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NewsBoeing eyes 'common cabin experience' across platforms
Boeing is keen to offer a common cabin experience across its portfolio of aircraft - including the 777 - as the design language on its 787 twinjet proves...
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Airbus lifts backlog to record level
Airbus's latest orders have taken the airframer to a record backlog approaching 4,000 aircraft, amounting to more than seven years' production.
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McCall hints at change in focus for EasyJet
EasyJet chief executive Carolyn McCall has revealed the carrier's ambition to become "Europe's preferred short-haul airline" during the next 10 years. Her...
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NewsGulf Air appears to cancel eight 787s
Gulf Air appears to be the customer which cancelled an order for eight Boeing 787 aircraft last month. The airline ordered 16 of the twinjets in January...
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Cirrus SR20 wins US Air Force academy award
Cirrus Aircraft will deliver 25 SR20 trainers to the US Air Force academy under a $6.1 million contract ...
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Japan grounds F-15J fleet after crash
A 5 July crash has prompted the Japan Air Self-Defence Force to temporarily ground its F-15J fighters ...
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Chile’s Sky awards V2500 maintenance contract to MTU
MTU Maintenance Hannover (MTU) has signed an agreement with Sky Airline to provide maintenance services on the International Aero Engines V2500s that power...
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NewsUSAF requests information on F-16 AESA upgrade
The US Air Force has taken its first step towards upgrading hundreds of Lockheed Martin F-16s with active electronically scanned array radars ...
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Antonov details plans for An-178 airlifter
Antonov has confirmed plans to launch flight tests with its An-178 airlifter in 2013 ...
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NewsAirlines warned of potential threat from implanted bombs
US security officials have issued a warning to airlines of enhanced security procedures amid widespread reports suggesting that aircraft could be targeted...
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NewsDAE cancels Airbus backlog but Paris buoys order book
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise's leasing arm appears to have cancelled its remaining Airbus orders, the airframer having wiped all 45 aircraft - and the customer...
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Japanese budget carrier Peach receives AOC
Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation has received its Air Operators' Certificate (AOC) from the country's Civil Aviation Bureau. Peach, a joint...
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NewsTiger Airways Australia
Grounded Tiger Airways Australia is "optimistic" that it will resume services, following an application by Australian regulators to extend a suspension on...
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Wings arrive for first Charleson-built 787
Boeing's North Charleston, South Carolina 787 final assembly line has received its first set of wings for the first Boeing commercial aircraft assembled...
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BAE Systems wins RAAF Hawk contract extension
Australia has awarded BAE Systems a two-year contract extension to support its Hawk 127 advanced jet trainers ...
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NewsUS House Appropriations cuts NASA budget
The House Appropriations Committee, which dictates how the government spends money, has released a draft of the commerce, justice and science appropriations...
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Austria nears acceptance of first upgraded Typhoon
Austria is set to reintroduce its first of 15 Eurofighter Typhoons to have passed through an upgrade programme ...
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NewsMexican air force to get four C-27J transports
Mexico has signed a roughly $200 million deal with Alenia Aeronautica for four C-27J Spartan transports ...
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UK CAA to investigate Heathrow charge structure
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched a formal investigation into the charging regime at London Heathrow Airport, following a complaint in January...
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Embattled Tiger Airways Australia's chief to step down
Tiger Airways Australia's chief executive, Crawford Rix, is to leave the carrier at the end of this month, in the wake of the safety crisis which grounded...