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ALC adds 10 777-300ERs to swelling widebody fleet
US lessor Air Lease Corp (ALC) today tripled its orderbook for Boeing 777-300ERs, signing a contract for 10 new widebodies valued at $3.2 billion. The...
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US Airways to add nine CRJ900s
US Airways has reached an agreement with Mesa Airlines to add nine Bombardier CRJ900s to its regional fleet this year. The aircraft will enter the...
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Sikorsky and Boeing to pitch ‘X-2’-based design for US Army JMR TD effort
Sikorsky and Boeing plan to submit a joint proposal to a develop and build a new prototype helicopter based on Sikorsky's X-2 high speed rotorcraft design ...
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American to launch services from Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami
American Airlines will launch new nonstop services from its hubs at Dallas-Fort Worth and Miami to California and Mexico from 12 June. The Fort Worth-based...
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P&WC plots new engine core for super-medium helo, ‘evolved’ King Air market
On the eve of the Heli-Expo convention, Pratt & Whitney Canada has revealed plans to launch a new turboshaft engine in the 2,000shp (1,490kW)-range aimed initially at the top end of the new super-medium helicopter segment, and with potential for a turboprop conversion to support a future Beechcraft King Air ...
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PICTURES: Spain's Atlante UAS makes first flight
Spain's Atlante tactical unmanned air vehicle completed a successful first flight on 28 February ...
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BA to codeshare with Cathay Pacific on kangaroo route
Cathay Pacific Airways and British Airways will launch a codeshare agreement on flights between the UK and Australia on 31 March. The deal covers BA's...
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Poland issues new jet trainer tender
Poland's armament inspectorate has launched a new tender to acquire eight advanced jet trainers and associated equipment ...
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PICTURE: Russian researchers reveal wind tunnel model for undisclosed Embraer transport
A picture released by a Russian aeronautical research centre shows that Embraer has completed testing of a high-aspect ratio wing for a yet-undisclosed,...
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ANA reshuffles management under new corporate structure
All Nippon Airways (ANA) president and chief executive Shinichiro Ito will take on a new role as chairman of the Japanese airline, following a restructuring...
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Illusion and ambiguous control led to Afriqiyah A330 crash
Libyan investigators have determined that poor co-ordination between the pilots of an Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200, spurred by sensory illusion, preceded...
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Diamond Aircraft confident of finding saviour for D-Jet programme
Diamond Aircraft is confident a financial saviour can be found for the D-Jet after the Canadian...
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AVALON: F-35 programme chief lambasts Lockheed, P&W
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II programme's key contractors need to take a longer view on the Joint Strike Fighter effort, the US military's programme...
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IN FOCUS: For EADS, no defence is no offence
For several years now, EADS's corporate strategy has been guided by a vision - of reducing its reliance on its dominant Airbus commercial airliners division by building up its Eurocopter, Astrium space and Cassidian defence businesses
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Japan Airlines extends 787 suspension to end-May
Japan Airlines (JAL) has further extended the suspension of its Boeing 787 operations to 31 May, three days after a similar announcement from its peer All...
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China Eastern to launch two new services in March
China Eastern Airlines plans to launch two new services in March. It will launch a twice weekly Wenzhou-Bangkok service on 7 March, and a four times...
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Boeing to present 787 interim solution to customers
Boeing will brief the 787's customers tomorrow in Seattle on the interim fix that it has proposed for the still-undiagnosed battery problems, which have grounded the worldwide fleet since 16 January.
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Super Tucano beats out AT-6 for Afghan Light Air Support tender
The US Air Force has awarded Sierra Nevada and partner Embraer a $427 million firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply...
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Inspiration Mars intends 2018 crewed Mars launch
Inspiration Mars, a new nonprofit headed by space tourist Dennis Tito, intends to launch two people into a flyby of Mars on 5 January, 2018, on what will...
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US Airways to complete wi-fi expansion by June
US Airways has outfitted 263 out of the 317 aircraft it has targeted for wi-fi installations, or about 83% of that fleet. It plans to have the entire expansion...