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PICTURES: Unclear whether BA 777 engine failure was contained
Photographs following the aborted take-off and engine fire of a British Airways Boeing 777-200 aircraft show severe damage to the powerplant and airframe, but it is unclear whether the jet suffered an uncontained failure.
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Fire erupts after BA 777 aborts take-off
A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER aborted a take-off and caught fire at Las Vegas McCarran airport on 8 September, injuring two of 159 passengers and 13 crew who were evacuated.
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United chief Smisek resigns amidst federal probe
United Airlines chief executive Jeff Smisek has resigned, following investigations into the airline's interactions with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).
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Italian tankers could support first F-35 transatlantic crossing
The Italian Air Force is aligned to complete the first transatlantic crossing of the Lockheed Martin F-35 when its first two aircraft fly from Novara, Italy, to Arizona in early 2016, and those aircraft are likely be refuelled along the way by Italian Boeing KC-767A tankers.
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Air Transat to add Pisa and Zagreb
Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat will add two additional destinations to its European network.
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Jet Aviation expands Basel facility
Jet Aviation is expanding its completion facility in Basel, Switzerland in the face of growing demand for its services at the EuroAirport site.
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Hong Kong's GFS places first order for H175 SAR variant
Airbus Helicopters has secured its first order for the search and rescue variant of its 7.5t H175 with a seven-unit deal from Hong Kong’s Government Flying Service (GFS).
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Donavia selects AJW for engine support
AJW Aviation's engines arm has been chosen by Donavia to manage shop visits for the Aeroflot subsidiary's CFM56-5B powerplants.
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Aviation demand remains strong with some 'clouds forming': Ascend
Aviation's demand cycle continues to show solid strength but there are some headwinds on the distant horizon, argues Flightglobal's consultancy Ascend.
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L-3 Link targets simulator sales growth
Many things have changed in the three years since L-3 Link Simulation & Training UK acquired its Crawley-based business from Thales, according to managing director Alan Crawford: “not least how we build simulators.”
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: LCCs continue to blur the lines with charter operators
Long-held assumptions that the rise of the European low-cost carriers would lead to the death of the package charter business look ever less convincing these days.
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Bombardier hires former Lufthansa exec Buchholz
Former Lufthansa executive Nico Buchholz has joined a swelling rank of industry insiders on Bombardier’s top management team.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Monarch chief executive Andrew Swaffield
This time last year Monarch Airlines was battling to finalise crucial labour deals and investment talks to give it breathing space to secure its future and complete its evolution from charter to scheduled leisure carrier.
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BlueBird unveils enhanced ThunderB air vehicle
BlueBird Aero Systems unveiled the enhanced version of its ThunderB tactical unmanned air vehicle at the AUS&R 2015 conference in Israel.
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Dutch to acquire 14 more CH-47F rotorcraft
The Dutch defence ministry is to acquire 14 new Boeing CH-47F transport helicopters, in an expansion of its existing rotorcraft capabilities.
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Swiss parliament approves Hermes 900 deal
The Swiss parliament on 7 September voted in favour of an armed forces plan to buy six Elbit Systems Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicles, in a deal valued at $256 million.
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PICTURE: Air China to take China’s first 242t A330
Air China will be the first Chinese carrier to take delivery of the increased 242t maximum take-off-weight Airbus A330.
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First flight success for Italian-assembled F-35
The first F-35 Lightning II to have been assembled away from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth site in Texas has performed its debut flight, from Cameri air base in Italy.
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Missing BAe 125 inquiry considers possible 737 collision
Senegalese investigators are looking into the possibility that a missing British Aerospace 125 executive jet collided with a Boeing 737-800 before disappearing over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Heathrow urges UK government to back expansion
Heathrow airport’s director of strategy, Andrew Macmillan, has urged the government to support the construction of a third runway at the facility, stating it can “either support Heathrow or do nothing”.