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PICTURES: Aer Lingus celebrates 75th anniversary
To celebrate its 75 anniversary, Irish carrier Aer Lingus has received a visit from Ireland's Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Kenny took a short flight in the...
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Opinion
Comment: A dusty trail to super-smart innovations
To look into the future and see dust sounds like a prediction for pessimists. But we're not talking ground dirt - listen carefully and there's a growing buzz around a nanotechnology idea known as "smart dust".
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Comment:AF447's new puzzles
We now know how an Air France Airbus A330 vanished two years ago, but two new questions arise - one related to icing awareness, the other to man-machine harmony and flying skills
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Business briefs
Higher deliveries of commercial aircraft and a favourable business jet mix bumped first-quarter revenue up 10% to $2.2 billion for Bombardier Aerospace.
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Jeppesen to introduce iPad app with en route moving map
Boeing's Jeppesen unit this summer will roll out the Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck, an iPad application with en route moving map functionality that will further...
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Row 44 partners with Lufthansa Technik
In-flight connectivity service provider Row 44 has partnered with maintenance and modification specialist Lufthansa Technik in a bid to provide airline customers...
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Eurocontrol extends Free Route Airspace Maastricht programme
Eurocontrol is extending its Free Route Airspace Maastricht (FRAM) service further into peak traffic periods each day, and eventually into the weekends....
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Aeroflot takes delivery of first Superjet 100
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has formally taken delivery of its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jet.
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Raytheon/Boeing submit JAGM bid with questions left unanswered
One competitor for an advanced missile contract is prepared to submit a bid as Flight International went to press, but remains unsure how the US Army will evaluate a key aspect of the proposal.
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F-35 strikes trillion-dollar mark for maintenance bills
The Pentagon intended the Lockheed Martin F-35 to be an affordable fighter, but support cost estimates have reached the 13-digit mark. Can the fat be trimmed?
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Norway to monitor offshore oil traffic by ADS-B
Norway's air navigation service provider Avinor is to employ automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast to monitor helicopter traffic serving the Ekofisk, Sleipner and Heimdal North Sea oil fields. The system should be fully operational by 2013.
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Hawker 200 test campaign in full swing
Hawker Beechcraft's fourth and final Hawker 200 twinjet certification aircraft completed its first flight on 31 May in Wichita.
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Opposition to EU ETS set to increase
Protests from non-European Union countries rallying against the planned inclusion of their airlines in Europe's emissions trading scheme from 2012 look set to increase as the date for implementation draws nearer.
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Bombardier plans to cut back Q400 production
Bombardier has opted to reduce Q400 production at the end of the year as the Canadian airframer waits for sales campaigns to materialise.
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Virgin looks for group action on biofuels
Airlines in the Virgin Group are collaborating to see if they could develop and share aviation biofuels at their common port of Los Angeles International airport.
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NSW police accept EC135 P2+
Australia's New South Wales police force has accepted a Eurocopter EC135 P2+, with the aircraft expected to be fully operational within months.
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Argentina flights disrupted by ash cloud from Chilean volcano
Flights in Argentina are being disrupted by an ash cloud caused by the eruption of a volcano in Chile.
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Bulgaria proposes four-nation fighter deal
Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borisov has launched an initiative calling for the joint purchase of fighter aircraft, with regional allies Croatia, Romania...
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Australia to buy AMRAAMs for Super Hornet fleet
Australia plans to buy up to 110 Raytheon AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles for use on its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet fighters. Outlined...
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Fuel system failure caused RAAF PC-9 crash
The failure of a fuel system component caused the 18 May crash of a Royal Australian Air Force Pilatus PC-9/A. The fleet remains grounded pending investigations...