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Aer Lingus to close Shannon maintenance base
Aer Lingus plans to close its maintenance hangar at Shannon airport. The Irish carrier is "at an advanced stage" in transferring the lease for the...
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Vueling appoints new COO and network planning director
Vueling has made two senior management appointments, naming Fernando Val as chief operating officer and Julio Rodriguez as director of network planning,...
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Virgin Atlantic to withdraw Nairobi link in September
Virgin Atlantic will withdraw operations between London and Nairobi on 23 September. The airline's chief commercial officer, Julie Southern, cites...
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ImperialJet signs with Bombardier for training
Beirut-based ImperialJet has signed a three-year agreement with Bombardier to train the fractional ownership and charter company's pilots and engineers/mechanics assigned to the Learjet 60, Learjet 60XR, Challenger 604 and Challenger 605.
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Finland to get first Orbiter 2 UAS this year
The Finnish army will receive its first Aeronautics Orbiter 2 unmanned air system before the end of this year ...
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Saudi Arabian Typhoons to get capability boost
Saudi Arabia's remaining batch of 48 Eurofighter Typhoons will be delivered over the next five years, in a 'future-proofed' configuration ...
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First A380s with line-fit wing-fix to be delivered in 2014
Airbus is expecting one-off charges to implement a retrofit solution to the A380 wing-rib cracking problem to reach €260 million ($330 million) over 2012.
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IN FOCUS: How Hammond's balancing act brought stability to UK defence
The UK's defence spending plans have been set for the next 10 years, with no further cuts anticipated ...
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VSI gets new helmet order from Boeing
Elbit Systems/Rockwell Collins joint venture Vision Systems International has received a new contract worth more than $32 million ...
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Airbus defines permanent fix for A380 rib support crack issue
Airbus has defined a permanent fix for cracks in rib support brackets on A380 aircraft, but still expects the programme to break even by the beginning of 2015.
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Airbus commercial Q1 2012 revenue up 12% on higher deliveries
Airbus saw revenues from its commercial airliners unit rise by 12% year on year to €7.5 billion ($9.5 billion) for the first quarter of 2012, mainly driven...
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EU says just 10 Chinese, Indian airlines boycotted ETS
Just eight Chinese airlines and two Indian carriers failed to submit carbon emissions data before a 31 March deadline stipulated in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard has said.
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Thai Airways to receive first A380 in September
Thai Airways is likely to receive its first Airbus A380 on 28 September. The aircraft will be initially be deployed on its Bangkok-Hong Kong and Bangkok-Singapore...
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Crashed Superjet 100 cockpit voice recorder found
The cockpit voice recorder of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia on 9 May has been recovered.
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Outlook bleak for India’s Kaveri jet engine
India has no fixed plans to fully develop the indigenous Kaveri fighter engine for the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Tejas aircraft.
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Thai Smile to start services on 7 July
Thai Smile, the new regional subsidiary of Thai Airways, will begin operations on 7 July with twice daily Bangkok-Macau services. From 16 August, it...
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US Defence Secretary orders additional F-22 safety measures
US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has directed the US Air Force to take additional steps to ensure the safety of pilots flying the Lockheed Martin F-22...
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USAF orders two rockets for 2014 launch
The US Air Force (USAF) has ordered two more evolved expendable launch vehicles (EELV) from United Launch Alliance to launch GPS and military communications...
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LOT selects Monarch as 787 MRO provider
Polish flag carrier LOT has selected UK-based Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) to provide airframe maintenance for its order of eight Boeing 787 aircraft....