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Airbus US outpost starts VTOL taxi flight tests
Airbus's Silicon Valley-based advanced projects unit A³ has started flight tests with an autonomous vertical take-off and landing aircraft that has been designed to serve as an air taxi for a single passenger.
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Norway runs into fresh problem with NH90 helicopters
Norway has concluded that its on-order fleet of NH Industries NH90 naval helicopters will not deliver sufficient flight hours to perform the roles originally intended for the 11t-class rotorcraft and recommends that all are converted to the anti-submarine warfare mission.
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OPINION: New boss, new Leonardo?
Corporate chiefs are fearful of missing out on the Next Big Thing, of leaving it to bold, visionary rivals to anticipate a future that they themselves were too short-sighted, or too timid, to grasp.
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OPINION: Is the CSeries ruling a seismic shift?
Over the past four months, the competitive landscape in the small-narrowbody jet market has been turned upside down. Bombardier has agreed to give Airbus control of the CSeries programme and open a new final assembly line in Alabama. Boeing is in discussions to construct some kind of combination with Embraer. ...
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French army starts definition work for new armed scout helicopters
The French army has begun early definition work with Airbus Helicopters on the H160Ms it will obtain as part of a tri-service procurement.
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Air NZ advertises three ATR 72-500s for sale
Air New Zealand is set to cut three ATR 72-500s from its fleet this year after advertising them for sale.
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PICTURE: Travel Service takes first of 10 737 Max 8s from GECAS
Travel Service Airlines has received its first Boeing 737 Max 8, one of 10 the Czech airline is taking on operating lease from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
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AAI to get Rs40bn funding to boost airport capacity
The Indian government has proposed to expand the country's airport capacity by more than five times to handle a billion passenger trips a year in the next 15 to 20 years.
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Boeing to keep 747-8 production steady for UPS order
Boeing will hold the production rate for the 747-8 steady at six per year despite a new order on 1 February from UPS Airlines for 14 more freighters, says vice-president of marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Randy Tinseth.
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SR Technics wins follow-up deal from Ural Airlines
Ural Airlines has extended a maintenance agreement with Swiss MRO provider SR Technics for the CFM International CFM56 engines that power the Russian carrier’s Airbus A320-family fleet.
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Azul and LATAM await US-Brazil open-skies
Azul and LATAM Airlines Brazil are eagerly awaiting US-Brazil open-skies in order to move ahead with anticipated joint ventures, even as the jury is still out on when the long-anticipated accord would finally be implemented.
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FACC to start manufacturing fan cases for P&WC
Pratt & Whitney Canada has selected Austrian composites specialist FACC to supply fan cases for PW800 engines.
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Norwegian names possible transatlantic A321LR markets
Norwegian sees a transatlantic opportunity for its Airbus A321LRs when they begin arriving in 2019, says chief commercial officer Thomas Ramdahl.
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OPINION: Sales activity suggests lessors are calling the peak
Dublin got its annual influx of aircraft financiers late last month when the community gathered for conference season in the Irish capital.
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PICTURE: A330-800 closer to joining A330neo test fleet
Airbus's first A330-800 has entered the paint shop as it prepares to join the A330neo test fleet, currently comprising two A330-900s.
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PICTURES: UPS confirms all 747-8F deliveries scheduled by 2022
UPS confirms that its newly-ordered Boeing 747-8 Freighters will be delivered by the end of 2022, at which time the company will have 28 of the aircraft in its fleet under its current fleet plan.
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PICTURES: 'New Lufthansa livery' leaks ahead of unveiling event
Images of a new Lufthansa livery have surfaced online, days before the expected official unveiling at an event the airline is hosting on 7 February.
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UPS doubles future 747-8F fleet with new order for 14
UPS Airlines has ordered 14 more Boeing 747-8Fs to double its future fleet of the re-engined jumbo freighter and add vital months and perhaps even years to the type's backlog.
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A321neo nearing limit for simple enhancement
Airbus is looking for firmer details on Boeing's proposal to address the middle-of-the-market sector before committing to possible further enhancements on the A321neo.
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Marenco Swisshelicopter rebrands as Kopter
Switzerland has a new rotorcraft manufacturer – Kopter – after the former Marenco Swisshelicopter unveiled its new corporate identity.