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Australian start-up Strategic to lease Airbus aircraft
Australian company Strategic Aviation is establishing Strategic Airlines, a Brisbane-based start-up that plans to launch later in the year with Airbus A320s...
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Bombardier updates Learjet 60 flight management system
Bombardier is offering a wide area augmentation system (WAAS)-capable flight management...
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Panasonic lines up five customers to launch eXconnect Ku-band in autumn
Panasonic plans to launch its eXconnect Ku-band satellite passenger connectivity service later this year and says it has an initial customer base of five...
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Alis-controlled Cargoitalia completes Alitalia freight acquisition
Italy's Cargoitalia, controlled by Alis Aerolinee Italiane, has completed a buy-out of Alitalia's cargo operation. Alis Aerolinee - which is two-thirds...
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Europe targets 500,000t annual cut in carbon dioxide through continuous descent approaches
Aviation groups have ambitious plans to introduce continuous descent approaches (CDA) across Europe. The plans are part of an effort to reduce commercial...
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UK CAA plans further action on poor business jet safety record
UK regulators are poised to act on research findings that highlight the markedly worse fatal accident rate of business jet operators compared with commercial...
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UK MoD outlines detail of 15-year UAV strategy
The UK Ministry of Defence is close to completing an "achievable, affordable and realistic" unmanned aircraft system strategy out to 2023 ...
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Singapore's Temasek exits Jetstar Asia
Qantas Airways' low-cost carrier in Singapore, Jetstar Asia, is undergoing an ownership change with the Singapore Government's investment arm Temasek Holdings...
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FAA mandates GE CF34 changes stemming from Pinnacle crash
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has concluded that "excessive" friction between the static and rotating portions of a certain seal inside the...
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House aviation leaders call for icing hearing
Two senior aviation subcommittee members in the US House of Representatives are calling for a congressional hearing to explore aircraft icing hazards and...
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ASA expects to complete engine inspections tomorrow
Delta Connection operator Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) expects to complete re-inspections of GE CF34 engines on 60 Bombardier CRJ200s by mid-day 2 April...
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CitationShares offers alternative for besieged corporations
Cessna Aircraft's fractional subsidiary, CitationShares, is offering corporate America unfettered access to the company's fleet of 80 Citation jets under...
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Pilots resign after Emirates A340-500 accident
The pilots flying the Emirates Airbus A340-500 that suffered a severe tailstrike at Melbourne on 20 March have left the airline. A spokesman for the...
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Next-generation missile contract attracts three bidders
At least three industry bidders have confirmed plans to compete for small technology contracts. The work could eventually generate the next major US missile...
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CSeries reach 100 orders with LCI commitment
Operating lessor LCI has joined Lufthansa as a customer for Bombardier's CSeries small airliner and is the first to sign up for the larger CS300 model. The...
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Embraer expects drop in ERJ-145 backlog
Embraer's ERJ-145 backlog could be reduced by as much as 29 aircraft when discussions between its Chinese joint venture Harbin Embraer and customer Hainan...
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Emirates' DAE deal allows it to halve freighter plan
The airline looks set to fly just four 777Fs, rather than the eight originally envisaged cargomax kingsley-jones london Emirates' DAE deal allows...
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VIDEO & PICTURES: A350 XWB cutaway model shows options for interior design
VIDEO & PICTURES: A350 XWB cutaway model shows options for interior design
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GE/Rolls-Royce team plans to resume F136 testing in May
The General Electric/Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team plans to resume testing the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternative propulsion system...