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IN FOCUS: Can aircraft simulation training providers cope with projected spike in demand?
Training providers are boosting their scale and systems to serve the many with immersion in real-life scenarios
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IN FOCUS: Farnborough air show promises to be another success, despite its detractors
To its knockers, the Farnborough air show has become an anachronism. The event, they say, remains anchored in an era when British brands ruled the skies...
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Indonesian F27 crash investigation to take three months
The Indonesian air force investigation into the 22 June crash of a Fokker F27 transport aircraft will take three months. In the interim, however, the...
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PICTURE: Malaysia Airlines unveils Airbus A380 livery
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has unveiled the livery of its first Airbus A380, which will be used on the Kuala Lumpur-London Heathrow route from 1 July. The...
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Danish F-16s to get Litening G4 targeting pods
Denmark is to acquire an undisclosed number of Northrop Grumman Litening G4 advanced targeting pods for use by its Lockheed Martin F-16s, with deliveries...
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PICTURES: Wind tunnel tests for F-15 Silent Eagle CWB completed
Boeing has completed wind tunnel tests for the conformal weapons bay (CWB) of the F-15 Silent Eagle it is pitching in South Korea's F-X III requirement for...
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Japan Airlines to launch in-flight wi-fi on international routes
Japan Airlines (JAL) will introduce in-flight wi-fi services on international routes this summer. The service, called JAL sky wi-fi, will use the broadband...
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Third X-51 hypersonic test vehicle to fly soon
A third Boeing X-51 hypersonic test vehicle will fly shortly, a senior company official says.
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SpaceX fires new Merlin 1D for full duration
SpaceX has conducted the first full duration test fire of a more efficient and more powerful engine to power future Falcon-9 and Falcon-9 Heavy flights....
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RCAF confirms search for new jet trainer
The Royal Canadian Air Force confirms that it has started to look for a new jet trainer to replace its current fleet of BAE Systems CT-155 Hawk aircraft....
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Gulf Technics brings all MRO in-house
Bahraini national carrier Gulf Air is moving all base maintenance for its fleet in-house, saying that the switch will reduce costs, increase aircraft availability...
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Russia poised to approve rotary traffic over Moscow
Russia's transport ministry is close to approving helicopter flights within the boundaries of the city of Moscow, in a landmark change to the flight regulations...
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Air Berlin crew's fatigued distress call faces safety probe
A serious incident in May in which the flight crew of an Airbus A330 operated by Air Berlin made a distress call to request an expedited landing in Munich...
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SLS Pad may be made reconfigurable for other launch vehicles
As NASA plots the future of the Space Launch System (SLS) programme and fends off accusations that it is starving the funding of the commercial crew development...
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Volaris to begin Culiacan-Los Angeles flights in August
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris will launch weekly flights between Culiacan in northwestern Mexico and Los Angeles from 4 August. The airline filed...
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IN FOCUS: Piaggio pushes into special mission with P180
Alberto Galassi quickly sketches two graphs on the whiteboard in his Rome office. The first - a sharp downward curve stubbornly anchored at the bottom - represents the business aviation market's sharp fall from grace during the past three years and current stagnation.
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Embraer and China reach agreement on Legacy 650 line in Harbin
Embraer has reached an agreement with China after almost two years of negotiations to manufacture the Legacy 650 business jet in the country.
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European Space Agency's ATV supply ship may be basis for Orion service module
The European Space Agency's ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) robotic resupply ship may live on beyond its last planned mission to the International Space...
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ESA re-entry test needs new budget after Russian pull-out
One element in a European Space Agency push to develop vehicles capable of re-entry has been pushed back until at least 2013 as the agency seeks a launch...
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Turkish Airlines, Luxair sign codeshare agreement
Turkish Airlines has entered into a codeshare agreement with Luxembourg flag carrier Luxair, effective 22 June. Under the agreement, the Turkish carrier...