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A320 tweak to prevent computer 'forgetting' sharklets
Operators of Airbus A320s with sharklet wing-tips are being instructed to modify the aircraft to prevent the possibility that flight computers could forget the sharklets are fitted.
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USAF grounds 82 F-16Ds due to new cracks
The US Air Force announced late on 19 August the grounding of 82 of 969 Lockheed Martin F-16s still in service after finding structural cracks.
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US Navy poised for UCLASS bidding after unmanned demo
Two aircraft – an unmanned Northrop Grumman X-47B and the Boeing F/A-18C Hornet – launched and landed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt multiple times on 17 and 18 August, validating a decade-long, on-and-off quest to prove such a pairing is possible on a carrier deck.
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Bombardier replaces CSeries marketing executive
Bombardier has replaced another top commercial aircraft executive amidst a broader corporate reshuffling in the wake of CSeries development delays .
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Azul targets business travellers with US flights
Brazil's Azul plans to target the corporate traveller with its inaugural international flights to the USA, and will offer a full-service product with lie-flat business class seats and Skycouches in economy plus, it tells Flightglobal.
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Two Italian Tornados collide during training flight
Two Italian military jets collided during a 19 August afternoon training flight, the country’s air force has confirmed.
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Opinion
OPINION: Lessons from BA can guide Alitalia comeback
The transformation of British Airways three decades ago from bloated, loss-making industry joke to benchmark network carrier is a seen as the definitive case study in managing a business turnaround.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Alliance shifts continue as joint ventures take hold
While much of the attention among global alliance members has been on developing joint venture partnerships in key markets, it has still been a busy 12 months for all three groupings.
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Opinion
OPINION: Airline siblings must harmonise to avoid cannibalisation
Shakeel Adam is managing partner of Aviado Partners, a global consultancy specialising in airline commercial issues and assisting carriers to maximise their partnership potential; his Twitter handle is @shakeeladam
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Space industry looks at DoD's UAV broadband requirements
The space industry is working with the US Department of Defense to help better shape the broadband requirements of unmanned air vehicles in years to come, an industry executive has revealed.
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US carriers banned from Syrian overflights
US carriers have been banned from overflying Syria under a tightening of FAA restrictions on operations in the region.
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Fernandes kiboshes AirAsia, Skymark bid reports
AirAsia group chief executive Tony Fernandes has denied that the Malaysian carrier is planning to launch a takeover offer for Japan’s Skymark Airlines.
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PICTURES: Thailand deploys Gripens to Australia for first overseas exercise
Thailand's air force has deployed its Saab Gripen C/Ds to Darwin in northern Australia for Exercise Pitch Black 2014 (PB14), in the type’s first overseas exercise deployment by the service.
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Skymark shares leap on AirAsia buyout report
The shares of Skymark Airlines have soared 28% on the Tokyo stock exchange following media reports of a possible acquisition by AirAsia.
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Eurocontrol reveals extent of industrial action disruption in 2013
European air traffic control industrial action “proved to be even more disruptive in 2013 than 2012”, according to Eurocontrol’s just-published Network Manager report for 2013.
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Investigation of 737 derailment nearly complete
Montana rail officials plan to complete an investigation within two weeks into the cause of a train derailment on 3 July that resulted in the loss of six nearly complete 737 fuselages.
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Brazil jet crash probe finds errant cockpit voice recorder
The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the crashed Cessna 560 XLS+ in Brazil on 13 August has been found, but does not contain any recordings from its last flight, the Brazilian air force’s crash investigation center (CENIPA) says.
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Azul to revisit IPO as early as Q1 2015
Brazil's Azul could file again for an initial public offering (IPO) as early as in the first quarter of 2015, after it withdrew its IPO in August 2013.
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Surf Air acquires up to 65 PC-12NGs for members only airline
US members-only VIP airline Surf Air has placed an order with Pilatus Aircraft for up to 65 PC-12NGs, which will be used to expand its coverage across the USA and help to satisfy customer demand for its programme. The deal includes 15 firm orders for the single-engined turboprop and options ...
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Icelandic authority raises volcanic threat level
Icelandic authorities have raised a seismically-active volcano to the second-highest alert level on its aviation warning scale.