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AnalysisANALYSIS: US-Mexico links heat up even as Latin America cools
Capacity between the USA and Mexico has continued to grow in the past year, a bright spot compared to economic sluggishness elsewhere in Latin America.
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Wings Alliance looks to transform UK pilot training
A new training system initiative about to be launched in the UK is intended to offer prospective commercial pilots a route to the cockpit at around half the cost of the integrated courses created for major airlines.
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Big deals by Gulf trio unlikely at Dubai
This year's Dubai air show, which kicks off on 8 November, almost certainly won't bring a repeat of the orders bonanza that characterised 2013's instalment, with the big-three carriers now bedding in new aircraft and assessing the next steps in their fleet strategies.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing damps down expectations for Dubai
Dubai’s last major air show in 2013 set a high bar for order expectations. In the span of less than three hours on the first day of the show, Emirates, Etihad and Qatar signed orders and commitments for a total of 225 777X aircraft. Etihad Airways added another order for ...
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Inquiry urges icing-stall awareness after ATP incident
Norwegian investigators are seeking to improve pilots’ awareness of an impending stall during icing conditions on British Aerospace ATP turboprops, after a serious incident involving a West Atlantic aircraft last year.
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Air France-KLM's Chinese component shop gains European approval
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance's components repair shop in Shanghai has been granted EASA approval.
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Flynas returns to Abu Dhabi with Riyadh flights
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas is to add flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi next month as part of revamped codeshare partnership with UAE carrier Etihad Airways.
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Shaheen 737 heavily damaged during landing
A Boeing 737-400 aircraft operated by Pakistani carrier Shaheen Air International has suffered severe damage upon landing at Allama Iqbal International airport in Lahore.
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NewsPICTURES: Malaysia Airlines to introduce new business class seats
Malaysia Airlines will introduce a new business class seat on all 15 of its Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
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Capital Airlines seeks to operate China-Birmingham services
Capital Airlines has filed an application with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) seeking to operate services to Birmingham.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: When will IPO window close for emerging LCCs?
When IndiGo's parent Interglobe Aviation launched its long-awaited initial public offering in late October, in many ways it typified airline listings which have or are poised to come to market.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Embraer's Florida move taps potent workforce
In less than 12 months, a new name will join the top rank of North American cities hosting final assembly sites for business jet aircraft, rivaling a dominant triumvirate of Wichita, Kansas; Dorval, Quebec, and Savannah Georgia.
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NewsWeapons testers fire F-35's 25mm gun over Edwards AFB
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 is steadily gaining more venom after weapons testers successfully carried out the first aerial firing of the Lightning II’s 25mm cannon at Edwards AFB in California.
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NewsSierra Nevada receives $173M to deliver Lebanese Super Tucanos
The US government has put Sierra Nevada Corporation on contract to deliver six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to the Lebanese Air Force by 2019.The deal with Beirut for the fixed-wing, light-attack turboprops received approval from the US State Department in June, and was award to SNC late last week.
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NewsUSAF seeks 10 commercial jets in new market survey
The US Air Force appears to be in the market for a new fleet of special mission aircraft after releasing a market survey for airframe manufacturers capable of delivering 10 “green aircraft” starting in 2018.
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Kogalymavia defends upkeep of ill-fated A321
Russia’s Kogalymavia is defending itself over the condition of the MetroJet Airbus A321 which crashed in Sinai, having released a number of documents detailing the aircraft’s recent technical record.
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Delta adds Las Vegas-San Jose flights in December
Delta Air Lines will begin new service between Las Vegas and San Jose, California, in December, a new point-to-point route in its network.
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Task of reading MetroJet A321 recorders yet to be assigned
Investigators have yet to determine which authority will handle the download of data from the crashed MetroJet Airbus A321's flight recorders.
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NewsHAV airship receives helium lift ahead of delayed return to flight
Hybrid Air Vehicles has inflated its Airlander airship with helium ahead of its highly anticipated but long delayed return to flight.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Transaero 777s could pressure used-widebody market
Pressure on used Boeing 777s could intensify if Transaero -200s and -300s are placed on the open market, following the Russian carrier's collapse last month.