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NewsAustralia's first EA-18G enters production
The Royal Australian Air Force's first Boeing EA-18G Growler has commenced production at Northrop Grumman’s El Segundo plant in California.
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NewsAustralia reveals interest in F-35B
Australian defence chiefs have told a hearing by the Senate’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee that prime minister Tony Abbott’s coalition government is considering whether to acquire a number of short take-off and vertical landing Lockheed Martin F-35Bs.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: IATA's new environment chief looks to priorities
Michael Gill is hoping his 15 years of aviation law experience will stand him in good stead for the complex negotiations lying ahead as ICAO member states attempt to agree on a global market-based measure (MBM) to address emissions growth in the airline industry.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus, Safran set sights on overhaul of Europe's launchers industry
Arianespace chairman and chief executive Stéphane Israël likes to talk about change. Ironically, he has spent most of his career in the hallways of European industrial policy, including a stint as the first advisor to Louis Gallois, the former head of EADS, and in leadership roles in space unit ...
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NewsUS House approves defence spending bill, blocks A-10 retirement
The US House of Representatives voted on 19 June to block a US Air Force proposal to retire the Fairchild Republic A-10 attack fighter next year.
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FAA sets deadline for 787-9 RAT fix
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gives Boeing until 31 December to show that a redesigned component in the ram air turbine of the 787-9 meets airworthiness guidelines, the agency says in a new filing.
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Canada and Sikorsky agree new Cyclone deal
Canada and Sikorsky have finally agreed the contract amendments required to allow the acquisition and support of the serially delayed CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: EU airports losing connectivity battle
Western European hub airports’ relative decline compared with their Gulf and Eastern European rivals has been well documented over recent years, but a new study suggests that connectivity has since the 2008 financial crisis suffered a far more deep-seated, structural blow than many realised.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How can Airbus widen the appeal of the A380?
Airbus sensed it could be a long haul, but almost a decade after the world’s largest airliner took to the skies for the first time, A380 sales remain underwhelming.
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NewsAirbus targets first sales of Atlante, Tanan UAVs
Airbus Defence & Space hopes to later this year secure the first customers for its Atlante tactical unmanned air vehicle and vertical take-off and landing Tanan unmanned rotorcraft.
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NewsLast A350 test aircraft departs on maiden flight
Airbus’s fifth and final A350 test aircraft has departed Toulouse on its maiden flight, taking the programme into the final stage of certification.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Southeast Asia’s long-haul, low-cost renaissance
No one will confuse Southeast Asia’s long-haul, low-cost carriers with their staid, full service rivals. Campbell Wilson, chief executive of Singapore’s Scoot, once held a competition with a colleague aboard a Boeing 777-200ER operating the Bangkok-Singapore route. He announced that each of them would push a duty free sales cart ...
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China Eastern to begin Xian-Moscow service
China Eastern Airlines will begin a twice weekly Xian-Moscow Sheremetyevo service on 1 July.
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Delta targets first quarter opening for JFK expansion
Delta Air Lines aims to open its latest expansion at New York JFK International airport in the first quarter of 2015, as it moves to consolidate the majority of its operations in terminal 4.
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NewsBoeing lists new order for 80 737s
Boeing has added orders for 60 737 Max and 20 737NGs to its order backlog and attributed them to at least one unidentified buyer
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NewsBAE contracted to study Brimstone 2 for Typhoon
Following previous doubts over the timelines surrounding the integration of the MBDA-developed Brimstone 2 missile on the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoons, the UK Ministry of Defence has contracted BAE Systems to carry out a study into the possibility of accelerating the process.
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NewsBacklog is not a bubble: Rolls-Royce chief
Rolls-Royce chief executive John Rishton is confident that the backlog of new aircraft on order does not amount to a bubble, and that there is genuine need for the capacity.
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Flyafrica to start operations in July
Zimbabwean start-up Flyafrica will begin operations in July with a maiden flight from Victoria Falls to Johannesburg.
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ANALYSIS: Firing up of first Leap-1B strengthens Boeing-CFM bond
The latest episode in one of the longest and most successful marriages in civil aerospace got under way on 13 June at an engine test facility near Paris. CFM International fired up for the first time the Leap-1B for the Boeing 737 Max at partner Snecma’s Villaroche site. As the ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to implement Google Glass strategy
Virgin Atlantic is to permanently implement Google Glass at London Heathrow airport following a successful six-week trial.