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Saxonair reports record charter activity in first six months of 2013
Norwich, UK-based business aviation services provider SaxonAir's recent campaign to promote aircraft chartering to the UK business community seems to have...
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Spirit launches Phoenix expansion
Spirit Airlines continues to expand outside its Fort Lauderdale base, announcing 30 July new flights from Phoenix in Arizona. On 23 October, the Miramar,...
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Gulfstream adds G280 avionics functionality
Since Gulfstream delivered the first G280 business jet in November 2012, the Savannah, Georgia-based aircraft manufacturer has delivered more than 10 of the type to customers and seen the fleet log more than 3,100h and 1,800 cycles.
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Thales cites affordability and speed for Crowsnest bid
Thales UK maintains that its proposal for the Royal Navy's nascent Crowsnest programme to equip AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HM2 helicopters for airborne...
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Turkish Airlines firms three more A330s
Turkish Airlines is to exercise options on three Airbus A330-300s, days after deciding to convert options on a batch of Boeing 777-300ERs. The Star...
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PICTURE: Angola's SonAir resumes EC225 passenger flights
Angolan oil and gas offshore transportation provider SonAir has become the first operator to resume passenger flights with the suspended EC225 fleet.
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ESA sets sights on small spaceplane following key trial of technology demonstrator
A European Space Agency bid to develop a small, reusable spaceplane in the 2017-2018 timeframe is on track for a summer 2014 launch to test key re-entry technologies, following a successful helicopter-drop splashdown trial.
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Fastjet to start Johannesburg services in September
Fastjet will launch its first international route on 27 September. The service between Johannesburg and Dar es Salaam will be operated three times...
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CAIGA predicts Cirrus will end six-year decline in sales
Cirrus parent company China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA) expects SR20/22 deliveries to reach a three-year high by the end of 2013 amid strong first-half results.
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General Atomics test-flies upgraded Gray Eagle
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has test-flown a new model of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned air vehicle ...
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Sukhoi details extent of Superjet debt burden
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division has disclosed that the Superjet 100 programme is labouring under a debt of Rb70 billion ($2.1 billion) but insists measures...
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AirAsia X chief details fleet strategy
The Airbus A330 will remain the core workhorse of AirAsia X's fleet, even as the airline gears towards expansion that could see it order more aircraft in...
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All Nippon Airways orders three 777-300ERs
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has placed orders for three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and a single 767-300 Freighter. "The introduction of the additional...
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AgustaWestland declines to bid for US presidential helicopter
AgustaWestland will not bid for the US VXX programme to replace a fleet of VH-3 presidential helicopters ...
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United 757 retirements will outpace replacement 737 deliveries
United Airlines is taking an aggressive approach to removing ageing Boeing 757-200s from its fleet, with its domestic fleet of the type targeted to be all...
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FAA bans visual approaches by foreign airlines at San Francisco airport
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned foreign pilots from making visual approaches to San Francisco airport runways 28 left and right....
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Selex ES expands electronic warfare business
Selex ES's new electronic warfare equipment offerings have gained their first customers ...
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Israeli, US air forces kick off joint exercise
The Israeli and US air forces are carrying out a two-week joint exercise dubbed Juniper Stallion to improve interoperability ...
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Vietnam considers Heron UAS for maritime surveillance
Vietnam is evaluating Israeli equipment, including a maritime surveillance version of the IAI Heron ...
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AgustaWestland stays upbeat on Indian AW101s despite corruption probe
AgustaWestland remains hopeful that it will eventually hand over the remaining VIP-roled AW101s ordered by India, despite New Delhi having halted deliveries...