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Italy orders 13 additional M-345 trainers
Italy has signed for 13 more Leonardo M-345s aircraft in a deal worth €300 million ($333 million), bring to 18 the number of the new trainers ordered by Rome.
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NewsFirst SAS A350 to enter service in January 2020
SAS's first Airbus A350 is to enter service in January 2020.
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PICTURES: Rafale M in marathon carrier deployment
Dassault Rafale M fighters operating from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle are performing well during an epic long-range deployment.
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NewsComac gets going with home grown aircraft programmes
Comac appears to be hitting its straps with the ARJ21, C919 and CR929 progressing along in different stages, but there are strong doubts about how well it can execute all three programmes.
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NewsBoeing bets on eVTOL in electric flight race
Boeing is investing in and granting companies access to their vast resources to spur development of electric-powered aircraft aimed at cutting the costs and emissions of thermal engines.
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Hainan Airlines sells two ageing B737-800s for $25.8m
Hainan Airlines is selling two Boeing 737-800s to GECAS for $25.8 million.
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Weight error behind Blue Air 737 take-off tail-strike
UK investigators have revealed that a weight entry error during take-off calculations resulted in a Blue Air Boeing 737-800's suffering a tail-strike on departure from Birmingham.
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Hainan to dispose of aging 737s, A319s
Hainan Airlines Holding Co. will move eight Boeing 737-800s and four Airbus A319s to a holding company based in Hong Kong.
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Gripen E to give Swiss flight tests a miss
The Saab Gripen E will not participate in upcoming flight tests in Switzerland following a recommendation from the Geneva – but the Swedish company maintains the type’s suitability to recapitalise the Swiss air force.
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KAI to supply wings for Gulfstream G280
Korea Aerospace Industries will supply the wings of the Gulfstream G280 business jet for the first time, after it inked a deal with Israel Aerospace Industries for a period of about 11 years.
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Khazanah to consider turnaround plan for Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional will make a decision in the third quarter on a turnaround plan for the parent company of Malaysia Airlines.
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USAF forced to move Boeing KC-46A funds to sustain older KC-135s
The US Air Force (USAF) plans to move $57 million in FY2020 funds from the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus in-flight refuelling tanker programme to support the cost of flying and maintaining its fleet of older KC-135 Stratotankers longer than it expected.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Charting the MRJ’s highs and lows
Mitsubishi’s impending announcement at next week's Paris air show, that it will acquire the CRJ programme from Bombardier, could provide a shot in the arm for its own regional jet programme, the MRJ.
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NewsUber tests helicopter ride sharing in New York
Uber Copter will offer helicopter rides in New York City through its application on 9 July as a fatal helicopter crash in that city raises safety concerns.
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NewsUK to pursue new partnership model for Tempest collaboration
The UK wants to adopt a new partnership arrangement with international participants in its Tempest next-generation combat aircraft programme, in an effort to avoid the rigid workshare model employed during previous joint efforts.
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ADS: Brexit uncertainty hampers UK aerospace growth
Industry trade association is seeing a slowdown in the country's supply chain activity and investment as a result of uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
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NewsMRJ90 paving the way for new ‘Concept’
Mitsubishi Aircraft may be too busy in its MRJ90 regional jet certification campaign to bring one to the Paris air show, but the airframer could be poised to unveil details about a redesign of its smaller MRJ70, nicknamed "The Concept".
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Lilium picks London as its software engineering hub
German electric aircraft developer Lilium is to base its software engineering hub in London to take advantage of what the company calls “the rich pool of talent” in and around the UK capital.
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PICTURE: NFT unveils Aska eVTOL flying car
US start-up Next Future Transportation (NFT) has unveiled a one-sixth-scale model of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flying car, which it hopes will become leading player in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market and revolutionise point-to-point transport for many thousands of travellers.
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