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Northrop Grumman readies first RC-12X clutch
Northrop Grumman has successfully completed electromagnetic emissions and interference (EMI/EMC) tests of an RC-12X Guardrail platform for the US Army. This...
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EU admits no date for worldwide Galileo service and spiralling costs
The European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system will not provide a worldwide service by 2014 the European Commission admitted today...
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Airbus submits patent for airspeed error monitoring
Airbus has submitted a US patent application for an independent means of monitoring an aircraft's pressure-based airspeed measurement for errors. While...
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Modified helicopters to lift UK's Afghanistan effort
The UK has received its first examples of two modified support helicopter types intended to support operations in Afghanistan ...
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Dornier nears decision on Seastar final assembly base
Dornier Seaplane will select by the end of January the home of its Seastar amphibian final assembly facility....
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Ryanair: No plans for third Aer Lingus bid
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has quashed suggestions that it might make another attempt to take over flag-carrier Aer Lingus.
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AAPA warns against use of full body scanners
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has warned against regulators over reacting in the wake of the recent terrorist attempt on a Delta Air Lines...
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JAL expands codeshare with Vietnam Airlines
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to place its code on Vietnam Airlines' Osaka Kansai-Hanoi services from 13 January as the two carriers expand a code share agreement.
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Vietnam's Indochina aims to resume flights on 20 January
Grounded Vietnamese carrier Indochina Airlines will resume flights on 20 January, almost three months after it suspended operations due to financial problems.
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Air China launching non-stop Wuhan-Macau service
Air China plans to start a new non-stop service between Wuhan and Macau from 15 January. It will operate Airbus A320 aircraft on the route four times...
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Cebu Pacific-SIA Engineering MRO venture's first 'D-check' in June
Cebu Pacific and SIA Engineering's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in the Philippines will perform its first 'D-check' in June. The...
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Indonesia's Wings Air receives its first ATRs
Wings Air, a unit of Indonesia's Lion Air, has received the first of three ATR 72-500s on order and is using the turboprops to replace Boeing MD-80s on domestic...
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US DOJ indicts suspect in attempting Delta bombing
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued a six count criminal indictment to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab related to his alleged attempt on 25 December...
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Talk of 150-seat CSeries in the fray following analyst report
Bombardier is calling a report it is working on a 150-seat version of the 110/130-seat CSeries airliner "speculative", but some analysts believe the airframer...
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Pilots in AA Kingston overrun were advised to use a different approach
Controllers at Norman Manley International airport in Kingston, Jamaica offered the crew of an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 that overran a runway on...
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Bombardier on track with CSeries as barrel testing begins
Bombardier on 21 December began pressure testing its CSeries fuselage demonstrator in what the airframer is calling "a world first" for an aluminium lithium...
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Aer Lingus discussing franchise pact with Aer Arann
Aer Lingus is in commercial discussions with Irish regional airline Aer Arann regarding co-operation on their route networks.
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UAE ups C-17 order to six aircraft, from four
The United Arab Emirates has unexpectedly increased the size of its order for the Boeing C-17 by signing a deal to buy six of the strategic transports. The...
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Boeing to incorporate side-of-body mod into 787 production
Boeing received its 15th 787 centre fuselage on 5 January, marking the arrival of the last centre wing box requiring a full side-of-body modification and...