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ROUTES: Mactan-Cebu airport to grow international network
Mactan-Cebu International airport is forecasting a passenger growth of between 4-4.5% over the next 10 years, as construction of a new terminal is due to commence this year.
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ROUTES: Spring keeps eye on legacy airlines’ low-cost arms
Spring Airlines says it is keeping a keen eye on China’s full-service carriers, as some attempt to enter the low-cost space as part of the government’s push to develop the sector.
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ROUTES: HK Express in talks for A321s, targets 15 aircraft fleet
Budget carrier Hong Kong Express plans to grow to a fleet of about 15 aircraft this year, and add its first Airbus A321.
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PICTURES: Two Indonesian KT-1s collide in display practice
Two Korea Aerospace Industries KT-1 basic trainers flown by Indonesia’s Jupiter Aerobatic Team have crashed while practicing for the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace exhibition in Malaysia.
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GE Aviation reveals new hybrid composites in GE9X
Carbonfibre-based composite first migrated into production-rated turbofan engines 20 years ago out of necessity. The sheer size of the GE90-94B made it impossible to design hub-mounted dove tails to be large and strong enough to contain a solid metal fan blade. GE had already experimented with carbonfibre blades on a ...
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Ten-day endurance UAV completes first flight test
Vanilla Aircraft has carried out the first flight of its long-endurance VA001 unmanned air vehicle, completing a NASA-funded research and development phase.
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Jet Aviation secures completion contract for two BBJ 777-300ERs
Boeing Business Jets has selected Jet Aviation to complete two BBJ 777-300ERs at its facility in Basel, Switzerland. Work on the widebody airliners, owned by a undisclosed Asian customer, will commence imminently and the project is expected to take over three years to complete.
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Delivery nears for first UK-built AW189 SAR variant
AgustaWestland appears to be days away from delivering the first UK-assembled AW189 configured for search and rescue operations.
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ANALYSIS: UK defence helicopter fleet remains in transition
Politicians, particularly those eyeing a rapidly approaching general election, are prone to making the sort of grandiose statements are more concerned with earning political capital rather than delivering an accurate picture of reality.
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EASA proposes proportionate risk scale for UAV operations
A proposed EASA unmanned air vehicle regulatory update has suggested that the operation of UAVs in civil airspace be proportionate to the risk each poses, so as to stimulate the market while ensuring safe integration with manned aircraft.
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Big Twin families: Who are the Top 10 Boeing 777 operators?
As Boeing lines up some short-term 777 sales incentives in a bid to keep the assembly line running at full rate through transition to production of its 777X successor in 2018, we survey today’s biggest operators of Seattle’s twin-aisle flagship.
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German air force still desires HALE UAV for SIGINT role
The German air force has touted the benefits that a high altitude, long endurance unmanned air vehicle would have over a converted business jet to fill the signal intelligence (SIGINT) capability gap that it was left with in 2010.
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Opinion
OPINION: Are commercial aviation leaders right to feel optimistic?
Not until the very last panel of the ISTAT conference did someone in the audience ask the one question that had been hovering over the event for two days.
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NATO stresses C2 role of AWACS fleet
Too much demand is being placed on NATO’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) to provide information, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data to the alliance, despite its primary roles of command and control and battle management, a leading figure on the programme has revealed.
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Opinion
OPINION: Can Solar Impulse 2 really inspire change?
In this age of intercontinental travel, the setting of aviation records may seem like a throwback to a bygone era. But there remain boundaries to push, and Solar Impulse’s bid to set new endurance standards for solar powered, no-fuel flying is impressive and important.
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Mahan starts Tehran-Munich service
Iran's Mahan Air has opened a new route between Tehran and Munich.
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ANALYSIS: Will latest upgrades save 777 from a rate cut?
Boeing has unveiled the details of performance and interior upgrades aimed at attracting 40-60 new orders this year and keeping the 777 assembly line at full rate through at least 2017.
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China United completes transformation to LCC
China United Airlines will complete its full transformation into a low-cost carrier at the end of the month.
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JAL, TAM to commence codeshare on 25 March
Japan Airlines will implement a new codeshare agreement with TAM on routes between North America, Europe and Brazil from 25 March.
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First Italian-assembled F-35 rolls off the line
The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II built outside the USA rolled off the final assembly and check out line at Cameri air base in Italy on 12 March.