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Cessna begins production of Citation M2 as certification draws near
Cessna's Citation M2 has commenced its initial production run at the airframer's Independence, Kansas...
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IN FOCUS: Why 2012 was exceptionally good for airline safety
World airline safety in 2012 was exceptionally good whichever way the statistics are cut, particularly in terms of accident rates and in simple accident numbers.
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PICTURE: Lao Central's first painted Superjet emerges
Lao Central Airlines' first Sukhoi Superjet 100 has been fully painted in the Asian carrier's livery at Russia's Ulyanovsk finishing facility. The...
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Singapore Airlines firms A380 and A350 orders
Singapore Airlines has ordered five more Airbus A380s and 20 A350-900s, sealing a deal which was tentatively agreed in October. Airbus says the carrier...
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PICTURE: Austro launches new rotary engine for light sport aircraft market
Diamond Aircraft sister company Austro Engine has bench tested a new dual full authority digital engine-controlled rotary aircraft engine called the AE80R.
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Civil Chinook helicopter crashes in Peru, killing seven
Seven Columbia Helicopters employees were killed when a commercial model of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook crashed in Peru.
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American approved for two 777-300ER deliveries
American Airlines has received bankruptcy court approval to take delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs from February. The aircraft are registered N720AN...
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UK SAR contest down to two bidders
A long-running procurement programme for the UK's helicopter search and rescue (SAR) requirement has been whittled down to two bidders after one of the three...
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Chinese investors acquire Enstrom Helicopter
Michigan-based Enstrom Helicopter has been acquired by a Chinese investment firm in a move aimed at helping the company grow in the rapidly developing Asian market.
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UK MoD reviews retirement plans for RAF transports, tankers
Faced with a looming shortfall in its ability to perform air-to-air refuelling and tactical transport duties, the UK Ministry of Defence is to extend the planned out-of-service deadlines for three of its current aged types.
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British Airways to lease 777s from ALC
British Airways is to lease a pair of Boeing 777-300ERs from Air Lease (ALC) under 10-year operating lease contracts. The deliveries are scheduled...
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Cathay Pacific's new cargo terminal to open in February
Cathay Pacific's new cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport will start partial operations on 21 February. The terminal will take a three-stage...
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Pratt & Whitney delays MRJ engine certification to 2014
Certification of the Pratt & Whitney PW1200G geared turbofan is expected in the "latter half" of 2014, or at least six to 12 months after the scheduled first...
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P&W secures $300m deal to support South Korean F100 engines
Pratt & Whitney has secured a $300 million contract to support the F100 engines that power South Korea's F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft ...
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Fresh delay hits UK complex weapons programmes
After spending £207 million on its Fire Shadow loitering munition, the UK MoD has yet to decide on how to use the precision strike system ...
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Voyager fuel costs, A400M levy top UK MoD overspend
Increased costs linked to the Royal Air Force's Airbus A330-based Voyager and Airbus Military A400M acquisitions contributed to a combined £468 million ($750 million) jump in the forecast price tag for the UK's top 16 defence programmes during 2012, the government's National Audit Office (NAO) spending watchdog says.
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US Army fields first AH-64E unit, but more improvements to come
Even as the US Army moves forward with fielding its first unit of Boeing AH-64E Block III attack helicopters, the service is planning to add further improvements...
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Commercial spaceflight companies lay out 2013 plans
Representatives from Boeing, Sierra Nevada, Blue Origin and SpaceX updated the status of their current programmes and laid out plans for 2013 at a 9 January...
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Boeing remains confident in 787 lithium-ion batteries
Boeing says it remains "very confident" in the lithium-ion batteries used on the 787 despite a continuing investigation of a fire that grounded a Japan Airlines aircraft in Boston earlier this week.
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Deadline looms for Eurocopter as root cause of ditching remains elusive
Eurocopter is facing a race against time to return the global EC225 fleet to unrestricted service before a self-imposed end-February deadline.