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HNA Group to take 13% stake in Virgin Australia
HNA Group has agreed to take a 13% stake in Virgin Australia Holdings, becoming its fourth major shareholder.
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US approves $420m support deal for Kuwait Hornets
The US State Department has approved a $420 million support package for Kuwait’s fleet of Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter aircraft.
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KC-46A boom problem busts USAF schedule
The US Air Force has delayed a full-rate production decision for the KC-46A Pegasus until August and deliveries to the first operational unit will come about three to six months late, and even then will lack one critical system for at least another 12 months.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The biggest LCCs by traffic and financials in 2015
When Ryanair ended the 2015 calendar year passing the 100 million passenger mark, it further underlined the huge growth the low-cost sector has continued to experience over recent years
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Opinion
OPINION: Has industry been unfair to Bombardier?
It was 1994, and Airbus was already becoming more than a mere nuisance to Boeing. Tensions spiked at the Farnborough air show, when then-Boeing president Ron Woodard accused his opposite number at Airbus of lying: “I’ve watched him and his nose does grow when he talks.” Airbus repaid the Pinocchio-themed ...
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Icon A5 production slowdown amid customer backlash
Icon Aircraft has slowed production for the A5 amphibian from 175 aircraft this year to 20 and revised a controversial purchase agreement after a backlash from customers.
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ILA: Germany continues to retain sovereignty over UAV fleet
April saw Airbus Defence & Space celebrate 10 years since its Barracuda unmanned air vehicle test had performed its first autonomous take-off in Murcia, Spain. But while the German-Spanish programme was once touted as a competitor to the Dassault-led pan-European Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator programme, Barracuda’s most ...
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EgyptAir crash: French deploy acoustic detection vessel
France’s government is dispatching a specialist naval vessel to support the underwater search for flight recorders from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320.
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Korean Air 777 evacuated after engine fire
A Boeing 777-300 operated by Korean Air was evacuated via slides after flames were detected in one of the jet's Pratt & Whitney PW4090 engines.
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USAF warms to F-22 Raptor revival proposal
At a time when budget constraints are driving the US Air Force to divest fighter and attack aircraft faster than they can be replaced with the Lockheed Martin F-35, outgoing chief of staff Gen Mark Welsh says it would not be a “wild idea” to resume production of an improved ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airline industry set to show it is serious about CO2
Six years of collaboration and planning paid off in February when the first-ever global carbon dioxide efficiency standard for aircraft was agreed and put forward by an ICAO committee. Manufacturers have largely welcomed the proposed standard and say they are already prepared for it, while environmental campaigners believe it could ...
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Raytheon offers Phalanx weapon for counter-UAV system
Raytheon is touting the use of its Phalanx air defence system alongside a laser to counter unmanned air vehicles that pose a threat to navy vessels.
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Fewer Superjet deliveries drag down Sukhoi revenues
Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division delivered two Superjet 100s in the first quarter, compared with four in the same period last year.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Unshrouding the mystery of open rotors
Ground testing is imminent on the open-rotor engine portion of the European Union’s Clean Sky initiative, with Snecma and partners now putting the finishing touches to assembling the demonstrator. The noise issues that have plagued open-rotor engines in the past appear to have been largely overcome, and the key questions ...
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Ascend Flightglobal Consultancy gains two more ISTAT accreditations
The Ascend Flightglobal Consultancy team has gained two more ISTAT accreditations, strengthening its position as the industry-leading appraiser.
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EBACE: Gulfstream's course for midsize segment undecided
Gulfstream’s future in the mid-size market is “yet to be determined”, says chief executive Mark Burns.
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Swedish air force considers trainer options
Sweden’s air force commander hopes to advance a competition to replace the service’s Saab 105 (Sk 60) jet trainers from late this decade, while it also works to extend the life of its veteran air transport fleet.
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Dash 8 training exercise continued despite hard-landing damage
Japanese investigators believe a trainee pilot’s excessive nose-down input during landing caused damage to a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200, but that this went undetected until a touch-and-go instruction session had ended.
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Airbus Helicopters to reveal X3 successor plan
Airbus Helicopters will reveal at next week’s ILA Berlin air show its initial concept for a 220kt (410km/h)-cruise helicopter developed under the EU-backed Clean Sky 2 effort.
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Pakistan orders AW139s for search and rescue
Pakistan has ordered an undisclosed number of AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin-engined helicopters configured for search and rescue missions.