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Mexican authorities approve Superjet
Mexican authorities have certificated the Sukhoi Superjet 100 ahead of deliveries to local carrier Interjet later this year. The Direccion General...
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PICTURE: Estonian air force R44s get night vision upgrade
Estonia's ability to perform night-time search and rescue and surveillance activities has increased, following an upgrade to two of the nation's Robinson R44 light helicopters.
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MRJ maiden flight pushed back over 12 months to late 2013
The first flight of the Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ regional jet will be delayed over one year to October-December 2013, from the previously scheduled second...
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Afriqiyah signs for three more A330s
Libya's Afriqiyah Airways is ordering another three Airbus A330s, after finalising an agreement with the European airframer. The carrier says the agreement...
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UTC: Sikorsky to make no further investments in Eclipse
A top United Technologies Corp (UTC) executive says the company has no business interest in restarting production of the Eclipse very light jet. UTC...
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LightSquared buys time with Inmarsat frequency spectrum payment
Having previously missed a payment to the mobile satellite firm Inmarsat, troubled mobile satellite company LightSquared has now made a payment of $56.25 million in relation to its use of Inmarsat's frequency spectrum.
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Aero 2012: Piper PA 28 gets Centurion 2.0s power
Centurion Aircraft Engines has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification for its 2.0s 155hp (116kW) diesel aircraft engine on the Piper PA 28 piston single.
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AERO 2012: Personal jets competition builds up steam as funding flows in
Competition is hotting up in the nascent personal jet race with both contenders - Cirrus and Diamond - hoping to cross the finishing line with their respective jets, Vision SF50 and D-JET, within three years.
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Lufthansa diversifies aircraft funding sources: AFCA 2012
Lufthansa has diversified its funding approach by securing financing from various sources for its aircraft deliveries, according to Markus Ott, head of corporate...
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Airbus and Qantas overcame technical and logistical challenges in A380 repairs
Qantas Airways and Airbus engineers faced both technical and logistical challenges in restoring its first A380 back to virtually brand-new condition after...
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PICTURE: Turkish air force receives upgraded T-38M
Turkish Aerospace Industries has delivered the first modernised Northrop T-38 jet trainer to the nation's air force in Ankara ...
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Qantas A380 repairs added less weight than expected to aircraft
Repairs to the Qantas Airways Airbus A380 that had an uncontained engine failure in November 2010 added only 94kg to the weight of the aircraft. This...
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Raytheon Australia submits Air 9000 Phase 7 tender
Raytheon Australia has submitted its tender for Australia's Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) competition, pitching the Bell 429...
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Thai Airways board approves financing proposals for A380s
The Thai Airways board has approved long-term financing proposals for the three A380 aircraft the airline will receive this year. The Star Alliance...
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Northrop contracted to build new Firescout variant
Northrop Grumman has received a new $262.3 million contract to develop and build a new MQ-8C version of the Firescout unmanned rotorcraft, the US Navy announced...
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So much debt, so little time for Hawker Beechcraft
For Hawker Beechcraft, boom-years optimism has turned into a financial nightmare
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Chunks blowing away caused hypersonic vehicle crash
Large chunks of material wearing away from the airframe caused the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) hypersonic technology vehicle (HTV-2)...
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Spirit AeroSystems resumes shipments, but no timetable to clear backlog
Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems has confirmed it has restarted shipments to Boeing after a week-long operational hiatus caused by tornado damage. The...
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Virgin's Ridgway vows to fight on over IAG's takeover of BMI
Virgin Atlantic Airways is vowing to maintain its vocal opposition to International Airlines Group's takeover of BMI despite the formal completion of the...
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RAF Sentry fleet kept on ground due to radome fault
The UK Royal Air Force's Boeing E-3D Sentry surveillance aircraft have been suspended from non-essential operations ...