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OpinionOPINION: Aviation must address risk within the cockpit
The Germanwings Airbus A320 loss, it seems, was another deliberate act by a pilot. That statement is not intended to imply that this is becoming commonplace – because that is far from true – but the very fact that there have been several deliberate acts of destruction by pilots, even ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Field on making ordinary aircraft extraordinary
For almost 70 years, Field Aviation has been turning mainly Canadian-built types into special mission platforms – making, as its website boasts, “ordinary aircraft extraordinary”. The modifications house, based next to Toronto’s international airport, began transforming surplus wartime transports in the late 1940s. Its latest projects include partnering with Boeing ...
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De-politicising Alitalia was crucial to tie-up: Etihad chief
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways believes the eradication of political influence on Alitalia has been crucial to sealing the two sides’ investment partnership.
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NewsDARPA selects two firms to compete for sea-based UAV
AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman will compete to build a Predator-sized unmanned air system (UAS) that can be launched and recovered from a naval patrol vessel, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced.
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Norwegian moves to keep two crew in cockpit at all times
European low-cost carrier Norwegian is to change its procedures so that two crew members are always present in the cockpit in light of today's developments appearing to show the Germanwings Airbus A320 lost over the French Alps on 24 March appears to have been deliberately crashed by the co-pilot.
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Aer Lingus focus on transatlantic a deterrent for Etihad: chief
Etihad Airways elected not to invest further in Aer Lingus because the Irish carrier decided to focus on transatlantic markets rather than on connecting traffic to Abu Dhabi, chief executive James Hogan reveals.
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NewsCo-pilot 'intentionally' crashed Germanwings A320: Lufthansa CEO
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr has acknowledged that the Germanwings Airbus A320 lost over the French Alps on 24 March appears to have been deliberately crashed by the co-pilot.
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NewsFallon rejects 'modest' description of UK's anti-IS role
The UK Ministry of Defence has rejected claims that it is only making a “strikingly modest” contribution to the multinational coalition effort against Islamic State militants in Iraq, touting that it has performed only second to the USA throughout the campaign.
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NewsCo-pilot initiated Germanwings A320's descent: French prosecutor
Marseille's public prosecutor has confirmed that the co-pilot of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed on 24 March was alone in the cockpit throughout the aircraft's descent.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: O'Leary still at first base on transatlantic
For those believing Michael O'Leary's much talked-of interest in launching a transatlantic operation is just another headline-grabbing move by the publicity-hungry Ryanair boss, developments over the last 10 days will have given them more ammunition.
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NewsSaudi begins air strike campaign in Yemen
A Saudi-led coalition has begun a campaign of air strikes against the Houthi militant group that is maintaining a stronghold within Yemen and is trying to overpower the Yemeni government after forcing president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi into exile.
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Wizz closes down Ukrainian division
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is dissolving its Ukrainian subsidiary and reducing its operations to the conflict-riven country.
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NewsAirbus sale of Dassault stake shows Rafale, Falcon maker's appeal
Airbus’s 25 March move to offload a second tranche of its shareholding in Dassault Aviation has advanced its strategic plan to pare away non-core assets – and underscored the attractiveness to investors of Dassault, a company whose shares have until now been essentially untraded.
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Air Seychelles to start Paris flights in July
Air Seychelles is to launch a direct route to Paris in July, having previously served the French capital in partnership with shareholder Etihad Airways via Abu Dhabi.
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Xiamen Airlines plans long-haul expansion with 787s
Xiamen Airlines will launch its first long-haul service to Amsterdam using Boeing 787-8 aircraft this July.
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Indian navy locates debris of lost Do-228
The Indian navy has located the debris of a Hindustan Aeronautics’ built Dornier Do-228 maritime surveillance and patrol aircraft (MSA), that was reported lost on 24 March.
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NewsUSAF starts researching helmet-mounted cueing for F-22
The US Air Force has moved a step closer to equipping the Lockheed Martin F-22 cockpit with a helmet-mounted cueing system.
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Airbus starts delivering training version of UH-72
Airbus Helicopters has rolled the first UH-72A Lakota off the assembly line that will be delivered straight to Fort Rucker, Alabama, as the US Army begins to replace more than 180 Bell Helicopter TH-67 Creek primary trainers.
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NewsAmerican and US Airways to combine operations on 8 April
American Airlines anticipates receiving a single operating certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 8 April, it says in an employee newsletter.
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NewsChina's Hainan to acquire 30 787-9s
Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines indicates that it is planning to acquire 30 Boeing 787-9 jets.