All news – Page 2019
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Air Seychelles to start Paris flights in July
Air Seychelles is to launch a direct route to Paris in July, having previously served the French capital in partnership with shareholder Etihad Airways via Abu Dhabi.
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Xiamen Airlines plans long-haul expansion with 787s
Xiamen Airlines will launch its first long-haul service to Amsterdam using Boeing 787-8 aircraft this July.
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Indian navy locates debris of lost Do-228
The Indian navy has located the debris of a Hindustan Aeronautics’ built Dornier Do-228 maritime surveillance and patrol aircraft (MSA), that was reported lost on 24 March.
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USAF starts researching helmet-mounted cueing for F-22
The US Air Force has moved a step closer to equipping the Lockheed Martin F-22 cockpit with a helmet-mounted cueing system.
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Airbus starts delivering training version of UH-72
Airbus Helicopters has rolled the first UH-72A Lakota off the assembly line that will be delivered straight to Fort Rucker, Alabama, as the US Army begins to replace more than 180 Bell Helicopter TH-67 Creek primary trainers.
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American and US Airways to combine operations on 8 April
American Airlines anticipates receiving a single operating certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 8 April, it says in an employee newsletter.
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China's Hainan to acquire 30 787-9s
Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines indicates that it is planning to acquire 30 Boeing 787-9 jets.
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Technology overtakes Amazon's FAA UAV authorisation
A delay in the Federal Aviation Administration granting Amazon permission to test an unmanned air vehicle has rendered the UAV “obsolete”, the online retailer says, as it continues to develop advanced models of the variant authorised by the administration.
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Germanwings A320 probe obtains audio from CVR
French investigators have been able to extract audio data from the cockpit-voice recorder retrieved from the crashed Germanwings Airbus A320.
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SR Technics names new human-resources chief
Swiss maintenance specialist SR Technics has appointed Constanze Timpe as human resources chief.
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Airbus raises stakes in move to divest Dassault
Airbus’s bid to sell off non-core holdings is set to take a significant step forward, when it offloads a second tranche of shares in Dassault Aviation, taking its stake in the maker of Rafale fighters and Falcon business jets down to about 27%.
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ANALYSIS: Air France, Malaysia Airlines losses prompt rethink on flight data
Calgary-based communications specialist Flyht did not need events like the loss of Air France flight 447 or Malaysia Airlines MH370 to persuade it that airlines’ connectivity with their aircraft could beneficially be improved. It had been producing intelligent on-board satellite communications systems since 2003, and if either or both those ...
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JetBlue to add Emirates codeshare to Cleveland flights
New York-based JetBlue Airways will place codeshare partner Emirates Airline's code on its new Cleveland-Boston flights.
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Investigators arrive at Germanwings A320 crash site
Lufthansa has sent a team of pilots and technical experts to the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed yesterday, to support the air accident investigation effort.
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Finnair invests in fleet-wide wi-fi and cargo terminal
Finnair has approved a €30 million ($33 million) investment to fit wi-fi to the airline's fleet as well as the construction of a new Helsinki freight terminal.
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PICTURES: India accepts first upgraded Mirage 2000s
India’s first pair of Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters have completed an extensive upgrade activity in France, with the conversion programme now to be transitioned to Hindustan Aeronautics in Bengaluru.
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Afghan air force receives initial MD530F armed scout helicopters
MD Helicopters has delivered the first six armed MD530F Cayuse Warrior armed scout helicopters the Afghan air force.
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INTERIORS: Technology spurs short-haul IFE growth
No matter how much airline marketing departments would like to make us believe that flying on their long-haul services is an experience equivalent to gourmet dining whilst reclining on silk pillows, we all know the truth is somewhat different.
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PICTURE: Swedish air force receives its last Gripen C
Saab has delivered its final Gripen C ordered for the Swedish air force, with the fighter having been flown from its Linköping final assembly site to Kallinge air base near Ronneby on 19 March.
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Germanwings draws on external resources to operate schedule
Germanwings is operating 40 flights with aircraft and crews from Air Berlin, Lufthansa and TUIfly today.