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Third Cessna Citation Longitude enters flight-test
Cessna's Citation Longitude programme has taken another step forward, with the debut flight on 17 March of its third prototype.
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Opinion
OPINION: How airliner development is fraught with difficulty
Fifteen years ago, the aviation industry gathered in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, to witness the unveiling of the first all-new large regional jet in a generation, the Fairchild Dornier 728.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Can the A350-1000 live up to Airbus’s expectations?
The audience at Airbus’s annual press conference this year may have been a little surprised to hear the company’s senior executives singing the praises of the best-selling widebody produced by their arch-rival, the Boeing 777-300ER.
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Tecnam founder and president Luigi Pascale passes away
Professor Luigi Pascale, co-founder, president, and chief preliminary design officer of Europe's largest general aviation aircraft manufacturer, Tecnam, died unexpectedly on 14 March after a brief illness, aged 93.
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Possible fatalities reported in South Sudan turboprop crash
Possible fatalities are being reported from a Sudanese aircraft which crashed at the South Sudanese city of Wau.
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Embraer flies fourth E190-E2 flight test prototype
Embraer has conducted the first flight of the fourth prototype in the E190-E2 test campaign.
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LHT launches UAV flight safety initiative
Lufthansa Technik has launched a voluntary online training and registration initiative for unmanned air vehicle operators.
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United to retire 747 in October
United Airlines will retire its last Boeing 747-400 in “late October” after nearly half a century with the carrier.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Vega needn't thank its lucky stars
When launching rockets, failure is a disaster but success is absolute – and absolutely, delightful
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Gulfstream sells G550 to Beijing 999
Chinese medical evacuation provider Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (Beijing 999) has acquired a Gulfstream G550 to support its disaster relief and medevac efforts.
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Opinion
OPINION: Dana Air crew failings highlight African safety gap
As IATA stresses a continuing falling accident rate in its annual review of commercial airline safety, the circumstances of the Dana Air crash in Lagos serve to remind that global progress is far from a uniform affair.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Lance Gokongwei, chief executive, Cebu Pacific
Cebu Pacific president and chief executive Lance Gokongwei is not one for long anecdotes or colourful quotes, but gets straight to the point, the epitome of a sharp businessman.
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ROUTES: Brisbane airport presses hub role
Brisbane airport believes it can continue growing over the next few years by targeting transit traffic to become an inbound traffic hub.
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ROUTES: KLIA to provide inter-terminal connections
Malaysia Airports will soon introduce busses between Kuala Lumpur International airport's two passenger terminals, in an effort to better facilitate passenger connections.
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AirAsia revives Global Express purchase
AirAsia has revived plans to purchase a used Bombardier Global Express business jet from Caterham Jet Global for executive transport use, after a previous deal fell through last year.
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ROUTES: Incheon seeks partner to operate MRO facility
Seoul’s Incheon International airport is seeking an independent MRO company to set up a maintenance facility on a 102,000 square metre plot adjacent to its passenger terminals.
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ROUTES: Taipei Taoyuan banks on North Asia as growth engine
Taipei Taoyuan Intentional airport expects strong passenger growth in Northeast Asia to drive expansion in the coming years.
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ROUTES: AirAsia X plans for more fifth-freedom flights
AirAsia X is planning to add more fifth-freedom flights as it seeks to take advantage of the growth at secondary and tertiary cities across North Asia.
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ROUTES: Mumbai airport finds solutions for overcrowding
Mumbai’s Chhtrapati Shivaji International airport believes that despite its well-publicised congestion, it has found ways to continue expanding.
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PICTURE: Chile's Sky launches new livery
Chile's Sky Airline has unveiled a new livery as it updates its branding.