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NewsIran Air A319 edges into mud after snowy landing
Iran Air is playing down an incident involving one of its Airbus A319s which ran into rough ground after landing at Kermanshah early on 1 February. The airline states that the aircraft – arriving as flight IR283 from Tehran Mehrabad at about 06:00 – did not veer off the runway, ...
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NewsCourt describes ‘endemic’ bribery aimed at securing Airbus orders
Judicial authorities overseeing a deferred prosecution arrangement with Airbus have described as “endemic” the bribery linked to its commercial aircraft and defence divisions, as details emerged of activities scrutinised by fraud investigators. Airbus has agreed to pay a €3.6 billion fine to settle multiple investigations from French, UK and US ...
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NewsLockheed Martin F-35 has 873 deficiencies
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has 873 unresolved deficiencies and new problems are being discovered regularly, making reducing the number of issues with the aircraft difficult.
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NewsAmerican suspends all flights to China
American Airlines says it is suspending all flights to China as the coronavirus spreads, sickening more than a thousand and killing almost 200 people. The decision comes a day after the carrier’s pilots sued to stop the carrier’s flights to the country.
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NewsAirbus fraud investigation ‘remains active’ as penalty details emerge
Airbus has entered deferred prosecution arrangements with French, UK and US authorities as part of its €3.6 billion settlement of long-running investigation into allegations of corruption. The company will pay nearly €2.1 billion under a French agreement with the Parquet National Financier, plus €991 million to the UK authorities, and ...
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NewsGulfstream backlog climbs to a 10-year high
Strong demand for Gulfstream’s top-end business jet family in the fourth quarter of 2019 has propelled the airframer’s order backlog to the highest level for over a decade,and the second highest ever, according to parent company General Dynamics.
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NewsChina trade tensions drove Boeing’s 787 rate-cut decision
Boeing’s decision to reduce 787 production to 10 units per month from early 2021 has been driven largely by lower orders from China as well as a reduced near-term requirement for widebody replacements. Announcing the move on 29 January, Boeing said output would remain at that level until 2023 when ...
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NewsPoland signs F-35 contract worth $4.6bn
Poland has signed a $4.6 billion contract to purchase 32 Lockheed Martin F-35As, with deliveries to start in 2024.
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OpinionWhy smooth 777-9 test campaign is vital for Boeing
Boeing would surely have liked to celebrate the 25 January first flight of the 777X as a comprehensive and overwhelming victory for the company. A big win for the big twin, if you like.
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OpinionHow high-profile crash put helicopter safety in spotlight
If the Helicopter Association International (HAI), the organiser of Heli-Expo – the world’s largest rotorcraft trade event – was hoping for a quiet few days focussed on the industry’s positive aspects then they will have been sorely disappointed.
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NewsSpain signs for new PC-21 trainer fleet
Spain has officially signed for the acquisition of 24 Pilatus PC-21 trainers, confirming its pre-Christmas selection of the Swiss-built turboprops. Madrid will use the new aircraft to replace its fleet of elderly CASA C-101 jet trainers, which have been in service since 1980. Source: Pilatus Worth a ...
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NewsEmbraer launches upgraded Phenom 300E
Embraer has launched an upgraded version of the Phenom 300E in a move designed to boost the appeal and value proposition of the best-selling light business jet.
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NewsInquiry notes hold-short ambiguity after 777-A330 taxiing collision
German investigators have highlighted ambiguity in the regulations for stopping at holding points, after a waiting Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER was struck and badly damaged at Frankfurt by a taxiing Air Namibia Airbus A330-200. The 777-300ER (HL7204), with 261 occupants, had arrived from Seoul on 16 November last year and ...
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NewsSpirit AeroSystems replaces finance chiefs after accounting mishap
US aerostructures firm Spirit AeroSystems is having to deal with further pressure after it replaced its chief financial officer and a vice-president over an accounting mishap. Chief financial officer Jose Garcia and vice-president John Gilson, principal accounting officer, have resigned in the wake of the findings, which followed a review ...
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NewsHop CRJ strayed over parallel runway during low-visibility approach
French investigators are probing a serious approach incident involving a misaligned Hop Bombardier CRJ700 at Lyon earlier this month. The aircraft had been operating from Lille on 23 January and was conducting the approach – about 25min before sunrise – to runway 35R. Meteorological data from Lyon shows freezing fog ...
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NewsAmerican pilots file lawsuit for immediate halt to China flights
American Airlines pilots, represented by the Allied Pilots Association (APA), have filed a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt to the carrier’s flights to mainland China. This came shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak in China an international public health emergency on 30 January. The union ...
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NewsSIA Group slashes capacity to China over coronavirus outbreak
Singapore Airlines and SilkAir have cut a number of flights to China for February, as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus continues its unabated spread. The capacity cuts will affect SIA flights to Beijing, Shanghai Pudong and Guangzhou. SilkAir, meanwhile, will be reducing the number of flights to all four ...
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NewsST Engineering Aerospace doubles contract wins for 2019
ST Engineering’s aerospace unit has clinched S$1.1 billion ($808 million) worth of new MRO contracts in the quarter that ended 31 December. This brings the total value of the unit’s contracts for 2019 to about S$4.2 billion, nearly twice of S$2.1 billion in 2018. Among the new deals the unit ...
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NewsSkyWest orders 20 E175s
The parent company of US regional operator SkyWest Airlines has ordered 20 Embraer E175 jets, with deliveries expected to commence in the second half of the year. The deal is valued at $972 million, and is already included in Embraer’s 2019 fourth-quarter backlog, the airframer states in a media release. ...
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NewsAmerican reaches tentative agreement with unions
American Airlines says it has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with unions representing 31,000 employees, after an acrimonious year-long standoff led to the delay or cancellation of more than a thousand flights. The Fort-Worth-based carrier did not release details of the agreement and says it is still subject to ...