch screens powered by an improved operating system later this month.
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IATA sees profits increasing across all regions in 2015
While North American carriers are driving the improved financial fortunes of the airline industry, IATA is seeing reasons for optimism in other regions.
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ANALYSIS: Leaders keep subsidy row from boiling over at IATA
When American Airlines chief Doug Parker took a second question in the carrier's post-IATA AGM joint press conference with Qantas about the Gulf carrier row, there was a slightly forlorn hope in his voice as he reminded the assembled press corps that the executives really wanted to be talking about ...
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NewsBell confirms delay to 525 service entry
Bell Helicopter has confirmed that service entry of its new clean-sheet 525 Relentless super-medium-class rotorcraft has slipped to 2017.
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NewsItaly's Cristoforetti sets space endurance records
A month later than planned, Samantha Cristoforetti (of Italy), Anton Shkaplerov (Russia) and Terry Virts (USA; pictured right to left) returned safely to Kazakhstan on 11 June, following a 3h ride from the International Space Station in their Soyuz capsule (pictured prior to undocking).
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NewsSecond Hungarian Gripen crashes at domestic air base
Hungarian media has claimed that the second of the nation’s Saab Gripens has crashed in less than a month, resulting in reports that Budapest has grounded its fleet until further notice.
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NewsBrussels approves Alcoa acquisition of titanium producer RTI
Brussels has approved Alcoa’s proposed $1.5 billion share swap takeover of Pittsburgh-based titanium supplier RTI International Metals.
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Viking declines to bid for Canadian FWSAR deal
Canada’s Viking Air has decided not to participate in the ongoing contest to replace its home country’s aged fleet of fixed-wing search and rescue (FWSAR) aircraft.
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ATSB highlights flight-mode awareness after 737 incident
Australian authorities have highlighted the importance of crews being aware of autoflight system modes, following inquiry into an incident in which a Boeing 737 flew close to the minimum manoeuvre airspeed.
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NewsPICTURE: CSeries appears in Swiss livery
Bombardier has painted one of its CSeries flight-test aircraft in the colour scheme of the type's launch customer Swiss.
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NewsScorpion ready for buyers on aviation's biggest stage
When it comes to Textron AirLand’s Scorpion, “seeing really is believing” and more and more people are getting that opportunity as the company scours the globe in search of a launch customer for the subsonic, multirole jet.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New US bomber competition heats up
In April, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu sent a quiet ripple through the American national security community, when he proposed restarting production of the former Soviet Union's most sophisticated Cold War bomber – the supersonic Tupolev Tu-160, or “Blackjack”.