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Space insurance premiums may rise with risk
Satellite insurance has been cheap - so prices may rise to keep underwriters in the black
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Airbus restores large American order to firm backlog
Airbus has logged an order for 130 A321neo twinjets from American Airlines, reinstating the carrier to its books after deliberately removing a similar firm...
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Asiana Airlines to add four aircraft to fleet in 2013
South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines plans to introduce four new aircraft into its fleet as part of its business plan for 2013. These include an Airbus...
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FAA clears Boeing to resume 787 flight tests
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared Boeing to begin test flights soon on an instrumented 787 that could pave the way for a return to...
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Copa plans SLBs for new aircraft
Copa Airlines plans to increasingly use sale and leasebacks (SLB) to finance the delivery of new aircraft. The Panama-based carrier wants to own about...
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Southwest and Volaris to end partnership
Southwest Airlines and Volaris will end their connecting partnership from 22 February. Passengers were able to connect between certain Southwest domestic...
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Boeing completes 787 ferry flight to Seattle
Boeing completed a 787 ferry flight between Fort Worth Meacham International airport to Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:56 local time, according...
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IN FOCUS: Lockheed claims F-35 kinematics ‘better than or equal to’ Typhoon or Super Hornet
Lockheed Martin is claiming that all three versions of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will have kinematic performance better than or equal to any combat-configured...
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NTSB 787 probe widened to take in certification process
US safety investigators have widened their probe of 787 battery failures to include the certification process used by the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing to declare the lithium-ion batteries safe before the aircraft entered service.
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RAF's Sentinel fleet could escape retirement, says MoD
The UK Ministry of Defence is reviewing its decision to retire the RAF's Sentinel R1 surveillance aircraft after 2015 ...
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AERO INDIA: MMRCA negotiations on track says air force
India's acquisition of up to 126 Dassault Rafale fighters for its Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) requirement remains the air force's top procurement...
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AERO INDIA: HAL Rudra makes air show debut
A big newcomer at this year’s Aero India show was the Hindustan Aeronautics Rudra, a weaponised variant of the indigenously developed Dhruv helicopter.
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AERO INDIA: Honeywell tenders for Jaguar engine upgrade
New Delhi is considering a proposal from Honeywell to upgrade the engines of 125 Sepecat/HAL Jaguar strike aircraft ...
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Rolls-Royce Trent XWB gains type certificate
European regulators have certificated the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine ahead of the planned first flight of the Airbus A350 later this year. Patrick...
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Soyuz successful in final commercial Baikonur launch
A Soyuz has successfully completed its final commercial launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The 6 February operation successfully placed six small communications...
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PICTURE: UAE's first A330 tanker heads for home
The United Arab Emirates has taken delivery of its first of three Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transports ...
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AERO INDIA: Advanced medium combat aircraft first flight likely in 2020
New Delhi has adopted a go-slow approach for its planned Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), which is in the early stages of being designed by India's...
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Test regime begins for modernised Il-76
Ilyushin expects to wrap up flight-testing of the new Il-76MD-90A in the second half of 2014, after initiating the regime with a sortie to Moscow Zhukovsky...
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AERO INDIA: Helicopter manufacturers eye lucrative naval contracts
Helicopter manufacturers AgustaWestland, Eurocopter, Russian Helicopters and Sikorsky had a high profile at Aero India, as they jostle for position around...
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Dutch NH90s achieve new milestones
The Netherlands has sent its first NH90 on deployed operations, and also received a final configuration example ...