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India's GSLV rocket to return to flight in early 2014
The Indian Space Research Organisation hopes to have its troubled Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme back on track in early 2014, making a flight scrubbed in August 2013, when engineers discovered a fuel leak in the second stage of the three-stage vehicle.
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China Airlines, Tigerair to launch Taiwanese LCC
China Airlines has announced plans to enter the low cost market with through a joint venture with Singapore’s Tigerair, to be called Tigerair Taiwan.
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Pratt & Whitney raises temperature as it accelerates growth strategy for F135
Pratt & Whitney confirms that a testbed version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 propulsion system has run sustainably at possibly the highest temperatures ever recorded by a turbofan engine.
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Southwest to remove 717s by beginning of 2015
Southwest Airlines plans to remove the last of its Boeing 717-200s by the first quarter of 2015, says chairman and chief executive Gary Kelly.
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HondaJet engine clears FAA certification milestone
GE Honda Aero Engines has cleared the long-awaited airworthiness milestone for the HF120 turbofan, allowing aircraft maker Honda Aircraft to accelerate efforts to certificate the HA-420 HondaJet and enter operational service next year.
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Bond finds more EC135s with fuel indicator fault
Bond Air Services, the operator at the centre of the probe into the EC135T2 crash in Glasgow, says it has identified "a number" of helicopters with a fuel indication problem, following its precautionary grounding of the type on 11 December.
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Norway approves next round of F-35 acquisition
Norway's parliament on 11 December authorised the latest tranche of spending on its acquisition of 52 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
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First UK A400M enters final assembly
The UK’s first A400M has entered final assembly at Airbus Military’s San Pablo site in Seville, Spain, ahead of the type’s scheduled delivery to the Royal Air Force from September 2014.
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A350-1000 approaches end of concept phase
Airbus is to freeze concept work for the A350-1000 by the end of this month, and shift to a more detailed design stage in the new year.
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Network USA event to come under Routes umbrella
Flightglobal and UBM Live have struck a deal under which the Network USA event will be merged into Routes Americas.
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Singapore in no hurry to purchase F-35s: defence minister
Singapore’s defence minister has reaffirmed the nation’s interest in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), but says there is no great rush to order the type.
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PICTURES: Air Astana receives two new 767-300ERs
Kazakhstan's flag carrier Air Astana has taken delivery of two new Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, with a third to arrive in 2014.
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IAM rejects Boeing's latest 777X offer
Union leaders have rejected Boeing’s latest offer to build the 777X in the Seattle area, even as the company considers competing bids from 22 states for 54 sites.
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Ethiopian 787 damaged in fire to fly before Christmas
Ethiopian Airlines expects to have completed by Christmas the repair of a Boeing 787 damaged in a fire incident at London Heathrow airport in July.
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Low-cost Scorpion fighter starts flight tests
Textron AirLand has launched an at least two-year certification programme for its low-cost Scorpion strike aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Freight drags improved airline profits outlook
IATA’s latest improved profits outlook released today struck a decidedly positive note, even if the climate is still pretty tough for many carriers.
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Fuel the focus of Bond EC135 grounding
The UK National Police Air Service (NPAS) has mandated that all police-operated EC135s fly with more fuel on board and increase minimum operational fuel levels, in the light of an unspecified technical error that has seen Bond Air Services ground its 22-strong fleet of the type.
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India's Mars mission makes first key course correction
India’s bid to put a spacecraft into orbit on Mars continues on track, following successful completion of the planned first major trajectory correction manoeuvre following the Mangalyaan mission’s boost away from Earth orbit.
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Bond Aviation grounds EC135 fleet as precaution
Bond Air Services is temporarily grounding its fleet of 22 Eurocopter EC135T2 and P2 helicopters after an unspecified fault was discovered yesterday on an example operated for North-West Air Ambulance.
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American confirms regional jet order split with Embraer, Bombardier
Bombardier and Embraer will split an order by the newly-merged parent company of American Airlines and US Airways for 90 76-seat regional jets.