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Analysis
ANALYSIS: RSAF ratchets up capabilities
Southeast Asia’s leading air force continues to methodically improve to its already impressive fixed wing force.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New Spirit chief eyes operations and network changes
Spirit Airlines new chief executive Bob Fornaro plans to improve on the successful ultra low-cost carrier’s model, taking aim first at operational improvements and network changes in his first months on the job.
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NewsNASA proposes X-plane revival with supersonic, subsonic designs
NASA plans a return to a decades-old tradition of developing and flying experimental aircraft projects, or “X-planes”, in order to achieve new breakthroughs in supersonic and subsonic aeronautics research under the Fiscal 2017 budget proposal submitted to Congress on 9 February.
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Air Berlin to lease three Q400s from GECAS
GECAS's regional aircraft group is to lease three new Bombardier Q400s to German carrier Air Berlin.
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A321neo performs maiden test flight
Airbus has started test flights with the A321neo, the largest member of its re-engined single-aisle family.
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Germania 737 aborted take-off on closed runway
Spanish investigators are looking into an incident involving a Germania Boeing 737-700 which was cleared to depart from a closed runway at Las Palmas.
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Lufthansa Technik wins follow-up MRO deal from Emirates
Emirates has extended its co-operation with Lufthansa Technik for landing-gear support.
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NewsHondaJet shortlisted for 2015 Collier Trophy
Honda Aircraft’s HA-420 HondaJet has been nominated by the US National Aeronautic Association for the 2015 Robert J Collier Trophy.
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ExecuJet makes foray into Indian business aviation market
Swiss business aviation services provider ExecuJet Aviation is to enter the Indian market after receiving permission to build a fixed-based operation (FBO) and maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport.
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OpinionOPINION: What next for Boeing?
Having abandoned a clean-sheet design to replace its 737 in 2011, Boeing has moved swiftly towards flight testing a re-engined version. But its focus may now shift to something larger
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NewsAssociated Air Center delivers first head-of-state BBJ 787-8
US VIP completions and engineering company Associated Air Center (AAC) has delivered the first Boeing BBJ 787-8 to be configured for head-of-state operations.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines move to rebuild Iranian networks
With Iran's rapprochement with Europe now well under way, airlines are rushing to re-establish links with the former pariah state.
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Heathrow chief confident on runway decision
London Heathrow's chief executive believes the UK government is gearing up to decide in favour of a third runway at the airport.
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Insignia indicates RAM is 737 Max customer
Royal Air Maroc appears to have selected the Boeing 737 Max for its fleet, according to customer insignia on the airframer’s first flight-test aircraft.
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NewsFirst ASRAAMs delivered for UK F-35 testing
MBDA has delivered the first batch of advanced short range air-to-air missiles (ASRAAM) to the USA, ahead of planned flight trials on board the UK’s Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter.
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Russian institute to fit turbine An-2 with glass cockpit
Russia's Chaplygin Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) plans to fit a glass cockpit to a modified example of the 1940s-vintage Antonov An-2 utility biplane as part of a programme of enhancements to the single-engined turboprop, the institute's chief designer Grigory Anokhin says.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Singapore sizes up Super Puma replacement
The major focus of Singapore’s helicopter force is finding a replacement for its main transport rotorcraft.
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NewsG500 readied for flight envelope expansion work
The first Gulfstream G500 test aircraft has completed a 50-flight battery of flutter tests, clearing the programme to proceed to more advanced flight envelope testing.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Freighter market converts Bedek into growth plan
Only a year ago it was still possible to speculate on the demise of the freighter aircraft market, one of the key strengths of Israel’s commercial aerospace industry.
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NewsFormer Sikorsky president killed in P-51D crash
Former Sikorsky president Jeff Pino was killed in a crash of his North American P-51D Mustang on 5 February.