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    Southwest gains 54 slots at Washington DC airport

    2014-01-30T18:22:42Z

    Southwest Airlines will purchase 54 coveted slots won at auction at Washington National Airport, increasing the carrier’s daily departures at the downtown airport from 17 to 44 starting in the third quarter.

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    JAL to add Gogo's wireless IFE on domestic fleet

    2014-01-30T17:48:15Z

    ​Japan Airlines (JAL) will equip its domestic fleet with Gogo’s wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) platform, Gogo Vision.

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    VIDEO: Seahawks 747-8F to back team's Super Bowl bid

    2014-01-30T16:21:00Z

    ​Boeing is intending to fly a promotional 747-8F on 30 January in support of Seattle’s bid to win the American football Super Bowl title.

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    Brussels Airlines to boost fleet and network

    2014-01-30T16:07:21Z

    Brussels Airlines is to add nine summer destinations and two year-round destinations to its network, and two Airbus A319s to its fleet.

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    UK Voyager deliveries hit half-way point

    2014-01-30T15:52:28Z

    ​AirTanker’s Voyager programme has hit the mid-point in its delivery of 14 modified Airbus A330s, with its latest example having arrived in the UK on 29 January.

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    Redesigned gearbox component for EC225 to arrive by third quarter

    2014-01-30T14:25:00Z

    ​Certification of the redesigned bevel gear vertical shaft for the Airbus Helicopters EC225 is expected towards the end of March 2014 or in early April as the manufacturer looks for a swift resolution to the problems that have afflicted the type since May 2012.

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    Bangladesh signs contract for Yak-130 trainers

    2014-01-30T13:40:06Z

    ​Bangladesh has signed a deal to buy 24 Irkut-built Yak-130 combat trainers via Russian state arms export agency Rosoboronexport, with deliveries to start by late this year.

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    ​ANALYSIS: Why 2013 was good for safety but not insurers

    2014-01-30T11:56:00Z

    Last year was another good period from the point of view of airline safety but, with incurred losses equalling written premium in the year, it was not so good for insurers, writes Paul Hayes, director of air safety and insurance with Flightglobal advisory service Ascend.

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    Iraq requests Apache helicopter purchase

    2014-01-30T11:54:17Z

    ​Iraq’s continuing military transformation could be advanced further, through a potentially $4.8 billion deal for 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.

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    CRJ200 crash probe focused on go-around actions

    2014-01-30T10:51:00Z

    Investigators are still trying to understand the accident sequence which destroyed a Bombardier CRJ200 during an attempted go-around at Almaty.

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    F-35 faces familiar dogfight with competing facts

    2014-01-30T10:44:06Z

    More than 12 years after launching development, a now-familiar scenario for the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme is playing out again: a team of outside government evaluators predict a major new delay for entry into operational service, while programme insiders insist that no such thing will happen.

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    El Al names new chief executive

    2014-01-30T09:52:00Z

    Israeli flag carrier El Al has named David Maimon as its new chief executive, following the resignation of Elyezer Shkedy.

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    Russia ponders easing fleet-size rules for Q400 operators

    2014-01-30T09:42:00Z

    Russian regulators intend to facilitate entry of locally assembled Bombardier Q400 turboprops to the domestic market.

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    Pressure on JetBlue maintenance costs continues in Q4

    2014-01-29T22:40:14Z

    ​A higher-than-expected number of GE CF34 overhauls for JetBlue's Embraer 190 aircraft continued to cause higher maintenance expenses for the carrier in the fourth quarter, however cost per available seat mile (CASM) for maintenance grew at a slower rate than in the first three quarters of 2013.

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    IAI advances unmanned helicopter plans

    2014-01-29T21:24:00Z

    ​Israel Aerospace Industries is continuing its efforts to offer an unmanned version of a manned helicopter.

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    Boeing CEO responds to A330neo rumours

    2014-01-29T20:10:57Z

    ​Growing hints that Airbus could re-engine the A330 provoked a mixed reaction from Boeing’s top executive on 29 January.

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    Safran positioned for growth in onboard electrical systems

    2014-01-29T16:57:40Z

    ​No-one should be surprised that United Technologies, the parent company of Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky and Hamilton Sundstrand, redrew the aerospace industry competitive landscape when it bought Goodrich in 2012 for $18 billion. The largest M&A deal in aerospace industry history could hardly have gone down without repercussions, and naturally ...

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    Cirrus poised to fly first Vision SF50

    2014-01-29T15:54:01Z

    Cirrus Aircraft’s ambition to be the first to market with a single-engined personal jet looks set to become a reality, as it prepares its Vision SF50 prototype for first flight next month.

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    Predator B crash launches NTSB investigation

    2014-01-29T15:05:02Z

    ​The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency has grounded its fleet of nine remaining General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator Bs as a safety investigation continues over a new crash caused by a mechanical failure.

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    Date set for Swiss Gripen referendum

    2014-01-29T14:37:34Z

    ​Switzerland’s planned purchase of 22 Saab Gripen E fighters will be put to the public vote on 18 May, the nation’s Federal Council has confirmed.