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Italian deal opens M-345 order book
The Italian air force has taken a step towards modernising its basic trainer fleet, with Leonardo receiving a contract to produce an initial five Aermacchi M-345s.
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ACT highlights 747F crew's experience
ACT Airlines has given figures for the total hours logged by the pilots of a Boeing 747-400F that crashed in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek.
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Flight recorder retrieved from 747 crash debris
Investigators have retrieved the first flight recorder from the wreckage of a Boeing 747-400F which crashed in the vicinity of Bishkek Manas airport.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Wildcat export sales key to Yeovil's future
It is always good to the start the new year with positive news. To that end, Leonardo’s helicopter division and the UK Ministry of Defence held a press conference on 9 January to trumpet a £271 million ($330 million) five-year support contract for the country’s 62-strong fleet of AW159 Wildcat ...
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ANALYSIS: Accident reports published in the second half of 2016
Synopses of accident reports published in the last six months of 2016
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Wideroe turns to jets with Embraer 190-E2 order
Scandinavian regional carrier Wideroe is to step up to jet operation, having opted to take up to 15 Embraer 190-E2 re-engined aircraft.
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Kyrgyz prosecutor opens probe into 747F crash
Krygyzstan’s general prosecutor has opened a routine criminal case into the fatal crash at Bishkek involving a Turkish-operated Boeing 747-400F.
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Climbing EgyptAir A300 involved in serious Belgian airprox
French investigators have detailed a serious airprox incident in which an EgyptAir Airbus A300-600 freighter climbed through its assigned altitude.
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ACT 747F crashes in Kyrgyzstan
Updated: Corrected to reflect correct aircraft registration number, TC-MCL. A previous version of this story erroneously reported the registration as TC-ACJ, and that the aircraft was operated by Turkish Airlines. The aircraft was operated by Turkey's ACT Airlines, which trades under the name MyCargo Airlines.
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KC-46 schedule unlikely to go as planned
If past performance is any indication of future schedules, the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker programme won’t go as planned, according to the Pentagon’s top weapons tester.
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InselAir suspends routes amid financial troubles
Caribbean carrier InselAir will temporarily drop Quito from its network later this year, as it seeks to reduce costs while facing financial difficulties.
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Hundreds of deficiencies could push F-35 tests to 2019
Plagued by a delayed delivery of crucial software and shortfalls with its automated maintenance system, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will begin initial operational test and evaluation more than a year after its planned August 2017 date.
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Leonardo confident on securing UK Apache support work
Leonardo’s UK helicopter business is confident that it can capture a slice of the sustainment work for the British Army’s fleet of 50 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, which are due to enter service from 2022.
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OpinionOPINION: How to keep a Cold War veteran flying
According to an old tale, a fighter pilot who had been instructed to hold off from landing while a B-52 bomber made an approach with a defective TF33 quipped to air traffic controllers: “Oh no – the dreaded seven-engine approach”. On 4 January, this perhaps apocryphal story became reality, when ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will American encroach on Alaska following Virgin deal?
Alaska Airlines could soon face growing competition from American Airlines, which could backfill codeshare capacity lost as a result of Alaska Air Group's recent merger with Virgin America, at least one financial research company suggests.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters meets regulators to discuss H225 grounding
Airbus Helicopters and officials from the Norwegian and UK civil aviation regulators met earlier this week to discuss the return-to-service path for the H225, sources indicate.
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EasyJet take-off data incident uncovers software anomaly
Investigations have traced an EasyJet A319 take-off performance incident at Malaga to a software anomaly in a particular electronic flightbag function.
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OPINION: Can aviation beat human frailty?
To people who like to fly, perhaps to most people, fear of flying seems such an irrational fear. As our annual report on airline safety shows, accident rates are very low and trending firmly downward.
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Cabin crew's follow-up strike 'bizarre': BA
British Airways cabin crew represented by the Unite union and employed under the airline's "mixed fleet" contract have called another strike for three days from 19 January, a decision the IAG-owned carrier has labelled "bizarre".
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ANALYSIS: World airline accident review 2016
Airline fatal accident figures rose significantly in 2016 compared with the previous year, but the comparison is somewhat misleading because 2015 was the safest year in history by a considerable margin.