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NewsIN FOCUS: A flight test of Antonov's An-158 regional jet
Antonov moved on from its Soviet origins and embraced 21st-century aircraft design with the highly modern An-148 regional jet - a stretched version of which, the An-158, was certified earlier this year. In this exclusive flight-test report, we put the longer variant through its paces
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NewsHuman power sheds light on winglets
Experience with low-powered aircraft aerodynamics gained during the 1970s and 1980s - by engineering teams in the USA, Europe and Japan bidding to win Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) prizes for human-powered aircraft (HPA) - is widely credited with paving the way for high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned systems.
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NewsFirst Thai Airways A380 enters final assembly line
Thai Airways' first Airbus A380 aircraft has entered the final assembly line in Toulouse, France.
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Royal New Zealand Air Force opens A109 simulator centre
New Zealand has commissioned a flight simulator centre to train pilots for the AgustaWestland A109 light utility helicopter.
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Diamond Aircraft’s DA42-NG to debut in Australia
Hakwer Pacific has announced that Diamond Aircraft's DA42-NG will be making its first visit to Australia.
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NewsHebei Aviation Investment inks deal for 10 ARJ21s
Hebei Aviation Investment Group has inked an agreement with the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (Comac) to purchase 10 Comac ARJ21 regional jets. The...
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Lufthansa tightens belt despite cost saving success
Lufthansa is cutting back investment due to the uncertain economic environment, despite the fact its "Climb 2011" cost reduction programme has created more...
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Fokker wins component MRO business in Peru
Peruvian regional airline LC Busre has contracted Fokker services to provide component support for its Bombardier Dash 8 turboprops.
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NewsHeathrow asks carriers to halve capacity to mitigate strike effects
Heathrow Airport has asked all carriers to halve capacity on flights due to arrive on 30 November in the face of potentially crippling strike action by UK...
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C919 project at "crucial point" in detailed design - Comac
The joint definition phase of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) C919 narrowbody has been completed.
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UK Harrier fleet sold as £115 million worth of spare parts
The UK has sold 72 BAE Systems Harrier GR9 aircraft to the US Marine Corps for £115 million ($180 million) to use as a source of spare parts to support the...
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IN FOCUS: Changing role for airports
The competitive landscape for airports has evolved. The same drivers of competitive change within the airline industry - the emergence of low-cost and the...
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IN FOCUS: Technology key in airports development
Meeting future demand, be it increasing numbers of passengers and their ever-smarter mobile devices or airline business partners seeking to improve efficiency,...
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NewsIN FOCUS: New competitors step up in EELV market
New commercial ventures have sprung up to offer the USA evolved expendable launch vehicles in competition with Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance
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NewsLockheed Martin UK offers Vigilance AEW system to Malaysia
Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems is to formally launch a new AEW product in Malaysia with partner Northrop Grumman ...
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ICAO names Schleifer president of Air Navigation Commission
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has appointed Christian Schleifer of Austria as president of its Air Navigation Commission (ANC), effective...
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Iberia Express names Vueling's Gallego as CEO
International Airlines Group (IAG) has appointed Luis Gallego as chief executive of its new Madrid-based short-haul subsidiary, Iberia Express.
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NewsThird PAK-FA prototype joins flight test programme
Sukhoi has performed the debut flight with its third prototype for the PAK-FA/T-50 fighter ...
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Nanotechnology's first big aerospace application may be in paint
Nanotechnology is an umbrella term referring to the manipulation of materials on the scale of nanometres, or billionths of a metre. But as Martin Kemp, the...