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Analysis
ANALYSIS: USAF looks for autonomy breakthrough
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has changed over its 100 years, but its mission to spearhead defence aviation technology has remained the same
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News
Jazz short landing reveals lack of awareness over instability
Ambiguous guidance to crews meant the pilots of a Jazz turboprop did not realise their approach was unstable before it landed short at Sault Ste Marie, striking light fixtures and damaging the aircraft.
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Cathay dives to 2016 operating loss on competition woes
The Cathay Pacific Group posted an operating loss of HK$525 million ($70.2 million) for the year ended 31 December 2016, as a strong local currency, slowing Chinese economic growth, and intense competition put pressure on yields.
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UTAS pursues nanotubes for aircraft ice protection
UTC Aerospace Systems has licensed a carbon nanotube-based heater technology that it believes could be ready as an electrothermal ice protection system for aircraft within three or four years, the company says.
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Opinion
OPINION: Financiers should prepare for downturn despite buoyancy
Aviation downturns are tough to predict. They're usually caused by an exogenous shock that makes people not want to board aircraft.
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News
Lufthansa CityLine to shut Cologne MRO base
Lufthansa regional subsidiary CityLine is to close its base maintenance facility in Cologne by 2020.
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PICTURE: Airbus A350-1000 undergoes low-speed take-off tests
Airbus has been carrying out low-speed take-off tests with one of the A350-1000 development aircraft as it heads towards certification later this year.
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XTI teams with Bye Aerospace on hybrid TriFan 600
US start-up XTI Aircraft has switched to hybrid-electric propulsion for its planned TriFan 600 ducted-fan, vertical take-off and landing business aircraft.
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Air Canada gets green light for flights to Belize
Canadian regulators have approved a request by Air Canada to operate flights between Canada and Belize, according to Canadian Transportation Agency documents.
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IATA urges cargo carriers to adopt modern electronic processes
IATA has reiterated calls for air cargo carriers to adopt modern digital processes such as electronic waybills – changes that will align the air cargo technology with the high-tech industries that dominate air shipment demand.
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Crashed Dana MD-83 crew feared reprisal over emergency
Nigerian investigators have disclosed that the crew of a Dana Air Boeing MD-83 failed to take emergency action in response to a serious engine problem, apparently in fear of attracting attention from regulators, before the jet experienced dual-engine power loss and crashed on approach to Lagos.
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UAE unlikely to accept changed terms of EU access: Emirates chief
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark believes the UAE's government has little appetite to replace a plethora of European bilateral agreements with an EU-wide air transport arrangement.
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Egypt and Russia prepare for resumption of air services
Egypt and Russia have finalised a protocol on joint measures to ensure flight safety, with the aim of restoring bilateral air services shortly.
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Ka-52 attack helicopter deliveries to Egypt to begin in 2017
Russian Helicopters is on track to deliver this year the first examples of the Kamov Ka-52 attack rotorcraft to export customer Egypt.
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Piper prepares M600 for its European debut
Piper Aircraft’s flagship model, the M600, will make its European debut from 5-8 April at the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Dassault seeks manufacturing efficiency as it waits for market rebound
Dassault’s 2016 is perfectly summed up by its chief executive Éric Trappier: “I would prefer that besides the Rafale’s success that we also had more Falcon orders.”
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Israeli transport minister Yisrael Katz
Last year, an analysis revealed that fewer than half of Israeli government decisions were actually implemented, even if partially implemented decisions were included. One decision, though, passes the test with flying colours: the 2013 undertaking to open Israel's skies.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Managing director, Lance Lyttle, aviation for the US Port of Seattle
Lance Lyttle is managing director, aviation for the Port of Seattle. He is responsible for the management and operations of Seattle-Tacoma International airport.
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News
Canada sends letter of request to US for interim F/A-18s
Canada has taken the next step in its pursuit of an interim fleet of Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets with a letter of request to the US government this week.
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Cracked component, crew lapses cited in SIA 777 fire report
A cracked component in the General Electric GE90 engine was behind a wing fire sustained aboard a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER on 27 June 2016.