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FACC embarks on expansion strategy
Austrian composites specialist FACC has received two additional autoclaves as part of an expansion strategy to lift turnover to €1 billion ($1.19 billion) by 2021.
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Job Air Technic teams with Russian MRO for Ulyanovsk venture
Russian MRO provider T1 has partnered with the Czech peer Job Air Technic to create a technical support centre in Ulyanovsk.
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Boeing delivers 50th 737 Max
Boeing has delivered the 50th 737 Max 8 so far this year after handing over the first of the re-engined single-aisle family to Malindo in May, Flight Fleets Analyzer shows.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: World Air Forces maintaining strength
Brinkmanship was the name of the game for much of the 2017 calendar year, with global tensions in no small part linked to the head-on approach to diplomacy taken by US President Donald Trump.
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DHL Express receives first A330P2F freighter
DHL Express has taken delivery of the first Airbus A330 to be converted from passenger to freighter configuration.
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Opinion
OPINION: E-Fan X is vital stepping stone
If you want to understand how electric power fits into the future of aviation, pay close attention to the progress of the E-Fan X, the hybrid-electric demonstrator launched by Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens.
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OPINION: Leahy will be missed, although not by Boeing
When John Leahy’s name first appeared in Flight International it was within a 14-word brief about appointments at Piper Aircraft, and his was not even the main one.
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Airbus Helicopters axes H120 light-single
Airbus Helicopters has called time on its involvement in the short-light-single segment and has axed the H120 Colibri from its line-up.
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Boeing opens Global Services R&D lab in Germany
Boeing has established a research and development facility for digital services at subsidiary Jeppesen's site in Frankfurt.
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DSCA details support package for Singapore US F-15 detachment
The US State Department has approved a possible sale of $415 million worth of equipment and services for a Singapore fighter training detachment based in Idaho.
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Second C919 conducts low-speed taxi tests
Comac has started low-speed taxi tests with the second prototype of the C919 aircraft.
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B-52 re-engine effort could start in 2020
The long-awaited B-52 bomber re-engine effort would start no earlier than fiscal year 2020, but the USAF’s head of Global Strike Command feels a final decision to lengthen the 60-year-old Boeing aircraft’s life is closer than ever.
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NewsDelta adds stops to final 747 tour
Delta Air Lines has added stops in Los Angeles and Paine Field near Seattle to the farewell tour for its final Boeing 747.
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Allegiant to retire last MD-80 next November
Allegiant Air has scheduled its last Boeing MD-80 flight for 25 November 2018, as it shifts to an all-Airbus A320 family fleet.
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Opinion
OPINION: Don't buy the rumours – HNA isn't selling Avolon
Rumours have been circulating within the aircraft leasing community that Avolon could be up for sale to raise liquidity for its shareholder, HNA Group – which has gone on a four-year international shopping spree, taking stakes in some 23 companies or real-estate investments over the past four years.
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Airbus technology chief departs after 18 months in role
Airbus Group's chief technology officer Paul Eremenko is leaving to take up the same role at United Technologies after a short but eventful year-and-a-half-long tenure.
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Starbow ATR veered off runway after captain's seat slipped
Investigators believe the Starbow Airlines ATR 72-500 runway excursion at Ghana's Kotoka airport was preceded by an unexpected slip of the captain's unsecured cockpit seat.
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PICTURES: A330-300P2F secures STC approval
Conversion specialist EFW has secured European supplemental type certification for the modified Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter modification.
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Level will acquire AOC from OpenSkies
IAG's long-haul budget airline Level will acquire the air operator's certificate of transatlantic carrier OpenSkies when it establishes its new Paris base.
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UK government pledges £54 million for aerospace research projects
Seven aerospace research and development projects have been granted investment worth a total of nearly £54 million ($73 million) by the UK government in a bid to boost the country's aerospace sector.