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OPINION: Bombardier answers regional riddle with CRJ550
For quite some time, there has seemed to be no question for which the appropriate answer is "more CRJs".
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ACCC probes Qantas purchase of Alliance stake
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched an investigation into Qantas’s recent purchase of a 19.9% stake in Alliance Airlines.
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US carriers to gain 12 more daytime slots at Tokyo Haneda
The US Department of Transport has started accepting applications from US carriers for up to 12 new daytime slot pairs that are expected to open up at Tokyo Haneda International airport.
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PAL not looking for more strategic investors after ANA deal
Philippine Airlines will not seek out any more strategic investors to take up stakes in the carrier after it sealed a deal for All Nippon Airways parent company ANA Holdings to take a 9.5% stake.
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China Airlines cancels over 20 flights due to pilots strike
China Airlines has cancelled at least 22 flights due to a strike by its pilots during the peak lunar new year travel period.
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Jet Airways grounds four aircraft over lease payment defaults
Jet Airways has revealed that four of its aircraft have been grounded after it failed to pay their lease rentals.
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Flybe warns of winding-up threat if Connect offer rejected
Struggling UK regional operator Flybe Group has indicated it will be forced to begin winding-up proceedings if shareholders do not approve an offer from Connect Airways.
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Spirit AeroSystems eyes Boeing's next aircraft and more A220 work
Spirit AeroSystems views Airbus's effort to trim A220 manufacturing costs as a chance land new contracts by beating out existing competitors.
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Raytheon looks to install F-35’s DAS on helicopters
After winning a contract in June 2018 from Lockheed Martin to develop and produce the F-35 Lightning II’s next-generation electro-optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS), Raytheon said it is looking at also installing the camera technology on helicopters.
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Countermeasures approved for India’s head-of-state Boeing 777
India was approved by the US State Department to purchase two Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Self-Protection Suites for an estimated cost of $190 million.
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Brexit fears fail to trouble Airbus space business in the UK
While the long-term future of Airbus wing manufacturing in the UK may hang in the balance of Brexit, bosses at the company's UK Defence & Space unit are more sanguine about their prospects outside the EU.
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Global 7500 awarded European type certification
Bombardier has secured European type certification for the Global 7500, clearing the way for deliveries of the ultra-long-range business jet to begin in the region.
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Airbus opens with order deficit after A380s and A220s cut
Airbus opened the year with a net deficit of orders following the cancellation of eight A380s by Qantas as well as five A220s intended for an executive operator.
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Emirates digital chief Mueller resigns from position
Emirates chief digital and innovation officer Christoph Mueller has resigned and will leave the Middle Eastern airline in August.
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Boeing partners SR Technics for Airbus MRO
Boeing has made a move towards servicing aircraft built by rival manufacturers, partnering with SR Technics for the maintenance of Airbus fleets.
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Poor weather ends Piper Malibu recovery effort
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has abandoned efforts to recover the wreckage of the Piper Malibu PA-46-310P that crashed into the English Channel on 21 January with Premiership footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on board.
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Safran dedicates new facility to turbine blade research
Safran Aircraft Engines has opened a turbine blade research centre at its Gennevilliers site near Paris.
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Avianca Brazil pitches rescue plan to bankruptcy court
Avianca Brazil has filed a financial recovery plan with a Sao Paulo bankruptcy court a financial recover under which three funds associated with US investor Paul Singer and his Elliott Management Corporation would inject liquidity of $75 million into the independent Brazilian affiliate of Colombia’s Avianca Group.
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France and Germany sign first FCAS development contracts
France and Germany have stepped up their efforts to develop a joint Future Air Combat System (FCAS) by awarding Airbus and Dassault a first contract for the project, while Safran Aircraft Engines and MTU Aero Engines have announced a partnership to build the aircraft's powerplants.
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EasyJet confident over post-Brexit preparations: chairman
EasyJet would apply any suspension of shareholders’ voting rights on a last-in-first-out basis, should it need to resort to such measures to meet European Union ownership requirements following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.