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Second A350 to up ante in Qatar's battle with Lufthansa
Qatar Airways is today taking delivery of its second Airbus A350, which – like the first – will be used to operate Doha-Frankfurt flights.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: GE's growth at Peebles shows scale of ambitions
Drive west from Cincinnati along Ohio state highway 32 towards Virginia and the roads get progressively emptier. Small towns hunker down in the frigid Midwestern winter landscape, dots of colour in a sea of rolling brown hills. The further west you get, the deeper into Amish country you are - ...
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Opinion
OPINION: UK SAR transition leaves no room for error
Privatising public services is not a new concept, but selling off a nation’s coastal and inland helicopter search and rescue operation is a bold move.
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First UK-registered Challenger 350 enters service with Naljets
Business aviation charter and management company Naljets has taken delivery of the first UK-registered Bombardier Challenger 350. The aircraft joins a second super-midsize type – a Gulfstream G200 – and a large cabin Challenger 605 in service with the Newcastle, northern England-headquartered operator.
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Unmanned aircraft push EASA to modernise regulatory model
The introduction of unmanned air vehicles into EASA’s area of control has caused the safety authority to adopt a more open-minded attitude to aircraft regulations.
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SENER joins Predator B team for Spanish campaign
Spain’s defence ministry is being offered the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator B unmanned air system, under a new teaming agreement between the US company and SENER.
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Avolon sees Airbus ‘keen’ on order for longer-range A321neo
Avolon believes Airbus is "keen" on the Irish lessor ordering the longer-range A321neo model.
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European regulators target harmonised UAV guidelines
Representatives from the European Commission and ICAO have expressed a desire for global unmanned air vehicle regulations to be more aligned, so that integration of the technology can be more consistent.
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RUAG demonstrates Dornier 228NG in Oman
RUAG has promoted its Dornier 228NG utility aircraft to several potential users in Oman, including conducting a series of demonstration flights over a three-day period.
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Royal Jet awards BBJ engine MRO contract to SR Technics
VVIP charter operator, Royal Jet, has awarded Switzerland's SR Technics a five-year contract to maintain, repair and overhaul the CFM International CFM56-7B engines on its six Boeing Business Jets - the largest BBJ fleet.in the world. Work on the first narrowbody began late last month at SR Technics facility ...
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Honda Aircraft installs first HondaJet simulator as certification nears
Honda Aircraft is installing the first HondaJet simulator at its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina ahead of the light business jet’s entry into service in the first half of this year.
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Daher drops Socata brand from the TBM line
French industrial conglomerate and aerostructures company Daher, has dropped the Socata branding from its TBM line ending a 26-year association between two well-known names in the business and general aviation industry.
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Turkish A330 suffers nose gear collapse in Kathmandu
A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 aircraft has skidded off the runway at Kathmandu Tribhuvan International airport, causing its nose gear to collapse.
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Air Methods launches Bell 407GXP with blockbuster order
Bell Helicopter launched a slightly heavier weight variant of the 407GX with an blockbuster order for 200 aircraft from Air Methods, a helicopter emergency services company.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Brickbats to bouquets for Qantas and Virgin Australia
The brickbats of a year ago turned to bouquets in February as Qantas and Virgin Australia both revealed a return to profit for the six months to 31 December.
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Bristow endorses AW609 for commercial ops
Helicopter services provider Bristow has agreed to work with AgustaWestland to optimise the AW609 for commercial operations, as it endorses the capabilities of the first civil tiltrotor aircraft to enter certification testing.
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Robinson Helicopter sees R66 bounce-back in 2015
After a steep drop in production in 2014, Robinson Helicopter expects sales and deliveries to rebound this year and remain at least steady for the long-term.
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MD Helicopters to redesign MD902 Explorer
MD Helicopters has announced plans to redesign the MD902 Explorer light-twin utility helicopter with new parts developed in-house as part of a campaign to boost sales by making the aircraft more affordable.
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Sikorsky explores coaxial applications beyond Raider
Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider has not yet flown, but the company is considering extending the aircraft’s coaxial rotor design to other platforms.
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Airbus Helicopters drops EC from designations
Aside from the processes and procedures being brought into Airbus Helicopters from its sister company in Toulouse, there are two other changes that reflect the shared parentage.