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South Africa expands EMS helicopter fleet
South Africa's Red Cross Air Mercy Service has expanded its emergency medical services operational capabilities with delivery from AgustaWestland of a fourth AW119Ke single-engine helicopter and one Grand light twin helicopter
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NewsBombardier indicates more CSeries orders to come soon
Bombardier insists more orders for its CSeries twin-jet programme are set to be disclosed shortly. In a programme update during the European Regions...
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More CSeries orders in the pipeline: Bombardier
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Gary Scott says more CSeries orders will be announced in the "not too distant future". Giving a programme...
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Jet Airways to launch New Delhi-Milan service in December
Jet Airways is to start a daily nonstop service between New Delhi and Milan from 5 December. This is its first service into Italy, and the Indian carrier...
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NewsUS lawmakers move closer to agreement on NASA funding
NASA could start working on a heavy lift launch vehicle and preserve funding for a new crew capsule under compromise language drawn up by a US House of Representatives...
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Boeing adds 10 777s to backlog
Boeing has added orders for 10 777s, including four from an undisclosed customer.
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Martinair to axe passenger operation next year
Air France-KLM's holiday carrier Martinair is to axe its passenger business late next year in order to focus completely on its air freight operations.
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NewsKoito's falsification of seat test data results in proposed ADs
Seven months after Koito Industries made the stunning revelation that it falsified test data on some 150,000 aircraft seats in the world fleet, EASA and...
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NTSB investigates Minneapolis near-miss
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says a US Airways A320 departing the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in clouds the morning of 16 September...
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Blended wings make a quiet comeback on refurbished X-48B
The Boeing/NASA X-48B blended-wing body research aircraft is back in the air after undergoing a major overhaul and upgrades.
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NewsLockheed, US government strike deal on next F-35 order
The US government has agreed the structure of a more than $5 billion fixed-price contract for up to 32 more F-35s ...
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UAE, Brazil in talks for Embraer KC-390
The United Arab Emirates is the latest nation targeted by Brazil to join Embraer's KC-390 tanker/transport programme as a supplier and customer.
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Alitalia seals MRO pool pact with Air France and Embraer
Alitalia has sealed a maintenance agreement with Air France's servicing division, covering the Italian airline's six Embraer 170 aircraft. The five-year...
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Competitition starts to demonstrate close air support by UAVs
A $47 million contract now in competition will challenge defence companies to prove that even unmanned air vehicles can be trusted to strike targets close to friendly troops.
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NewsA318 to be available with sharklets from 2013
Airbus has confirmed that A318s will be offered from 2013 with fuel-saving sharklets wing tips.
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European Parliament passes new accident investigation law
A new EU law intended to ensure the independence of air accident investigations was approved by the European Parliament on 21 September.
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AeroSvit opening Milan and Copenhagen routes
Ukrainian flag-carrier AeroSvit is launching four weekly frequencies from Odessa to Milan and is to establish an air link between Kiev and Copenhagen next...
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United Airways leases A310
GA Telesis has delivered an Airbus A310-300 aircraft to United Airways in Bangladesh. The aircraft, owned through a partnership, with its shareholder, GPFC,...
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NewsRussia's S7 to join Oneworld in November
Russian carrier S7 Airlines is formally to join the Oneworld alliance in November, a move which will leave Star Alliance as the only major group without...
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Astrium to prepare Moon mission plan
EADS's Astrium division has been charged with designing a robotic Moon lander and rover for a 2018 European Space Agency mission designed to test new technology and scout out the lunar South Pole as a prime site for future manned landings.