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Kosice airport braces for hit from Wizz base closure
Kosice airport is expecting its traffic figures this year to be hit by Wizz Air's decision to close its base there and cut three of its four routes from the Slovakian gateway.
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Emirates returns A380 to Houston route
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to restore Airbus A380 operations to Houston, nearly two years after opting to cut back to Boeing 777-300ERs on the route.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Prioritising work-life balance for Small Planet employees
As head of administration and human resources at Small Planet Airlines, Laura Mieceliene is seeking to help employees strike a balance between work and home life
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Electric unmanned rotorcraft make economic case for air taxi role
Airbus A3 gave employees working on Project Vahana the day off on 2 February. The team had spent the previous two days on an unmanned air systems test range in Oregon marking the first and second test flights of Alpha One, the San Francisco-based rapid innovation cell’s concept for an ...
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Rolls-Royce 'confident' XWB will not suffer Trent 1000 issues
Rolls-Royce is confident that its Trent XWB powerplant for the Airbus A350 will not be afflicted by similar technical problems which have emerged on the Trent 1000.
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Qatar targets 100 aircraft fleet for prospective Indian carrier
Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker has reaffirmed the carrier's plan to launch a carrier in India, but has been coy on the details.
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Sikorsky begins final assembly of first HH-60W
Sikorsky has introduced the first HH-60W combat rescue helicopter (CRH) into final assembly ahead of a scheduled first flight by the end of this year.
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US clears RNLAF for $1.19b Apache deal
The Royal Netherlands Air Force is cleared by the US State Department to buy 28 remanufactured Boeing AH-64E helicopters worth a total of $1.19 billion, the US government announced on 20 February.
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JetBlue liquidity down in Q4 on aircraft purchases
JetBlue Airways saw its liquidity fall again during the fourth quarter, as capital expenditures for aircraft more than doubled.
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Gulfstream poised for major expansion of Appleton MRO facility
Gulfstream is to embark on a major expansion of its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Appleton International airport in Wisconsin to cater for its growing business jet fleet.
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Gripen E delivery schedule on target, says Saab boss
Saab remains on track to deliver the first series production examples of its Gripen E in the third quarter of next year, and is also hopeful of concluding delayed sales of new-build C/D-model examples during 2018.
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Russian Helicopters to produce revamped An-2 in Ulan-Ude
Russian Helicopters has reached an agreement with the country's government to launch production of a turboprop-powered update of the Antonov An-2 biplane and to establish airline operations for the aircraft.
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VIDEO: Norway tests braking parachute on F-35A
Norway has completed the first in-country test of a braking parachute on a Lockheed Martin F-35A, with the trial taking place on 16 February at Ørland air base.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Doug Parker, chief executive, American Airlines
American Airlines has changed dramatically in the past few years. From its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in 2011 to its merger with US Airways two years later, followed by the subsequent integration of the two carriers, American today is almost unrecognisable.
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Qatar Airways interested in supersonic potential: Al Baker
Qatar Airways has expressed strong interest in the potential of supersonic flight, and would even be prepared to act as a launch customer.
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Qatar not intending to revisit CSeries under Airbus
Qatar Airways is not interested in revisiting the Bombardier CSeries once the programme transfers to Airbus this year.
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Boeing partners Oerlikon to speed up adoption of 3D printing
Boeing is co-operating with Swiss engineering group Oerlikon to jointly develop additive manufacturing processes in a bid to accelerate the technology's wider employment.
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Trump 'a friend despite friction': Qatar Airways chief
Akbar Al Baker sees US president Donald Trump as a "friend of mine and of Qatar" but expects that there will "always be a little bit of friction".
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Waves gains EASA approval for Europe flights
Air taxi start-up Waves Technologies has secured approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency to provide commercial flights from its base in the Channel Islands to the UK and mainland Europe.
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Flying Colours to modify six Q400MR air tankers for Conair
Canadian engineering and completions house Flying Colours has secured a contract with British Columbia-based aerial firefighting operator Conair to modify six Bombardier Q400 air tankers with a multipurpose, quick-change interior.