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IAG caps non-EU ownership but counts UK as EU investor
British Airways and Iberia parent IAG is fixing the maximum permitted ownership by non-European Union entities at 47.5%, but the company is not currently planning to classify UK shareholders as non-EU.
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American continues JFK adjustments with Orlando exit
American continues to adjust its network at New York John F Kennedy with plans to drop Orlando service in May.
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LHT targets further growth in Dubai
Lufthansa Technik foresees the addition of local repair capabilities at its newly expanded component repair shop in Dubai.
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Kopter to spread SH09 light-single assembly across globe
Swiss helicopter developer Kopter plans to set up final assembly bases for its SH09 in the USA and Asia-Pacific over the next four years to cater for anticipated strong demand from those regions for the eight-seat, light-single.
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NewsPICTURES: Boeing transfers fifth KC-46A to Altus base
Boeing has delivered its fifth KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the US Air Force, with its latest example the first to be transferred to Altus AFB in Oklahoma.
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ANALYSIS: Mobility key to line maintenance at Northern Aerotech
Danish line-maintenance specialist Northern Aerotech has come up with an unusual plan to grow its business – by putting it in a box.
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Embraer delivered 90 commercial aircraft last year
Brazilian airframer Embraer delivered 90 commercial aircraft last year, in line with its expectation of 85-95.
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ANA eyes Asia growth through network expansion, partnerships
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will focus on using its partnerships with other carriers and its own network growth to tap the potential of the Asia-Pacific market.
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ANA takes board seat at PAL, eye stronger co-operation
ANA Holdings will take a seat on the board of Philippine Airlines’ parent company PAL Holdings after taking a 9.5% stake in the company, while the two airlines will form a steering committee to pursue areas of further collaboration.
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Qantas argues Cathay codeshare will foster competition
Qantas has argued that the proposed extension of its codeshare arrangements with Cathay Pacific onto the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne to Hong Kong markets will help to open up competition across a broader range of international routes.
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SilkAir taps Thompson Aero for business class
SilkAir has selected Thompson Aero Seating's Vantage line for the upgrade of its business class seats on its Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet.
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Lockheed remains bullish on supersonic air travel
Despite pulling out of its involvement with Aerion, a startup developing a supersonic airliner, Lockheed Martin remains bullish on the prospect of high-speed air travel, pointing to its involvement developing NASA’s X-59.
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PICTURE: Schiphol hotel to exhibit ex-KLM 747-400
One of KLM’s former Boeing 747-400s has been transported to a hotel just outside Amsterdam Schiphol, where it will be converted into an exhibit about the iconic aircraft.
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Kenya E190s collide during maintenance mishap
Two Kenya Airways Embraer 190s have been badly damaged during a ground collision following a mishap during maintenance.
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VIDEO: Convair C-131B crashes into Atlantic east of Miami
The US Coast Guard has rescued one person from the Atlantic Ocean after a Conquest Air Convair C-131B aircraft crashed east of Miami on 8 February.
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Yamal Superjet struck pole after slide on icy taxiway
Russian carrier Yamal is blaming an untreated icy surface for a Moscow taxiing accident in which a Sukhoi Superjet 100 collided with a lighting mast.
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USAF to struggle with novice aircraft maintainers for years
The US Air Force continues to struggle to keep and replace sufficient numbers of experienced and highly skilled aircraft maintainers.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New era for Bombardier Belfast?
Thirty years after its transition from one of the UK’s last aircraft builders into a unit of Bombardier, the one-time Shorts factory in Belfast may be about to reinvent itself again. The flagship of the Canadian firm’s aerostructures business – which includes facilities in Canada, Mexico, Morocco and Wichita – ...
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ANALYSIS: Aerostructures pushes up Northern Ireland value chain
Northern Ireland has less than 3% of the population of the UK, yet of the four companies with the highest rating in a nationwide scheme to improve quality and competitiveness in the aerospace supply chain, two of them are in this corner of the British Isles. Investment agency Invest NI ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Northern Ireland is seating comfortably
Two Northern Irish concerns – one a unit of US giant United Technologies and the other owned by China’s state-owned aerospace group AVIC – comprise, along with their supply chains, one of the industry’s most important clusters for aircraft seating. Collins Aerospace in Kilkeel and Thompson Aero Seating in Portadown ...