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NewsEBACE: Cessna predicts bright future in Europe
Cessna is predicting a bright future for its business in Europe, despite the prevailing economic uncertainty on the continent. Speaking this morning,...
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Catastrophe hits Sukhoi's Asian tour
Superjet 100 impacted high terrain in Indonesia 20min into demonstration flight killing 45 crew and passengers on board
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EBACE: Hawker Beechcraft stresses business as usual
Despite its financial woes Hawker Beechcraft was eager this morning to stress "it's business and usual" and to demonstrate a dogged optimism for the long-term...
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NewsIN FOCUS: US Navy Next Generation Jammer proceeds, but F-35 integration deferred indefinitely
The US Navy is moving full-steam ahead on its Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) pod development effort, but integration onto the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike...
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NewsSpaceShipTwo to resume flight tests as early as June
Virgin Galactic expects to resume flight tests of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle as early as June from manufacturer Scaled Composites' facility in Mojave,...
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EasyJet still sees scope for lifestyle deals with pilots
EasyJet is still hopeful it may be able to strike lifestyle-benefit labour deals with some of its pilots in mainland Europe despite failing to agree such...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Two wing-drop incidents preceded G650 crash – NTSB
Factual documents recently made public by the US National Transportation Safety Board reveal that Gulfstream Aerospace did not fully investigate two wing-drop incidents that preceded the 2 April 2011 fatal crash of a G650 in Roswell, New Mexico.
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Thomas Cooks inks SLBs on 17 757-300 and 767-300ER aircraft
Thomas Cook Group has agreed to the sale and leaseback of 17 Boeing 757-300 and 767-300ER aircraft with operating lessors Guggenheim Aviation Partners and...
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Air Cargo Germany to grow fleet with three 747s
Air Cargo Germany plans to add three Boeing 747-400 Freighters to its fleet by the end of the year. The expansion comes after Russia's Volga-Dnepr...
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Superjet 100 flew in low-traffic Indonesian airspace: DGCA
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft that crashed in Indonesia on 9 May 2012 was in the air space above Bogor as it is an area that does not normally have much...
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NewsIberia performance, fuel costs hit IAG profitability
Sharply rising fuel prices and poor performance from Iberia, including the €25 million ($40.3 million) effect of a pilots' strike, combined to drag International...
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NewsPilatus PC-7 MK II clinches India basic trainer contract: reports
Media reports from India indicate that the Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the purchase of 75 Pilatus PC-7 MK II basic trainers, a major step...
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Eva Air invests $100m to upgrade business class seats
Taiwanese carrier Eva Air is investing $100 million to upgrade the business class cabins on its fleet of Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The newly fitted...
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NewsWelsh to become new USAF chief
General Mark Welsh has been nominated to become the next chief of staff of the US Air Force. US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced Welsh's...
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NewsSpaceX and Bigelow to jointly market private space station flights
SpaceX will team up with Bigelow Aerospace to jointly market rides to Bigelow's orbiting private modules, using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule. Bigelow,...
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NewsEnergomash developing ammonia-fueled engine
Russian rocket-builder Energomash is developing a liquid rocket engine fueled by a mixture of acetylene and ammonia, called atsetam, which the company says...
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Bombardier 1Q revenues plunge almost 26%
Bombardier profits dropped to $190 million in the first quarter on a nearly 26% reduction of revenues year over year to $3.5 billion. Pierre Beaudoin,...
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NewsHow many corporates are avoiding the Olympics?
Although the UK has provided its official estimate that 3,000 additional business aviation movements will use its airspace in July and August because of the Olympic Games, some sectors of the general aviation community suspect that an unknown number of business aviation users will be deterred from visiting at that ...
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NewsAirbus Military studies gunship versions of medium transports
Airbus Military is studying possible new variants of its CN-235 and C-295 medium transports adapted for tasks including combat support and battlefield surveillance,...
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Xsight targets military customers for FOD systems sales
Xsight, the Israeli manufacturer of foreign objects detection (FOD) systems, sees air force customers as a big potential market in the coming years.