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AnalysisANALYSIS: Is the passenger-carrying 767 really dead?
Although passenger-carrying 767 orders have largely dried up, Seattle is convinced there's still a potential market out there for the ageing type in a role other than special military applications
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NewsIsraeli air force details Hermes operations
The Israeli air force is operating its Elbit Systems Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicles from Palmachim air base, with the service describing the types as currently "performing intelligence and forces-directing missions around the clock".
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NewsAUVSI: Indago enters production, Lockheed targets US farmers
Lockheed Martin (booth 437) has begun selling its Indago small unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to US agricultural customers, despite the prevailing climate of regulatory uncertainty surrounding their commercial use.
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AUVSI: Safe Flight sensors promise UAV safety boost
US-based Safe Flight Instrument (booth 2346) is showcasing two technologies to boost the performance and safety of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).
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NewsAUVSI: Sagetech wins US Navy contract for IFF transponders
The US Navy is keen on modernizing some of its unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) with military-grade micro-mode transponders from electronic systems manufacturer Sagetech (booth 928).
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AUVSI: Oklahoma and industry prepare for FAA’s green light on UAVs
Despite not being home to any of the six unmanned air vehicle (UAV) test sites selected last year by the US Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma is moving forward with plans intended to make it a leader in the technology once the FAA opens US airspace to unmanned aircraft.
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NewsILS-RNP hybrid approach offers ‘best of both worlds’: Air Berlin
Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ILS and the new RNP procedure.
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NewsEBACE: What now for Europe's troubled business aviation sector?
It has been an unsettled six years for Europe’s business aviation sector. The continent – home to the largest business jet fleet outside North America, with an installed base of nearly 2,700 aircraft - is one of the major casualties of the economic crisis.
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NewsIN FOCUS: German fallout of Airbus restructuring remains in flux
Two years after a failed merger with BAE Systems, the newly restructured Airbus Group is finally getting back to the status quo – but some of the long-term ramifications of the strategy are yet to come to light
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NewsComac sells first ARJ21 business jet
Comac has secured its first order for a business jet variant of its ARJ21 regional jet.
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NewsMH370: Inmarsat details proposal for free flight-tracking
Communications satellite specialist Inmarsat has put forward to ICAO a proposal to establish a free aircraft-tracking service for airlines.
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AUVSI: Live demonstration shows potential of small UAVs
Nine suppliers of unmanned air vehicles gathered in a remote area of the sprawling Kennedy Space Center complex on 11 May to show how certain missions currently banned by US regulators can be performed safely with existing technology.
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AUVSI: Uncertainties surround reported UAV and airliner airprox
Industry association AUVSI has cautioned against drawing conclusions from a reported near collision between a US commercial airliner and an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) before all the facts in the case are known.
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NewsEBACE: Key business aviation programmes under development
While the economic downturn has been tough for the business aircraft sector, innovation and creativity is still alive and well. Airframers are aggressively developing clean-sheet designs and refreshing existing product lines to stimulate customer interest and exploit niche market segments in readiness for the market rebound
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NewsEasyJet ‘very close’ to change in MRO tack
EasyJet will soon make a decision on the extent to which it will adopt a block-maintenance philosophy whereby aircraft are serviced in fewer but more comprehensive checks.
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Tata SIA to target Delhi-Mumbai route
Documents released by India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation show that SIA Tata Airlines will target routes from New Delhi to major cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad in the first year of operations.
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NewsILFC becomes largest customer for 787-9
ILFC confirms that is has recently converted firm orders for eight Boeing 787-8s to the larger 787-9 model, making the lessor the single largest customer of the type.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US airlines trade higher wages for more flexibility
Labour costs at US airlines are on the up swing, with American, Delta and United trading higher wages for labour support of their respective mergers.
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Dallas/Fort Worth airport opens new regional gates
Dallas/Fort Worth International airport opened a new 10-gate expansion to terminal B today.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: ADAT sale signals strategic change for Mubadala
Abu Dhabi’s investment house Mubadala has signalled a major switch in its ambitious aerospace strategy, offloading its maintenance, repair and overhaul unit ADAT to Etihad Airways while taking full control of specialist Italian airframer Piaggio Aero.