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Switzerland: How Berne got its sums wrong on F-5 replacement
The government's decision to cancel a fighter procurement has dealt a severe body blow to the Swiss air force ...
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Switzerland: Jet Aviation's Quality hallmark
Switzerland's strong heritage of quality, efficiency and competence has spawned and nurtured one of the leading providers of business aviation services in...
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Switzerland: Ruag focuses on growth markets of aviation and space
The country's publicly owned aerospace champion is much more diversified, growth-driven and global than a decade ago
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Switzerland: Solar Impulse works towards trans-globe solo flight, powered only by sun
Switzerland's Solar Impulse aims to send a pilot around the globe, in an aircraft powered solely by the sun's rays
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Switzerland: Starragheckert rides out machining downturn
Despite a drop in investment by manufacturers, machine tooling maker Starragheckert is spending on new product development
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Switzerland: Acutronic gets into motion
Acutronic, one of a few suppliers of motion test simulation equipment, is looking to the emerging markets of the east
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Switzerland: Sauter Bachmann - a little firm with big ambitions
Sauter Bachmann is a relative newcomer to aerospace, but it is winning a glowing reputation from international OEMs
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FLIGHT TEST: Pilatus PC-6
The ultra-short take-off and landing Pilatus PC-6 first flew in 1959. We flew the latest version to find out if - with an upgraded cockpit - there is still life in a venerable turboprop
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Business briefs
Airbus's biggest customer, Lufthansa, has taken its backlog with the airframer to 91 aircraft with an order for 32 A320-family aircraft and eight Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330-300s to be operated by itself and its Swiss and Germanwings units
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Business briefs
Pan Am International Flight Academy has acquired Miami-based Aeroservice Aviation Center
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Opinion
Comment: Destruction still means death
One reason military electronics cost a bomb compared with civilian gadgets is that military equipment has got to operate reliably in vastly more hostile environments than a living room or a Starbucks
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Comment: Probing investigation
Air accident investigation in Europe will still be carried out by national agencies, but a new EU law requires them to be much more accountable. This is no bad thing
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Southwest plans to keep AirTran’s Boeing 717 fleet
Southwest executives have confirmed that it plans to operate AirTran's 86 Boeing 717s once its acquisition of AirTran closes and the Atlanta-hubbed carrier...
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Airline Services opens new interiors shop at Stansted
Airline Services, which provides aircraft interiors and ramp presentation services in the UK, is further expanding its portfolio of services with the opening...
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Cassidian to protect Norwegian F-16s
EADS's Cassidian unit is to protect Norway's F-16 fighters from shoulder-launched missile attack ...
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO: Eurocopter unveils high-speed hybrid helicopter
Eurocopter has made clear it has no intention of letting rivals loosen its grip on the civil rotorcraft market with the unveiling of its much-anticipated high-technology solution to the challenge of boosting helicopter speeds.
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NewsPICTURE: Surplus Dutch F-16s near delivery to Chile
Chile is close to receiving its next batch of ex-Royal Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters ...
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Caribbean orders nine ATR 72-600s with Armonia cabins
Trinidad and Tobago's Caribbean Airlines has ordered nine ATR 72-600 turboprops from the European airframer.
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Mexico signs repeat order for EC725
Eurocopter has increased its orderbook for the EC725 to include 12 for Mexico ...