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NewsPICTURES: Qatar plans rapid A380 roll-out following London debut
Qatar Airways operated its debut Airbus A380 service on 10 October, replacing a Boeing 777-300ER on its flagship Doha-London Heathrow route. Before the end of the year, the 517-seater will be introduced on its Paris services and on a second daily Heathrow rotation.
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NewsGaruda to take 50 of the 737 Max 8
Indonesian flag carrier Garuda will add 50 Boeing 737 Max 8 narrowbodies to its fleet between 2017 and 2023.
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FedEx orders another four 767-300Fs
FedEx has placed orders for four additional Boeing 767-300 freighters, bringing to 46 the number of outstanding orders that the package delivery company has for the type.
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NewsEmbraer delivers Legacy 500 to launch customer
Embraer has completed delivery of the first Legacy 500 business jet to an undisclosed Brazilian launch customer, concluding a six year-long process to introduce the first fly-by-wire aircraft in the midsize category.
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Ethiopian to add Dublin and LA to its network in 2015
Ethiopian Airlines will add flights to Dublin and Los Angeles from June 2015.
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NewsAfghan G222s scrapped for pennies on the dollar
The majority of a fleet of transport aircraft purchased by the US Air Force on behalf of the Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) has been scrapped for a fraction of their original price tag.
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OpinionOPINION: Why flight tracking philosophies must align
Another rift in the competitive landscape between Airbus and Boeing has appeared. Airbus is ready to move forward with a deployable flight data and voice recorder system for commercial aircraft. Boeing has installed deployable recorders on at least three military aircraft fleets, but disagrees that the technology is appropriate or ...
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Airbus confirms intent to complete A330s in Tianjin
Airbus has confirmed tentative plans to establish an A330 completion centre in Tianjin, where the airframer already has an A320 final assembly line.
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NewsChinese state holding firm signs for 70 A320s
Chinese operators are to order 70 Airbus A320s following the signature of a general terms agreement with the country’s China Aviation Supplies Holding Company.
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NewsAirbus Atlante seeks EASA certification
Airbus Defence & Space has launched the process of seeking civil certification for its Atlante unmanned air vehicle from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
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Flybe to join IAG's Avios frequent-flyer programme
Flybe is closing its "Rewards4all" frequent-flyer programme and will join the IAG-owned Avios scheme on 27 October.
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NewsFLIGHT TEST: Daher Socata's TBM 900 single-engine turboprop
Daher Socata gained US Federal Aviation Regulation FAR 23 (Amendment 34) certification for the TBM 900 in March 2014. The aircraft builds on the very successful previous TBM 700 (324 delivered) and TBM 850 (338 delivered) models, with an accumulated fleet total of 1.2 million flight hours.
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NewsExtra long-haul: The 10 furthest airline routes
At 06:26 local time on 1 October, the first Airbus A380 to serve the world’s longest scheduled air route – Dallas Fort Worth to Sydney – touched down in Australia’s largest city
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NewsIsrael reveals SpyLite use over Gaza
Israel has confirmed the use of an additional unmanned air system to its usual air force and land force assets during its "Brother's Keeper" and "Protective Edge" operations earlier this year.
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NewsSpring Airlines to retrofit sharklets to A320s
Low-cost carrier Spring Airlines has become the first Chinese carrier to commit to retrofitting sharklet wingtips on its fleet of Airbus A320s.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: PAL's new management eyes fleet changes
Less than a month after returning to Philippines Airlines (PAL) as its general manager, former president Jaime Bautista has come out to say that the carrier has “too many planes”.
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OPINION: Middle-sized jets mean business
Looking at the amount of product innovation on the business aviation market, one might be tempted to think: “Crisis, what crisis?” To give the surviving airframers their due, they responded to the collapse in fortunes in 2008-09 not by hoping normal service would soon be resumed, but by aggressively pursuing ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US airports build for the future
US airports are buzzing with construction activity. Everything from new runways and major terminal renovations are under way at airports from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles.
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NewsEmbraer set to produce Legacy 450 and 500 in US
Embraer has broken ground on a project that will add two production lines to its Melbourne, Florida, facility and nearly triple its business jet manufacturing footprint there.
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NewsUS Air Force moves ahead with F-16 service life extension
The US Air Force is pushing ahead with an effort to extend the service lives of 300 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fighters as a stopgap measure until the F-35 Lightning II is operational in sufficient numbers.