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ROTORCRAFT: Airbus Helicopters explores drone delivery in Singapore
Airbus Helicopters has tapped Singapore post office SingPost as its partner to trial an unmanned aerial package delivery system in Singapore.
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ROTORCRAFT: Bell takes aim at para-public market
Bell Helicopter sees strong opportunities in Asia-Pacific’s para-public sector, with governments gaining awareness of the various roles helicopters can serve in the interests of the public.
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United yet to see financial impact from forced removal incident
United Airlines president Scott Kirby says it is "too early" to determine what impact the recent furore over the forced removal of a passenger from a flight has had on bookings.
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Embraer records first quarter business jet delivery slide
Embraer recorded a 35% fall in business jet shipments for the first quarter of 2017, reflecting a prolonged and persistent weakness across the global business aviation sector.
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Cirrus Vision Jet poised for European validation
Cirrus Aircraft is hoping to secure European certification for its SF50 Vision Jet before the end of the second quarter, so it can begin delivering the first single-engined personal jets to local owners and operators.
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Air Canada A330 takes off after losing wheel during taxi
An Air Canada Airbus A330 lost a rear wheel while taxing at Montreal on 16 April, then took off and safely completed a flight to London Heathrow airport, according to the Montreal-based airline.
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Norway starts F-35 braking parachute tests
Norway has begun testing of the braking parachute it will employ on its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35As.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Boeing tackles engineering challenge for 737 10X
As the 737 Max 9 begins stability and control testing, Boeing’s engineers are working to finalise a critical detail in the configuration of a proposed larger variant aimed at forming a two-pronged attack on the dominant Airbus A321neo.
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IAI targets aerostructures pact with Airbus
Israel Aerospace Industries says it is in advanced negotiations about a contract that would lead to it manufacturing parts for Airbus.
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Airobotics lifts autonomous approval in Israel
Airobotics says it has become the first Israeli manufacturer to receive authorisation to fly fully automated drones without a pilot.
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Estonian bank LHV to finance two Nordica CRJ900s
Estonian banking group LHV is financing the purchase of two Bombardier CRJ900s for use by Nordica.
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Fancraft technology could drive CityHawk flying car
Urban Aeronautics subsidiary Metro Skyways plans to develop a four-passenger, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flying car using its parent company's Fancraft technology.
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IAI updates Panther UAV design after landing mishap
After investigating the cause of a landing mishap involving its hybrid Panther unmanned air vehicle late last year, Israel Aerospace Industries is to update the vertical take-off and landing design's fuselage and wing to boost performance.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Andres Conesa, chief executive, Aeromexico
Andres Conesa’s foray into the aviation industry was supposed to last only a year. Tasked by the Mexican government in 2004 to oversee the sale of state-owned Aeromexico and Mexicana, the then-civil servant had intended to leave after his job was done.
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ANALYSIS: Where do Europe's major LCCs compete directly?
Analysis of FlightGlobal schedules data for April covering Europe's big low-cost carriers shows an increase in the proportion of routes where two or more of these airlines compete directly, albeit that there is head-to-head competition between these operators on only a minority of their routes.
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ANALYSIS: MoM poses next question for Boeing presence in Washington cluster
Spread over about 71,000sq miles2, the state of Washington is home to diverse climates, with the Cascade mountains dividing a temperate rainforest in the west and semi-arid steppe in the east. It is also home to a diverse aerospace industry – anchored by Boeing.
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ROTORCRAFT: Bell 429s to perform Indonesian calibration work
Bell Helicopter has delivered two Bell 429s to Carpediem Mandiri, which will be used for the flight calibration department of Indonesia's transport ministry.
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ROTORCRAFT: Airbus expects strong decade for civilian helicopters
Airbus Helicopters is confident of delivering 1,000 new civilian helicopters in the coming decade in the Asia-Pacific.
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ROTORCRAFT: Flight Ascend sees strong Asia helicopter growth
Flight Ascend Consultancy says that Asia-Pacific's civilian helicopter fleet has grown 65% in the last decade.
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ROTORCRAFT: New show creates forum for helicopter sector
The inaugural Rotorcraft Asia event in Singapore brings together stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific's civilian helicopter market