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Gulf Air to revamp A330 interiors
Gulf Air is to overhaul its Airbus A330 interiors with a $20 million refit including fully-flat business class seats, six years after their last update as it bids to match service levels of its rivals.
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NewsNTSB adds helicopters, GA weather to 'most wanted' list
Long-term accident rates have caused the entire commercial helicopter industry to lead a “most wanted” list for urgent safety improvements this year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on 16 January.
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NewsBoeing assembles final KC-46A test aircraft
Boeing is now assembling the last of four KC-46A test aircraft that the company is producing for the US Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling tanker programme, the Chicago-based company announces.
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Air China to enter Washington-Beijing market
Air China will launch non-stop service between Beijing and Washington DC from 10 June, ending United Airlines' monopoly on the route.
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NewsBombardier moves CSeries test aircraft to Wichita
Hours after announcing a new schedule delay, Bombardier on 16 January completed the first cross-country flight by the CSeries flight test aircraft.
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NewsRAF ready for Reaper fleet boost, confirms expeditionary plan
The UK has yet to formally accept delivery of its extra batch of five General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Reaper air vehicles, which will double the Royal Air Force’s fleet of the type for operations inside Afghanistan.
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NewsBritish Army confident on Watchkeeper service entry
British Army pilots will soon begin flying the service’s delayed Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicles over Wiltshire, once a pending release to service approval has been made, a service official says.
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NewsRoyal Navy ready to launch ScanEagle operations
The UK Royal Navy is poised to conduct its first operational flights with the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air system, as the service continues to evaluate its long-term requirements for such equipment.
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Kyrgyzstan carrier Air Manas begins domestic flights
Kyrgystan start-up Air Manas has opened domestic scheduled services and identified its future Russian destinations.
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NewsBombardier delays CSeries service entry
Bombardier has delayed the entry into service of the 110-seat CS100 to the second half of 2015, with the 135-seat CS300 following six months later.
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Ryanair rolls out more Manchester routes
European budget carrier Ryanair is adding new routes from Manchester to Barcelona, Bologna in Italy and Fuerteventura & Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
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NewsSaudiGulf to take up to 26 CSeries
Start-up SaudiGulf Airlines has ordered 16 Bombardier CSeries CS300 airliners, with another 10 options, during the Bahrain air show.
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Airbus extends A320 paint contract with Sabena Technics
Sabena Technics is building two hangars in Toulouse after Airbus expanded its A320 exterior painting contract with the French maintenance provider.
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NewsAirbus moves closer to Philippine C295 contract
The Airbus C295 has emerged as the final bidder for a contract to supply three transport aircraft to the Philippines.
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China confirms test of “hypersonic missile delivery vehicle”
China has confirmed the successful test flight of a “hypersonic missile delivery vehicle,” but stresses that the system is not designed specifically to penetrate US missile defences.
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NewsSIA and Air New Zealand announce major alliance
Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand have entered an agreement that will see capacity between their two countries grow by 30% and see extensive codesharing between the pair.
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NewsUS spending bill would trim US military procurement in fiscal year 2014
The $1.1 trillion proposed spending bill released by the US Congress earlier this week would provide the US Department of Defense with $487 billion in spending in fiscal year 2014, roughly the same amount as was allocated in fiscal year 2013.
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NewsUS senators consider UAV-related privacy concerns
Federal lawmakers and civil liberty advocates called for greater oversight of data collection by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a Senate committee hearing in Washington, DC, on 15 January.
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NewsNTSB joins latest 787 lithium ion battery probe
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has formally joined a Japanese investigation of a lithium ion battery malfunction aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) 787 in Tokyo on 14 January.
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United begins integrated pilot training across fleet
United Airlines has begun training its pilots to transition between aircraft flown by its Continental subsidiary and United subsidiary, the latest step in its slow integration of the two carriers.