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NewsGulfstream says G150 future must "play out"
Gulfstream executives stopped short of fully committing to the midsize market sector for the long-term, as the 10-year-old G150 now faces two new rivals with no replacement yet identified.
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DAE sells StandardAero
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise’s ambition to become a global giant with businesses in several expanding industry sectors has effectively ended with the sale of its only overseas subsidiary, StandardAero, one of the biggest and oldest names in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of business jets and their engines.
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Ryanair to add Rabat-Rome service
Ryanair will add a route from Rabat to Rome as part of its summer schedule to Morocco.
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NewsRyanair sketches plan for price-comparison function
Ryanair will add a price-comparison function to its website in October, but finance chief Neil Sorahan cautions that this does not mean the Irish budget airline is "in the business of being a travel agent".
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Ryanair to lease six aircraft this year
Ryanair is leasing six aircraft on short-term contracts this year, including two Airbus A320s, in order to cater for increased passenger demand.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Business jet values - a time for review
Daniel Hall, Business and Commercial Aviation Senior Analyst and Chris Seymour, Head of Market Analysis, discuss a business jet recovery and important changes in Market, Base and Future Values.
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RAAF’s E-7A Wedgetails achieve FOC
Canberra’s six Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft have achieved final operational capability (FOC).
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NewsRyanair full-year profit rises by two-thirds
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has turned in a full-year net profit of $946 million, a rise of two-thirds.
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SIA A330 suffers in-flight power loss
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 aircraft suffered an inflight power loss in both engines on 23 May, but the crew restored normal operations and the aircraft landed without incident.
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NewsMore Super Tucano sales possible this year
New orders for the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano appear imminent, with the airframer hoping to announce additional commitments before year-end.
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NewsUS government clears MH-60R sale to Saudi Arabia
The US State Department has approved a requested sale of 10 Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine helicopters to the Saudi Arabian government.
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NewsVIDEO: Boeing confident in SB-1 design for Pentagon's FVL
Boeing is banking on its partnership with Sikorsky on the SB-1 Defiant demonstrator to help usher in the next generation of rotorcraft for Army but still anticipates that its long-serving AH-64 Apaches and CH-47 Chinooks will continue to dominate the skies out to 2060.
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NewsThales bags selection for RN Crowsnest system
Thales is to supply an improved version of its Searchwater radar and Cerberus mission system to deliver the UK Royal Navy’s Crowsnest airborne early warning (AEW) capability, following a selection announcement made on 22 May.
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NewsS-97 Raider makes debut test flight
Sikorsky has completed a first flight of the self-funded S-97 Raider at the company's flight test facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, to open a year-long test and demonstration phase for the high-speed, compound helicopter proposed for light attack, scout and special utility missions.
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NewsEmbraer close to resuming KC-390 flight tests
Embraer will in the next two months resume test flights of its developmental KC-390 transport and tanker, following a lengthy pause since its first – and only – sortie on 3 February.
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OpinionOPINION: Why business jet builders must keep their nerve
Business jet buyers are a fickle lot. Most airlines expect a new commercial aircraft to provide reliable service for at least 12 years before a replacement is even considered. But the average owner of a corporate aircraft starts looking for an upgrade in about half that time.
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Simulator industry gets in training for aircraft ramp-up
Given the unprecedented wave of airliner orders of recent years, strong demand for simulators is unsurprising. CAE, which claims the top slot in civil simulation equipment sales, ended its financial year on 31 March having sold 41 full-flight simulators (FFS), the second-highest total ever, after 2013-14’s record 48. (The latest ...
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NewsDouble-vision: Our Top 10 listing of A350 customers
To accompany the release of our flight test report on the Airbus A350, our Top 10 feature looks at the leading airline customers to date for the XWB, by number of aircraft ordered. Flightglobal’s Ascend Fleets database records the European company as having so far secured firm commitments for a ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Eurojet looks for EJ200 to power ahead on new platforms
Each time a quick reaction alert sortie is launched from any of the nations operating the Eurofighter combat aircraft, it is dependent on the availability of the type’s twin Eurojet EJ200 turbofan engines.
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Kenya Airways open to Nairobi terminal partnership
Kenya Airways is open to the possibility of leading a consortium to build and manage the planned greenfield terminal at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International airport.