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NewsEBACE: What now for Europe's troubled business aviation sector?
It has been an unsettled six years for Europe’s business aviation sector. The continent – home to the largest business jet fleet outside North America, with an installed base of nearly 2,700 aircraft - is one of the major casualties of the economic crisis.
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NewsIN FOCUS: German fallout of Airbus restructuring remains in flux
Two years after a failed merger with BAE Systems, the newly restructured Airbus Group is finally getting back to the status quo – but some of the long-term ramifications of the strategy are yet to come to light
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NewsComac sells first ARJ21 business jet
Comac has secured its first order for a business jet variant of its ARJ21 regional jet.
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NewsMH370: Inmarsat details proposal for free flight-tracking
Communications satellite specialist Inmarsat has put forward to ICAO a proposal to establish a free aircraft-tracking service for airlines.
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AUVSI: Live demonstration shows potential of small UAVs
Nine suppliers of unmanned air vehicles gathered in a remote area of the sprawling Kennedy Space Center complex on 11 May to show how certain missions currently banned by US regulators can be performed safely with existing technology.
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AUVSI: Uncertainties surround reported UAV and airliner airprox
Industry association AUVSI has cautioned against drawing conclusions from a reported near collision between a US commercial airliner and an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) before all the facts in the case are known.
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NewsEBACE: Key business aviation programmes under development
While the economic downturn has been tough for the business aircraft sector, innovation and creativity is still alive and well. Airframers are aggressively developing clean-sheet designs and refreshing existing product lines to stimulate customer interest and exploit niche market segments in readiness for the market rebound
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NewsEasyJet ‘very close’ to change in MRO tack
EasyJet will soon make a decision on the extent to which it will adopt a block-maintenance philosophy whereby aircraft are serviced in fewer but more comprehensive checks.
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Tata SIA to target Delhi-Mumbai route
Documents released by India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation show that SIA Tata Airlines will target routes from New Delhi to major cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad in the first year of operations.
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NewsILFC becomes largest customer for 787-9
ILFC confirms that is has recently converted firm orders for eight Boeing 787-8s to the larger 787-9 model, making the lessor the single largest customer of the type.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US airlines trade higher wages for more flexibility
Labour costs at US airlines are on the up swing, with American, Delta and United trading higher wages for labour support of their respective mergers.
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Dallas/Fort Worth airport opens new regional gates
Dallas/Fort Worth International airport opened a new 10-gate expansion to terminal B today.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: ADAT sale signals strategic change for Mubadala
Abu Dhabi’s investment house Mubadala has signalled a major switch in its ambitious aerospace strategy, offloading its maintenance, repair and overhaul unit ADAT to Etihad Airways while taking full control of specialist Italian airframer Piaggio Aero.
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Human powered flying club to maintain UK summer meet tradition with June-July Lasham event
The newly formed British Human Powered Flying Club is calling for entries to its 28 June-6 July rally at Lasham airfield, Hampshire. The event, which will feature competition and technical workshops, follows the Icarus Cup events in 2012 (at Lasham) and 2013 (Sywell aerodrome, Northampton), organised by the Royal Aeronautical ...
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VIDEO: Company releases helicopter-ambulance test flight video
Advanced Tactics, a small aerospace company based in El Segundo, California, has released a video of its first test flight of the Black Knight Transformer, an unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicle that morphs into an ambulance in order to evacuate wounded troops from an urban battlefield.
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Northrop partners with Yamaha to fly unmanned helicopter
Northrop Grumman has announced completing the first flight of the Rotary Bat (R-Bat) unmanned helicopter, a new version of the Yamaha Motor RMAX dedicated for military reconnaissance.
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CAA postpones North Sea helicopter capacity cuts
North Sea rotorcraft operators have been handed a three-month reprieve by the UK Civil Aviation Authority from the introduction of tough new regulations that will see helicopter passenger capacity slashed by around 20%.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: EasyJet embraces novel MRO technology
EasyJet is trialling a number of new operational and maintenance-related initiatives aimed at eradicating by 2020 aircraft departure hold-ups caused by technical issues.
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Mitsubishi remains uncommitted on 100-seat regional jet
Mitsubishi Aircraft is studying the market potential for a 100-seat stretch of the MRJ regional jet, but maintains that its focus remains on first executing the baseline MRJ90.
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NewsSikorsky wins US presidential helicopter contract
Sikorsky has been picked to build the next fleet of US presidential helicopters, with its VXX win achieved with a version of the S-92.