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Chinese airports see strong growth in passenger numbers
Chinese airports saw strong growth last year, handling a combined 1.15 billion passengers, up 12.9% from 2016.
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U.S. Navy vexed by lack of access to F-35 logistics coding
The U.S. Navy remains frustrated by its inability to connect the F-35’s logistics software with the other logistics software programs it uses.
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F-35 development and support to cost $1 billion annually
The Joint Program Office (JPO) estimates that continued development of the F-35 to deal with evolving threats and changing warfighting environments will cost the U.S. government more than $1 billion a year between 2018 and 2024.
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Virgin Atlantic unbundles economy fares
Virgin Atlantic will offer three categories of economy ticket as it embraces the trend of unbundling fares in a competitive transatlantic long-haul environment.
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MRO sector backs bill aimed at easing aviation mechanic shortage
Several US lawmakers have introduced legislation that could provide $25 million in funding to help head off a potentially serious shortage of qualified aviation technicians.
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Virgin cancels long-dormant A380 order
Virgin Atlantic has finally cancelled its order for six Airbus A380s, the airframer's latest backlog data shows.
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Blockade to impose 'very large' loss on Qatar Airways: chief
Qatar Airways is set to report a "very large loss" for its financial year ending later this month, group chief executive Akbar Al Baker confirmed today.
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Airbus to slash A400M assembly rate
Airbus is to dramatically slow its final assembly rate for the A400M tactical transport from a high of 19 achieved in 2017 to only eight per year from 2020.
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EU will aim to avoid 'absurd' flight disruption after Brexit
The European Union will seek to avoid the "particularly absurd" prospect of flights between the continental bloc and the UK being disrupted as a result of Brexit, European Council president Donald Tusk says.
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United 777 lost cowling due to fan blade 'separation': NTSB
Separation of an engine fan blade caused a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 enroute to Honolulu to lose its engine cowling on 13 February, according to a preliminary report released 5 March by the US National Transportation Safety Board.
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A380 and A400M rate cuts affect up to 3,700 staff
Airbus estimates that its proposed reduction in A380 and A400M production rates will affect up to 3,700 personnel across its four home nations.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus Helicopters takes twin-track approach to urban air mobility
A strategic partnership between Airbus Helicopters and on-demand rotorcraft provider Fly Blade announced on 28 February in Las Vegas marks a new high in the rapid ascent of the urban air mobility market.
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Omni Air to set new high for first officer pay: union
A small US charter carrier called Omni Air International may have set a new high-water mark for pilot pay, agreeing to a contract that will make its first-year first officers the highest-paid in the US industry, according to its pilots' union.
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United 'very seriously' looking at CSeries and E2
United Airlines is "very seriously" looking at small mainline narrowbody aircraft, says chief financial officer Andrew Levy.
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SNAPSHOT: More than 1,700 airliners delivered in 2017
Almost $110 billion of airliners were delivered in 2017, Flight Fleets Analyzer data shows based on Ascend’s 2017 Full-Life Base Values.
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Embraer returns damaged KC-390 to flight-test programme
One of Embraer’s KC-390 prototypes returned to flight over Brazil on 2 March, after being grounded for several months due to unexpected altitude loss during a stall test flight conducted last October.
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AMAC begins works on ACJ330 overhaul
Swiss completions house AMAC Aerospace has inducted an Airbus ACJ330 into its facility in Basel for major maintenance and refurbishment work.
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Turbine blade corrosion caused Jet ATR engine fire
Investigations into an engine fire on a Jet Airways ATR 72-500 have been traced back to undetected corrosion of a power turbine blade in the aircraft's right-side Pratt & Whitney PW127M engine.
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Allegiant to launch Nashville service
Nashville will join Allegiant Air's network in mid-2018 as the ultra-low-cost carrier adds a total of 13 new year-round or seasonal routes.
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Rolls-Royce takes hit on 787 and A380 blade flaws
Rolls-Royce has recognised a charge of £227 million ($315 million) in its full-year results relating to costs associated with addressing in-service technical issues on Boeing 787 and Airbus A380 engines.