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SINGAPORE: Rolls-Royce eyes Asia’s defence services business
Engine maker Rolls-Royce sees its defence services business as a key revenue driver in the Asia Pacific region.
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American to look beyond Envoy for an E-175 operator
American Airlines Group will begin searching for a regional carrier to operate the 60 Embraer 175s that it has on order, following the rejection of an agreement in principle to operate the aircraft by the pilot’s union at its regional subsidiary Envoy.
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Frontier adds two Cleveland routes after United de-hubbing
Frontier Airlines has become the first carrier to announce new service to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport since United Airlines announced its decision to withdraw its hub earlier this month.
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Air Arabia to add Cairo service
Air Arabia will add Cairo to its network at the end of this month with a new thrice-weekly service.
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ANALYSIS: Experts divided on merits of ASEAN-EU open skies
European and Asian ministers met this week in Singapore for talks that could eventually lead to the creation of what EU transport commissioner Siim Kallas describes as “an essential missing link” – an open-skies agreement between the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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Bombardier forecasts 280 deliveries in 2014
Bombardier expects to deliver 80 commercial aircraft and around 200 business jets during 2014, some 17% more than last year.
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Algerian C-130 crashed short of ILS intercept
Military authorities have confirmed that there was a sole survivor among the 74 passengers and four crew on board an Algerian air force C-130 that crashed on 11 February.
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Qatar to take first A380s in June, plans Farnborough extravaganza
Qatar Airways has pushed back its Airbus A380 deliveries to the middle of this year to coincide with the opening of the new Doha airport. Meanwhile the airline is aiming to steal the limelight at this year’s Farnborough air show by displaying no less than four airliners including an A380, ...
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SINGAPORE: Bombardier non-committal on Lion progress
Bombardier is still working hard to secure Lion Air as a customer, though it would not be drawn into discussions on how confident it is of an order coming through from the carrier.
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Airbus confirms Aerolineas A330 purchase
Aerolineas Argentinas has signed for four Airbus A330-200s as part of a fleet modernisation plan.
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RAF pauses Voyager operations after in-flight incident
The UK Royal Air Force has temporarily suspended operations with its new fleet of Airbus A330 Voyager tanker/transports, after one its current six examples was involved in an unexplained flight incident.
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SINGAPORE: Ameco Beijing signs MRO deal with Sabaidee Airways
Chinese MRO provider Ameco Beijing has signed an agreement with Thai start-up Sabaidee Airways.
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SINGAPORE: Record order year for CFM
Last year proved to be the highest ever order level for CFM International in the company’s 40-year history, with an intake of business worth over $31 billion at list prices.
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SINGAPORE: Air Costa orders up to 100 Embraer E2s
Indian start-up Air Costa has signed for up to 100 Embraer E2 regional jets at the Singapore air show.
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US-Bangla Airlines to launch services in April with Q400s
New Bangladeshi carrier US-Bangla Airlines is planning to launch services in April 2014 using two Bombardier Q400 turboprops.
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Europe presses on with Ariane 6 feasibility study
The European Space Agency is pressing ahead with its bid to develop a successor to its Ariane 5 heavy launcher by ordering continued feasibility studies, in preparation for a system requirements review in November 2014.
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Norwegian gains Irish AOC
Ireland has granted Norwegian Air International an air operator's certificate and operating licence.
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ANALYSIS: Challenges facing Spohr in Lufthansa's top job
Carsten Spohr’s standing as Lufthansa’s next chief executive will depend on delivery of his predecessor’s Score restructuring programme and follow-up initiatives. But perhaps the bigger challenge for the German carrier will be to accept that success on crucially important long-haul routes to Asia seems to hinge on partnership with ...
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Rolls-Royce signs $1 billion agreement for C-130J engines
Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement worth up to $1 billion to provide 600 AE2100 turboprops to power all variants of Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Super Hercules aircraft produced through 2025.
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ANALYSIS: Noise goals in sight for open-rotor researchers
Noise – and lots of it – helped kill open-rotor research 25 years ago.