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UK CAA clears diabetic pilots and air traffic controllers
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that pilots and air traffic control officers (ATCOs) with diabetes who use medication such as insulin...
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Elbit lines up successor to chief executive Ackerman
Elbit Systems president and chief executive Joseph Ackerman will retire on 1 April 2013 after 16 years at the helm of the company which, under his stewardship,...
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Icelandair examines smaller types for future fleet
Icelandair Group is considering two options for Icelandair's future fleet, notably whether to move away from its uniform Boeing 757 operations. In...
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Italy's Wind Jet suspends all flights
Italian budget carrier Wind Jet risks a possible operating licence suspension by the country's civil aviation regulator after it suspended all of its services...
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Proposed penalties against AMR focus on maintenance procedures
The US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) proofs of claims outlining $162.4 million in proposed civil penalties against American Airlines' parent AMR...
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Learjet 85 final assembly plant remains idle as fuselage checks continue
Bombardier has set up a final assembly line for the Learjet 85 , but it remains idle while the first complete pressure...
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General Electric to test ADVENT core later this month
General Electric (GE) is set to undertake the first core test of its version of the US Air Force Research Laboratories' (AFRL) adaptive versatile engine...
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Rework developed for flawed Trent 1000 gearboxes
Engineers have developed a rework procedure which resolves the problem of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 gearboxes affected by a recent corrosion issue. The...
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GoAir selects LHT for component MRO
India's budget carrier Go Airlines has inked a 10-year component support contract with Lufthansa Technik (LHT). The agreement is effective from this...
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ANALYSIS: Aviation Partners, Boeing split opinions on 737 wing-tips
Aviation Partners has started showing airlines a split-tip winglet with blended, "scimitar"-edged feathers as a retrofit option that the joint venture estimates...
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Skywest granted licence extension for Perth-Derby route
Australia's Skywest Airlines has received an 12-month extension for its exclusive licence on the Perth-Derby route, with effect from 19 August. The...
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Flybe plots new measures after pessimistic forecast
Regional operator Flybe Group is planning more cost-saving measures after predicting a poor full-year outlook. The group has turned in a 1.6% rise...
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VIDEO: First in-flight weapon release for F-35
Lockheed Martin has hit a significant test milestone with the first in-flight weapon release from an F-35. Achieved on 8 August, the GBU-32 Joint Direct...
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Australia’s Tamworth airport reopens after revamp
Australia's Tamworth regional airport has reopened its doors after a A$4.2 million ($4.43 million) facelift. This includes a terminal extension and...
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Pacific Royale appoints Tarun Trikha as new CEO
Indonesian start-up Pacific Royale Airways has appointed Tarun Trikha as its new chief executive, effective from 1 August 2012. Trikha will still remain...
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Bombardier commercial output drops 25% in Q2
Bombardier regional jet output during the second quarter dropped to a single CRJ700, but deliveries of Q400 turboprops improved year-on-year to 14. The...
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EASA mandates Trent 900 checks after oil tube fracture
A missing spacer on an oil pipe in the low-pressure turbine (LPT) of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 has prompted European regulators to order inspections of all...
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Bell loses 525R testbed in crash
Bell Helicopter lost the testbed aircraft for the transmission system of the company's new 525R Relentless in a crash on 7 August in Avalon, Texas. The...
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Blended Wing Body flight test campaign resumes at NASA Dryden
A six-month flight test campaign has kicked off at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in California to evaluate the latest iteration of...
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Turkish Technic expects to regain EU line maintenance approval by Q4
The partial suspension of Turkish Technic's EASA Part 145 maintenance approval was due to the absence of B2 engineers at line maintenance stations. The...