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NewsLOT still making demands for 787 delay compensation
Although Boeing executives have declared the issue behind them, Poland's LOT is still pursuing compensation claims over delays caused by the four-month 787...
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NewsBombardier starts construction on new CSeries factory
While first flight of the Bombardier CSeries test aircraft remains vaguely scheduled for the "coming weeks", the airframer has announced progress in another...
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Delta likely to seek financing for up to 24 deliveries in second half
Delta Air Lines is likely to issue new debt to finance upcoming deliveries of Boeing 737-900ER and Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft during the second half. "We...
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NewsFrench budget plan applies brakes to Rafale, A400M deliveries
Deliveries of the Rafale and A400M for the French air force could be slowed significantly under a proposed new planning law ...
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NewsUS-Australian military communications satellite launched
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV launch vehcile lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying a military communications satellite. The...
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Fatigue cited after ATR freighter's near stall
UK investigators looking into the near-stall of an ATR 42-300 on approach to Glasgow believe that fatigue might have played a role. As the Air Contractors...
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NewsPICTURE: Marshall Aerospace delivers Austria's first upgraded Hercules
Austria's air force has received its first of three Lockheed Martin C-130K tactical transports to have undergone avionics modernisation in the UK, with its second example due to enter work next month.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Dassault question raises its head at EADS
Now that EADS has managed to shake off the chains of French and German state ownership and turn itself into the normal company its investors have long wanted it to become, its investors - one of them, anyway - want it to behave like a normal company.
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Flydubai to close more sale and leasebacks with SMBC Aviation Capital
Flydubai will be selling more 737-800s to SMBC Aviation Capital under sale and leaseback agreements, according to a source at the Dubai-based budget carrier.Flydubai...
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Air Canada to take 22 Boeing 787-9s
Air Canada will split its order of 37 Boeing 787 aircraft between the 787-8 and the 787-9, says Michael Rousseau, executive vice-president and chief financial...
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Norwegian considers basing long-haul division in Ireland
Norwegian is applying for a permanent Irish air operator's certificate for its new long-haul division, as the Scandinavian low-cost carrier prepares for...
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NewsUN picks Falco UAS for DRC peacekeeping mission
Selex ES is to supply a Falco unmanned air system to support UN peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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O'Leary sets out vision of streamlined European sector
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has named the five airlines he expects to be the only large players in the European market of the future. Air...
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NewsFire closes Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta airport
Operations at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International airport have been suspended after fire broke out in the international arrivals building. Kenya...
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Talks continue for Spanish Heron UAS purchase
The Spanish air force is in initial negotiations with Israel Aerospace Industries about a possible purchase of Heron 1 unmanned air systems.
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NewsPICTURES: Philippine Airlines takes delivery of first Airbus A321
Philippine Airlines (PAL) took delivery of its first Airbus A321 aircraft on 6 August. It is the first of 44 A321s ordered by the carrier, says Airbus,...
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NewsAirbus loses dispute over 747-8 advertisement
Airbus has failed to convince advertising monitors to castigate Boeing for publishing claims that its 747-8 achieves better fuel burn per seat than the A380. Two...
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NewsChina's C919 first flight pushed back to end-2015
The chairman of an advisory committee on the C919 aircraft programme has revealed that the narrowbody's first flight is now set for the end of 2015, a push...
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NewsUS Navy hopes to fly X-47B demonstrators into 2014
The US Navy hopes to continue flying its two Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrators (UCAS-D). The service had earlier said that...
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Exelis to cut off ITT name from November
ITT Exelis will drop the "ITT" nomen from its name from November. The former ITT defence division has used both names with the agreement of its former parent since that entity's breakup into three independent companies in 2011.