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Interview
INTERVIEW: Gareth Evans on taking charge at Jetstar
In the four months since stepping across from helming Qantas’s international business to its low-cost unit Jetstar, Gareth Evans has been on quite a learning journey.
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VIDEO: Boeing launches 737 Max 7 into flight testing
Boeing will begin the flight certification campaign for the 138-seat 737 Max 7 after the third and smallest variant of the re-engined single-aisle family completed a more than 3h-long maiden flight on 16 March.
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Scaled Composites unveils flying wing drone to be used as technology testbed
Scaled Composites unveiled a new flying wing drone, Model 406, on 14 March to be used as a technology testbed.
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Emirates to close $600m sukuk
Emirates will close the issuance of a $600 million 10-year sukuk on 22 March, the Middle Eastern airline has disclosed.
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Allegiant eyeing JOLCOs for new A320 pair
Allegiant Air is looking closely at Japanese operating lease with call option (JOLCO) financing options for its final two new Airbus A320 deliveries.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Laudamotion network built on Niki foundations
When IAG disclosed its plan to acquire Niki in December 2017, the group's chief executive Willie Walsh described the Austrian carrier as the "most financially viable part of Air Berlin".
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Fixing faulty GTF seal to cost $50 million: P&W
A new design flaw discovered in January on about 100 Pratt & Whitney engines for the Airbus A320neo family will cost the engine manufacturer $50 million to resolve, P&W chief executive Bob Leduc said on 16 March.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Lockheed proposes new U-2 transformation into triple-spying threat
In a hangar known as Site 2, opposite the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works on the Palmdale airport runway in California, the 60-year-old ritual of programmed depot maintenance for each of the 27 U-2S "Dragon Lady" aircraft remaining in service continues, a full decade after the US Air Force launched a ...
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NewsIsrael keeps quiet over F-35I's combat debut
Israel’s Lockheed Martin F-35I "Adir" is reported to have made its combat debut during strikes conducted against Syrian air defence systems last month. The action was mounted following a border clash that culminated in an Israeli air force Lockheed F-16 being shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
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Opinion
OPINION: 737 will be a hard act to follow
When the first A320 was handed over three decades ago this month, few – Airbus included – would have put odds on deliveries reaching 1,000 aircraft, let alone the 8,000-mark recently passed.
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SmartLynx A320 engines shut down after touch-and-go impact
Estonian investigators have indicated that both engines on a SmartLynx Airbus A320 shut down as it conducted an emergency approach after suffering damage during a touch-and-go exercise.
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Altimeter oversight caused Nauru 737 to go below safe altitude
Nauru Airlines has enhanced pilot training in a range of navigation and approach areas after a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-300 that flew below the minimum descent altitude on a night approach to Kosrae on 12 June 2015.
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Hainan Airlines to begin Dublin, Edinburgh flights
Hainan Airlines plans to begin Dublin and Edinburgh flights on 12 June with Airbus A330s.
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Kratos’ Mako drone approved for sale to foreign militaries
Drone manufacturer Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced on 13 March that the US State Department approved sale of its Mako UTAP-22 unmanned aerial drone to undisclosed countries in Europe and Asia Pacific.
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Avinco mandated to remarket four A340s
Asset manager Avinco has been mandated to remarket four Airbus A340s by their owners, the identity of which it has not disclosed.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why European airline groups want standardised fleets
SAS's negotiations with Airbus about an order for further A320neos to replace Boeing 737s – disclosed by the Scandinavian group last month – is the latest step in its efforts to standardise its fleet.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Providing tailored training for low-cost carriers
Pedro Sors is the president of Avenger Flight Group, a Texas-based commercial aviation simulation and training provider
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Precious metal spills from An-12 after load shift on take-off
Russian investigators believe a load shift and detached door caused an Antonov An-12 freighter to lose some of its cargo of precious metals during take-off from Yakutsk.
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Crews seldom train for take-off performance errors: inquiry
Dutch investigators probing a serious Boeing 737-800 take-off incident at Groningen have noted that pilots are seldom exposed to performance-related events during simulator training.
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Cathay to start boosting 777 economy seating density
Cathay Pacific will start increasing the number of economy seats in its Boeing 777-300s and 777-300ERs next month.