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PIA issues new RFP seeking to lease four narrowbodies
Pakistan International Airlines is seeking to lease up to four narrowbody aircraft that would be available for delivery between now and the end of 2018.
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Lockheed Martin certificates slate of weapons for F-35
Lockheed Martin has certified the F-35 Lightning II to employ a roster of weapons including the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, Small diameter bomb I, GBU-12 laser guided-bomb and Joint Direct Attack Munition.
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Air Nostrum parent to create CRJ MRO centre in Paraguay
Inversiones en Lineas Aereas Internacionales (ILAI), the holding company created by the owners of Spain’s largest regional carrier and Iberia franchise Air Nostrum, plans to build a maintenance centre for Bombardier CRJ regional jets in Paraguay’s capital, Asuncion.
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FACC embarks on expansion strategy
Austrian composites specialist FACC has received two additional autoclaves as part of an expansion strategy to lift turnover to €1 billion ($1.19 billion) by 2021.
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Job Air Technic teams with Russian MRO for Ulyanovsk venture
Russian MRO provider T1 has partnered with the Czech peer Job Air Technic to create a technical support centre in Ulyanovsk.
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Boeing delivers 50th 737 Max
Boeing has delivered the 50th 737 Max 8 so far this year after handing over the first of the re-engined single-aisle family to Malindo in May, Flight Fleets Analyzer shows.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: World Air Forces maintaining strength
Brinkmanship was the name of the game for much of the 2017 calendar year, with global tensions in no small part linked to the head-on approach to diplomacy taken by US President Donald Trump.
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DHL Express receives first A330P2F freighter
DHL Express has taken delivery of the first Airbus A330 to be converted from passenger to freighter configuration.
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Opinion
OPINION: E-Fan X is vital stepping stone
If you want to understand how electric power fits into the future of aviation, pay close attention to the progress of the E-Fan X, the hybrid-electric demonstrator launched by Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens.
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Opinion
OPINION: Leahy will be missed, although not by Boeing
When John Leahy’s name first appeared in Flight International it was within a 14-word brief about appointments at Piper Aircraft, and his was not even the main one.
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Airbus Helicopters axes H120 light-single
Airbus Helicopters has called time on its involvement in the short-light-single segment and has axed the H120 Colibri from its line-up.
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Boeing opens Global Services R&D lab in Germany
Boeing has established a research and development facility for digital services at subsidiary Jeppesen's site in Frankfurt.
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DSCA details support package for Singapore US F-15 detachment
The US State Department has approved a possible sale of $415 million worth of equipment and services for a Singapore fighter training detachment based in Idaho.
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Second C919 conducts low-speed taxi tests
Comac has started low-speed taxi tests with the second prototype of the C919 aircraft.
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B-52 re-engine effort could start in 2020
The long-awaited B-52 bomber re-engine effort would start no earlier than fiscal year 2020, but the USAF’s head of Global Strike Command feels a final decision to lengthen the 60-year-old Boeing aircraft’s life is closer than ever.
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Delta adds stops to final 747 tour
Delta Air Lines has added stops in Los Angeles and Paine Field near Seattle to the farewell tour for its final Boeing 747.
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Allegiant to retire last MD-80 next November
Allegiant Air has scheduled its last Boeing MD-80 flight for 25 November 2018, as it shifts to an all-Airbus A320 family fleet.
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Opinion
OPINION: Don't buy the rumours – HNA isn't selling Avolon
Rumours have been circulating within the aircraft leasing community that Avolon could be up for sale to raise liquidity for its shareholder, HNA Group – which has gone on a four-year international shopping spree, taking stakes in some 23 companies or real-estate investments over the past four years.
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Airbus technology chief departs after 18 months in role
Airbus Group's chief technology officer Paul Eremenko is leaving to take up the same role at United Technologies after a short but eventful year-and-a-half-long tenure.
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Starbow ATR veered off runway after captain's seat slipped
Investigators believe the Starbow Airlines ATR 72-500 runway excursion at Ghana's Kotoka airport was preceded by an unexpected slip of the captain's unsecured cockpit seat.