All news – Page 2058
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Asian airports play catch-up with surging demand
Asia has been a hotbed of airline activity, but infrastructure at a number of airports has been lagging behind.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why O'Leary's transatlantic dream might have to wait
It is an absurdly great time to be selling widebody airliners. One look at the order backlogs of Airbus and Boeing confirms this point, but also consider this: there is a premier customer with ample access to financing – Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary – who claims he is unable to place ...
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Australia commits combat aircraft to fight IS
Australia will commit air and special forces assets to the international coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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PICTURE: American’s first 787 moves into final assembly
The first Boeing 787-8 bound for American Airlines has moved onto the final assembly at the airframer’s factory in Everett, Washington.
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QUIRKY DOZEN: The 12 strangest-looking aircraft ever built
The Airbus A300-based Beluga is this week celebrating 20 years of transporting aircraft sections between the company's European plants. Named after the white whale because of their distinctive shape, the fleet of five Belugas carry out more than 60 flights each week between 11 sites. To mark the anniversary, we ...
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Baltimore/Washington to star in Southwest's international growth
Baltimore/Washington International airport will play a key role in Southwest Airlines' international growth in the coming years as the airline aims to expand its network beyond mainland USA.
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Two F/A-18 Hornets crash into Pacific Ocean
Two Boeing F/A-18C Hornet fighter jets assigned to the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson crashed early on 12 September in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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MH17: Metal fragments subjected to forensic scrutiny
Dutch forensic investigators probing the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are examining a number of fragments recovered from casualties and luggage in order to determine their origin.
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Opinion
OPINION: Utmost integrity crucial to investigation into MH17
The fuselage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 operating flight MH17 was extensively punctured by “high energy objects” that entered from outside, says the initial report. The weakened hull then broke up, and wreckage was widely scattered over agricultural land in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine.
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Israeli military inflates aerostat demand
Israel's defence forces are expanding their use of aerostats equipped with multi-sensor payloads.
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PEFCO to fund Air China’s deliveries
Air China’s request to finance Boeing deliveries powered by CFM International engines has been referred to congress.
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Waha to raise funds in AerCap stake deal
AerCap has registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission the sale of 14.9 million of its ordinary shares held by Waha Capital as part of a funded collar transaction by the Abu Dhabi investment firm.
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Transavia chief sees leisure focus key to ambitious growth plan
Transavia will "fail" to become a leading low-cost European leisure carrier unless it ensures that it remains focused exclusively on leisure passengers, its chief executive Bram Graber warns.
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Japanese police order AW109
The Japan National Police Agency has ordered a single AgustaWestland AW109 Power helicopter, with delivery scheduled for December 2015.
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Navy begins testing carrier-based UAS software
The US Navy has begun testing the software that eventually will control all of its maritime unmanned air vehicles and will initially be installed in an unmanned carrier-launched surveillance and strike (UCLASS) vehicle.
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Top 100 industry league table highlights two sides to Airbus-Boeing rivalry
Flight International’s annual Top 100 analysis of the financial performance of the world’s biggest aerospace companies has thrown up few surprises, but the Airbus-Boeing rivalry that tops the chart is, by one measure, hotter than ever.
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Portugal police force furthers UAV use
The Portuguese police force is a year into using fixed wing unmanned air vehicles as part of an initiative to offer low-cost airborne surveillance.
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NTSB assigns investigator to lead TBM 900 crash probe
The US National Transportation Bureau has assigned a lead investigator to examine the cause the Daher Socata TBM 900 crash off the coast of Jamaica on the 5 September, but says it is unable to begin the probe until the wreckage has been located.
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ACT A300's gear collapse traced to undetected fatigue
French investigators have determined that fatigue cracking in the undercarriage of an ACT Airlines Airbus A300B4 freighter caused the left main landing-gear to collapse after touchdown in Afghanistan.
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Air France-KLM targets annual EBITDAR growth with new plan
Air France-KLM will today detail its new business plan, Perform 2020, aimed at supporting its group target of lifting EBITDAR by 8-10% annually between now and 2017.