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Australia’s Tiger attack helicopters grounded again for cockpit fumes
Australia has grounded its Eurocopter Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters for the second time in two months after fumes were again detected in the aircraft's...
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KC-390 partnership may signal coalescing of earlier agreement
Boeing has agreed to partner with Embraer on its KC-390 tanker-transport programme; the move may be a sign that a broader agreement signed earlier in April...
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Boeing awarded $1.84 billion contract to develop Saudi F-15 upgrade kit
Boeing has been awarded a $1.84 billion foreign military sales contract to develop kits to upgrade 68 older Saudi Arabian F-15s into the new F-15SA configuration....
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NTSB wants ATR 42 stick pusher adjustment, broad analysis
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is asking US and European aviation regulators to modify the stick pusher activation angle of attack (AOA)...
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Boeing appoints Conner new commercial aircraft chief
Boeing has appointed a new chief executive for commercial aircraft as it maps the future of its next-generation 777 widebody family and takes on Airbus in...
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Orbital Sciences' Antares now eligible for NASA payloads
Orbital Sciences' Antares space launch vehicle is now eligible to carry NASA payloads under the current NASA launch services (NLS II) contract. US...
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Boeing X-48C blended-wing body to fly next month
Boeing and NASA hope to fly a new version of the X-48 blended-wing body subscale test aircraft next month, a senior company official says. "We're...
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AMR posts $132m net loss in May
American Airlines parent AMR posted an operating income of $55 million in May, but recorded a net loss of $132 million during the month due to bankruptcy...
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Rocketdyne finishes Boeing CST-100 thruster testing
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has finished testing its orbital maneuvering and attitude control (OMAC) thrusters for Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft. The...
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Virgin Galactic to launch smallsats from WhiteKnightTwo
Virgin Galactic has announced reinvigorated plans to launch small satellites into orbit using its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, a unique Scaled Composites-built...
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Alaska Airlines adds three 737s to order backlog
Alaska Airlines has placed new orders for three Boeing 737-900ERs. Boeing revealed the order on its orders and deliveries web site on 26 June. The...
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Air Finland ceases operations
Nordic carrier Air Finland has ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy. The Helsinki-based airline says all flights have been "withdrawn" as of...
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MBDA completes Meteor test campaign, launches production
MBDA has completed live firing test activities with its Meteor air-to-air missile, and will start deliveries to the UK in late 2012 ...
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ANALYSIS: Airbus sticks by demanding A350 XWB targets
Airbus has its work cut out to meet rigorous A350 XWB deadlines it has set itself, but the airframer remains insistent that doing so is feasible
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Boeing, Embraer sign MoU for KC-390 cooperation
Boeing and Embraer have agreed to collaborate on marketing and developing technologies for the latter's KC-390 transport/tanker ...
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ExecuJet and Angkasa Pura sign MoU to expand business aviation offering in Indonesia
ExecuJet has secured a foothold in the expanding Indonesian business aviation market following the signing...
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Ryanair dismisses AEA claim it relies on state support
Ryanair has denied a claim by the Association of European Airlines (AEA) that it would have lost €305 million ($380 million) in the last financial year without...
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IN FOCUS: Airlines face pilot-availability shortfall
A projected rise in air travel demand is intensifying concern about availability in sufficient numbers of pilots adequately prepared for the modern operating environment.
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FL Technics gains approval to train 757 engineers
Lithuanian MRO provider FL Technics has been approved to qualify maintenance technicians for Pratt & Whitney PW2000-equipped Boeing 757-200s. The...
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SAA launches services to Abidjan and Brazzaville
South African Airways (SAA) will extend its Johannesburg-Accra flights to Abidjan in the Ivory Coast on 17 August, operating the service twice weekly. It...