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SINGAPORE: PAL eyes long-haul expansion with A350s
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is targeting to expand its footprint in Europe and the US, with its latest commitment for 12 Airbus A350-900s.
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SINGAPORE: Bombardier to take Q400 up to 90 seats
Bombardier has announced a new 90-seat variant of its Q400 turboprop at the Singapore air show, as well as other payload and maintenance enhancements, that will enter service in 2018.
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SINGAPORE: Malaysia picks AW189 for disaster-relief role
Malaysia's fire and rescue department is to operate a pair of AgustaWestland AW189 super-medium helicopters for use in disaster relief operations.
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SINGAPORE: Boeing eyes international COD role for V-22
Boeing believes it can build on a recent contract award from the US Navy for the V-22 Osprey and offer the tiltrotor to other future operators of the Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off and vertical landing fighter.
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SINGAPORE: Indonesia still keen on AW101
Indonesia appears to have rekindled its interest in acquiring AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters, despite a presidential decision late last year to reject an order for VVIP-roled examples.
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SINGAPORE: Bombardier promotes special mission aircraft
Bombardier foresees a big market in the Asia-Pacific region for its Challenger series of aircraft modified for special operations missions.
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SINGAPORE: Lockheed, Sikorsky unlock new opportunities
Helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky believes its international sales efforts have become stronger since it was bought in 2015 by Lockheed Martin from former parent United Technologies.
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SINGAPORE: Okay Airways commits to up to 20 737s
China's Okay Airways has committed to order up to 20 Boeing 737s, in a deal worth $1.3 billion at list prices.
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SINGAPORE: Daher introduces upgrade package for TBM 900
Daher's TBM 900 is making its Singapore debut just under two years after the French airframer launched the latest variant of its "very fast turboprop". The single-engine aircraft belongs to Singapore owner-operator John Giddens, who upgraded from an older TBM 850 in 2014.
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SINGAPORE: Lessors keeping faith in CSeries – Bombardier
Lessors that have ordered the CSeries remain confident in the product despite the low numbers of airline customers, says Bombardier.
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SINGAPORE: Comac works to optimise ARJ21
Comac says it is working to optimise its ARJ21 regional jet, and that changes could be incorporated into production aircraft within the next two to three years.
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SINGAPORE: Piper delivers trainers to Indonesia
Piper Aircraft has delivered 15 training aircraft to Sekolah Tinggi Penerbang Indonesia (STPI), the government flight school based at Budiarto airport in Curug.
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SINGAPORE Daily Air to lease four Twin Otters
Taiwan's Daily Air is leasing four Viking Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft from CAVU Aviation Finance.
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SINGAPORE: "On time" Gulfstream says it is benefiting from competitors' delays
Upbeat Gulfstream says it is benefiting from delays to its rivals’ new long-range, large-cabin business jet programmes, while its developmental duo are still on schedule.
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SINGAPORE: SIA awards supplier contracts on A350s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has awarded contracts for suppliers for its incoming fleet of new Airbus A350s.
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SINGAPORE: New self-protection suite ordered for Indonesian Hawk
Indonesia’s 24-strong fleet of BAE Systems Hawk light combat aircraft are to receive a self-protection system upgrade from Finmeccanica.
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ROUTES: US airlines to seek new Cuba authorities
US carriers plan to seek the new authorities to serve Cuba, preparing applications for the 110 new daily frequencies.
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GAO denies Boeing bid to overturn LRS-B contract
The US government has rejected a Boeing attempt to overturn Northrop Grumman’s hold on a contract to develop and build the US Air Force’s long-range strike bomber (LRS-B).
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Large-cabin business jet squeeze hits values
Throughout 2015, the large-cabin, long-range sector, showed some serious signs of weakness in light of an emerging markets slowdown and reduced demand from oil-producing countries, according to Flightglobal’s Ascend consultancy. This triggered a slump in the residual values of many established models in this niche, it says.
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Metal Master installs FJ33 engine in LAR-1 personal jet
Polish engineering company Metal Master has installed the Williams International FJ33-5A turbofan in the first conforming Flaris LAR-1 personal jet, and is preparing the five-seat single for engine ground runs this quarter.