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PICTURES: Third C919 prototype operates first flight
The third prototype of the Comac C919 has conducted its maiden flight from the company’s factory adjacent to Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
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PICTURES: 2018's key airline chief executive appointments
A visual record of some of the most significant leadership appointments across the global airline industry in 2018
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Bamboo Airways start again delayed, but fleet growing
Vietnam start-up Bamboo Airways will miss its 29 December start date, and aims to commence services in the middle of January 2019.
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BOC Aviation signs for 11 737 Max jets
BOC Aviation has signed with Boeing to purchase 11 more 737 Max aircraft.
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Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems reach long-term pricing deal
Spirit AeroSystems has reached a memorandum of agreement with Boeing that includes long-term pricing terms for additional aircraft programmes, and the release of claims from both sides in relation to the 737 manufacturing delays earlier this year.
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ANALYSIS: Key factors set to shape aerospace sector in 2019
All we ever know for sure about the future is that it will look a lot like the past, only different – or maybe very different, depending on the timescale and interim events. That makes forecasting a black art best left to fortune tellers, charlatans and consultants.
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ANALYSIS: What lies in store for airline sector in 2019?
Until the last few weeks of 2018 it appeared that rising fuel costs would give many airlines the stiffest test yet of the robustness of their newfound profitability in the year to come. Even as airlines have shifted to more efficient models amid fleet renewal efforts over recent years, fuel ...
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Sukhoi inks tentative Thai deal covering six Superjet 100s
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has signed a trilateral letter of intent covering the delivery of six Superjet 100s with Thai Kom Airlines and maintenance firm Wishv.
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THE YEAR AHEAD: 2019 aerospace outlook
All we ever know for sure about the future is that it will look a lot like the past, only different – or maybe very different, depending on the timescale and interim events. That makes forecasting a black art best left to fortune tellers, charlatans and consultants. But in the ...
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Contamination led to Qeshm Fokker gear-up accident
Iranian investigators have determined that poor maintenance procedures, allowing contamination of hydraulic lines, led to a gear-up landing by a Qeshm Air Fokker 100 earlier this year.
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CAAV delves into VietJet after closed runway landing
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) will subject VietJet Air to special monitoring following an incident where an aircraft landed on a closed runway at Nha Trang’s Cam Ranh International Airport.
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France's Vinci takes majority share of London Gatwick
French operator Vinci Airports is taking a majority shareholding in London Gatwick airport, under a new pact with Global Infrastructure Partners.
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PICTURE: China produces CR929 composite forward fuselage
China has produced the first composite forward fuselage prototype for the in-development CRAIC CR929 widebody.
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US says Manila airport security not up to ICAO standards
The US Department of Homeland Security has determined that aviation security at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International airport (NAIA) is not effective and consistent with ICAO standards.
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AVIC assembles first centre wing box for MA700
Avic has completed the first centre wing box for the MA700 turboprop airliner, which will form part of the static test aircraft designated 10001.
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Lack of spares grounds 15 Air India jets: New Delhi
The Indian government has revealed that 15 aircraft from Air India's fleet have been grounded due to lack of engines and spares.
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PICTURES: SB-1 Defiant breaks cover
Sikorsky and Boeing have unveiled the SB-1 Defiant helicopter, providing a pair of images showing the rotorcraft from the front and rear.
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PICTURE: Severstal takes delivery of first Superjet 100
Russian operator Severstal Aircompany has taken delivery of its first Sukhoi Superjet 100.
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Brazil court revokes injunction against Embraer-Boeing deal
A Brazil appeals court judge has struck down a second injunction issued last week against the proposed commercial aviation joint venture between Embraer and Boeing.
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Dostoevsky's name written into Russian airport history
St Petersburg Pulkovo airport is to receive the name of writer Fyodor Dostoevsky while Moscow’s Vnukovo is to be named after legendary Soviet aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev.