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LOT to serve two Croatian cities
Star Alliance carrier LOT is to open services to the Croatian cities of Split and Zadar next summer.
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MH370 search to end in June 2016
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER in the southern Indian Ocean has covered over 80,000 square kilometres, and is likely wind up in June 2016 if the aircraft is not found.
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Honda, Embraer make first business jet deliveries
Honda Aircraft has announced starting deliveries of the HondaJet to customers two weeks after obtaining airworthiness certification.
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Embraer sets 25 February rollout for new E-Jet
Embraer has announced plans to reveal the first E190 E2 test aircraft to the public on 25 February in a ceremony staged at company's final assembly complex in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
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Second Sikorsky CH-53K ‘almost ready’ to join test campaign
After a slow start, the Sikorsky CH-53K development project is gathering pace at West Palm Beach, Florida, with sixth test flights and counting since initial lift-off in late October and a second aircraft almost complete.
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Italian delivery marks end of General Atomics RQ-1 production
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has delivered its final batch of unarmed RQ-1s to the Italian Air Force, marking final delivery of the iconic Predator A type after two decades of production.
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Piaggio delivers two Avanti Evos to European customers
Piaggio Aerospace has delivered two Avanti Evos to European customers, bringing the total shipments of the twin-engined turboprop in 2015 to three aircraft.
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Turkish authorities probe Sabiha Gokcen explosion
Investigators are probing an apron explosion overnight at Istanbul's secondary Sabiha Gokcen airport which injured two cleaning personnel.
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Qantas A330 take-off weight discrepancy spurs procedural changes
Qantas Airways has changed its loading procedures from Bangkok after an Airbus A330-300 aircraft departed with a 2,785kg load discrepancy owing to a miscommunication among ground staff.
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Boeing faces up to $36m in fines for skipped deadlines
Boeing has agreed to pay at least $12 million and make more than a dozen internal management changes to settle a string of complaints by the US Federal Aviation Administration over failing to follow through on safety enforcement actions.
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USA won’t fly troops into battle aboard pilotless helicopters
The US Army has no plans to ferry troops into war zones aboard unmanned helicopters, but will push autonomous and remote-controlled flight technology for cargo delivery, although it's not a near-term priority, service officials say.
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Embraer KC-390 to rival turboprops in Canadian FWSAR comp
Embraer will put forward an ambitious bid to replace Canada’s antiquated fixed-wing search-and-rescue fleets, offering its in-development KC-390 military transport for the role.
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New JV formed to market Saab's Skeldar UAV
Saab has formed a joint venture with UMS Aero Group that will take responsibility of marketing the former's Skeldar V-200 unmanned helicopter.
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Australia considers three more Boeing CH-47F Chinooks
Australia has expressed interest in buying another three Boeing CH-47F “Chinook” heavy-lift rotorcraft, under an estimated $180 million deal that would bring the nation’s inventory to 10.
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Delta TechOps to support 717 engines
Delta Air Lines' maintenance division is establishing overhaul capability for Rolls-Royce BR715 engines, which power the US carrier's Boeing 717 fleet.
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France orders seven more Tiger attack helicopters
France has ordered an additional seven Airbus Helicopters Tiger HAD attack rotorcraft, as part of a 2015 budget update.
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Brazilian army and air force take first FOC-standard H225Ms
Helibras has delivered the first H225M helicopters to Brazil’s army and air force to a full operational capability (FOC) standard.
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Italian air force to get Tecnam trainers
The Italian air force has selected Tecnam’s P2006T to provide a new pilot training capability, the Capua-based manufacturer has announced.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster achieves epic vertical landing
SpaceX has pulled of a monumental feat in aerospace engineering by landing its upgraded first-stage Falcon 9 rocket booster at Cape Canaveral, Florida, while successfully putting 11 Orbcomm communications satellites on orbit.
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Northrop prepares for LRS-B growth in Palmdale
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems president Tom Vice remembers spending 16h days more than 26 years ago inside a once tightly-secured factory in Palmdale, California, as a flight controls engineer preparing the flying-wing B-2 for first flight on 17 July 1989.