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Airmotive investment in Dublin V2500 line back on
Maintenance firm Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland's (LTAI) planned $40 million investment in a new Dublin engine line will go ahead following union acceptance...
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Northrop buys Swift's KillerBee UAS family
Northrop Grumman has acquired a line of small unmanned air systems (UAS) invented by Swift Engineering and formerly known as KillerBee. The acquisition...
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Emirates yet to decide whether to repair damaged A340-500
Emirates is still evaluating whether to repair the Airbus A340-500 badly damaged in a tail strike at Melbourne in March. Investigators are still examining...
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Turkish 737 altimeter fault occurred on several flights prior to crash
Dutch accident investigators have determined that the radio-altimeter fault that is the focus of their probe
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Hot-flow test complete for Falcon ram/scramjet engine
The US Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) has announced completion of a hot flow test on a...
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Business aviation briefs
Business aviation services provider Jet Aviation has strengthened its managed business aircraft...
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General aviation in brief
Swiss air ambulance and mountain rescue operator Rega flew more than 14,000 missions in 2008, a 5% hike on its 2007 tally. The Zurich-headquartered...
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AAG and PremiAir launch executive helicopter network
Associated Aircraft Group and PremiAir are on the hunt for more partners to join their Global Executive Helicopter Network after launching the new venture on 1 May
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KLM extends UK engineering portfolio to Embraer 170/190
Dutch carrier KLM's UK engineering operation has extended its line maintenance capabilities to Embraer 170/190 aircraft. The company is to begin servicing...
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May start for Astraea work despite funds gap
Despite the absence of renewed government funding, industry will start work planned for the second phase of the UK's public-private Autonomous...
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Beijing Pan Am International Academy closes as it seeks new investors
Beijing Pan Am International Academy in China has temporarily closed. The flying school is seeking new investors because its majority owner, financial giant...
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Australia to buy seven Boeing CH-47F Chinooks
Australia plans to buy seven Boeing CH-47F Chinooks from the US government, with the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) saying in a notice...
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Swine flu leads Australia to get strict on aircraft arrivals
Australia has imposed stricter measures on aircraft arriving from the Americas in an effort to contain the spread of swine flu.
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HK airport releases HK$450m package to assist airlines
Hong Kong airport has unveiled a HK$450 million package ($58 million) to help airlines cope with the economic downturn and maintain flights into Hong Kong. The...
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Lockheed wins ISIS airship contract from DARPA
Lockheed Martin has won a $400 million contract to build a high-altitude airship demonstrator with radar technology so powerful it could spot a car hidden under a canopy of trees more than 300 km away.
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NTSB asks for Boeing 757 manual revisions
The US NTSB is asking the FAA to require Boeing to make changes to 757 and 767 procedures and training materials based on a 22 September incident involving...
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Sukhoi confirms Su-35 prototype crash
Sukhoi has confirmed the company’s third prototype for the Su-35 programme crashed at Komsomolsk-on-Amur during high-speed ground tests.
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Swiss wants in-flight connectivity for all passengers
Swiss International Air Lines is taking a wait and see approach to in-flight Internet, saying it will only bring the service onboard if it can offer it to...
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Southwest works to firm Row 44 installation on a fifth aircraft
Southwest Airlines is still in the process of determining installation of a Wi-Fi system supplied by Row 44 on a fifth aircraft. The Dallas-based...
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Boeing passes 25% design release mark for 747-8I
Boeing's engineering team on the 747-8 Intercontinental has completed one-fourth of the design data needed to start building tools and parts.