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TransAsia to retrain ATR pilots after tests reveal weaknesses
Ten TransAsia Airways ATR pilots are to undergo intensive retraining on emergency procedures following an evaluation of proficiency in the wake of the fatal crash in Taipei.
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KLM starts GEnx engine maintenance
KLM's engine shop has started maintaining General Electric GEnx powerplants ahead of the planned first Boeing 787 delivery to Air France-KLM later this year.
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PICTURE: Asiana signs LOI for 25 A321neos
South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines has signed a letter of intent with Airbus to order 25 A321neos.
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Ameco wins engine PBH contract for Shanghai Airlines 767s
Ameco Beijing has signed an engine power-by-the-hour contract with Shanghai Airlines to provide MRO services for 14 Pratt & Whitney PW4000 powerplants from six Boeing 767 aircraft, of which two are spares.
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Bombardier selects GMR for Q400 servicing in India
Bombardier has selected GMR Aero Technic Limited as an Authorised Service Facility (ASF) for its Bombardier Q400 turboprops in India and the region.
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PICTURES: Korean Air to introduce new business class seats
Korean Air will introduce a new business class seat in the near future.
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Seoul forced to re-tender KFX bidding
Seoul has been forced to re-tender its bid for a developmental contract related to the country’s KFX fighter aircraft programme.
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Qantas and Jetstar boost Queensland services
Qantas will increase the frequency of its upcoming Brisbane-Tokyo Narita as part of a wider boost of Queensland flights by the carrier and its budget subsidiary Jetstar.
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FAA softens transponder rule impact on experimental aircraft
The US Federal Aviation Administration has corrected an “inadvertent” error in a rulemaking that could reduce the cost of complying with a regulatory mandate on owners for thousands of US-registered experimental aircraft.
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NASA opens P-3C market for propeller upgrade
A NASA-owned Lockheed P-3C will become the fourth aircraft type to be upgraded with an eight-bladed propeller system developed by UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), opening a potential new retrofit market.
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Spirit to add up to 35 new routes in 2015
Spirit Airlines could launch as many as 35 new routes this year, although it emphasises that most of the growth will come from connecting existing dots in its network.
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Discovery launches production of XL-2 piston single
Discovery Aviation has begun production of its new and improved XL-2 nine months after the three-year old company acquired the rights to the IFR-certificated piston single from its former owner Liberty Aerospace.
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Embraer outlines fly-by-wire test plan for KC-390
Embraer’s KC-390 jet airlifter/tanker flew for the first time in early February, but the company has not yet put its technologically ambitious fly-by-wire flight control system to the test.
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BA first with electronic logbook for 787 fleet
British Airways has received operational approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority to use Boeing's electronic logbook on its 787 fleet, making it the first Dreamliner operator to go paperless for technical and cabin logs, the airframer confirms.
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OPINION: Is ICAO on right track with 15min position updates?
After Air France flight 447 was lost in the Atlantic in 2009 the industry debated what it should do to ensure that never again would an aircraft’s oceanic position be so ill-defined that it takes two years to find the wreckage. But nothing actually happened.
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US Airways E190 lands without nose gear in Houston
A US Airways Embraer 190 made an emergency landing with its nose gear retracted at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental airport on the evening of 9 February, US Airways’ parent company American Airlines confirms.
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RAF's 17 Sqn assumes control of F-35 test and evaluation
The Royal Air Force’s 17 Squadron has assumed control of the test and evaluation of its first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, marking the start of independent operational testing by the UK of its future Joint Strike Fighter.
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Russia clears Tecnam P2006T piston twin for passenger transportation
Training provider ChelAvia has become the first the company in Russia to secure approval to operate the Tecnam P2006T for commercially.
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RwandAir to add Lusaka stop to Kigali-Johannesburg route
RwandAir will add a stop at Lusaka to its Kigali-Johannesburg service from 27 March.
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Opinion
OPINION: How wi-fi policy could threaten airline brands
In November 2014, Jeremy Gutsche, a well known Canadian entrepreneur, was on a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 flight from London to Singapore. A busy executive, he was happy that there was wi-fi available on his flight.