All news – Page 2015
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INTERIORS: A350 XWB provides bigger canvas for airlines
When Qatar Airways’ chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, took delivery of his company’s first Airbus A350-900 in Toulouse on 22 December 2014, he did so with a broad smile, happy with the latest addition to the fleet.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: L-3 spurs ADS-B hopes for GA with low-cost Lynx
Five years ago, the US Federal Aviation Administration set a very ambitious goal. By 31 December 2019, any pilot operating in controlled airspace must carry a system compliant with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) out that continuously transmits the aircraft’s identify and precise position.
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INTERIORS: Aim Altitude goes up in the world
It has been a busy 12 months for UK firm Aim Aviation since it last appeared at the Aircraft Interiors show.
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Malaysia investigates crash of AS365-N3 that killed six
Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation has launched an investigation in to the 4 April crash of an Airbus Helicopters AS365-N3 that killed all six aboard, including two high level government officials.
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Germanwings co-pilot increased speed during descent
The flight data recorder from the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps on 24 March shows that the co-pilot on several occasions increased the speed of the aircraft's descent, according to French accident investigatory agency BEA.
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RSAF Hermes 450 UAV reaches FOC
The Royal Singapore Air Force’s Elbit Systems Hermes 450 unmanned air vehicle fleet has reached full operational capability (FOC), some eight years after the system was delivered to the force.
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Suicide research preceded A320 crash: prosecutor
German authorities have disclosed evidence suggesting that the first officer of the ill-fated Germanwings Airbus A320 had researched methods of suicide as well as cockpit security days before the crash.
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UTC names new CEO for Sikorsky as spinoff review continues
United Technologies has brought a former senior executive out of retirement and name him as the new chief executive for Sikorsky Aircraft as the parent company continues reviewing a potential spinoff.
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In a spin: the US Army's Top 10 helicopter types
In the week that a senior US Army aviation official conceded that the branch’s planned modernisation and Future Vertical Lift projects cannot both be funded in the face of potential further sequestration cuts, our Top 10 looks at the scale of service’s current inventory.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Has the light sport aircraft market lived up to expectations?
Sun-n-Fun in April 2015 will mark the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the light-sport aircraft sector in the USA. Both Evektor and Flight Design obtained their S-LSA certificates on the opening day of that 2005 show. Conceived by the FAA as a way to bring ultralights under FAA ...
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ANALYSIS: Preparing for a connectivity revolution
Like the air we breathe, access to wi-fi is increasingly seen as a necessity to get us through the day. Gone are the days when airline passengers were content to be incommunicado during their time on board an aircraft.
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Opinion
OPINION: Time to stop Germanwings information anarchy
Intense media interest in an accident like the Germanwings crash in the French Alps is understandable – but the way the media and public has been fed with information directly from a grandstanding French judicial prosecutor is not.
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PICTURE: Thai Airways retires Airbus A340-600s
Thai Airways International has formally retired the Airbus A340-600 aircraft from service on 28 March.
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ANA firms order for seven A321s
All Nippon Airways has firmed up an order for seven additional Airbus A321s.
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Airbus D&S focuses on commercialisation of Zephyr HAPS
Airbus Defence & Space is preparing for full commercial operations of its Zephyr high altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS), envisioning the establishment of launchpads that could deploy an aircraft anywhere in the world within 24h.
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Air India seeks finance offers on six 787-8s
Air India has issued a tender seeking proposals for sale and leaseback or commercial loans on six Boeing 787-8s.
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PICTURES: TAM's first A350 enters final assembly
TAM's first Airbus A350 has entered the final assembly line at Airbus facilities in Toulouse.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: What will a Delta-Aeromexico joint venture offer?
A planned joint venture between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico will create a competitor on US-Mexico routes that can challenge the dominance of United Airlines and American Airlines, say Delta and Aeromexico.
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NAC places more ATR 72s
Nordic Aviation Capital has placed another pair of ATR 72s under operating lease agreements with Maldivian carrier Flyme and Brazil's Azul.
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EASA approves higher-weight A330-300
Airbus has secured European certification for the higher-weight version of its A330-300, powered by General Electric CF6 engines.