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Industry observers send mixed messages on re-engined versus all-new designs
There are mixed messages coming from various sectors of the market as to whether an all-new or re-engined single-aisle is the better option for the industry.
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ILA: Sky Aircraft reveals redesigned Skylander turboprop
Sky Aircraft has cut first metal for its SK-105 Skylander twin turboprop after making major changes to the design of the light utility...
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ILA: Lufthansa squeezes Brussels into A380 tour
Lufthansa's first Airbus A380 departed the ILA show yesterday evening on a hastily arranged visit to Brussels, at the insistence of the German carrier's...
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Cello tunes up for June launch
European VIP charter start-up Cello Aviation is gearing up to launch operations this month with its first Avro Business...
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Airline customer satisfaction improves, says JD Powers
Airline customer satisfaction has increased over the past year after three consecutive years of decline, according to a new survey by JD Power and Associates....
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ILA: ESA boss: Falcon 9 ‘cause to reflect’
European Space Agency director general Jean-Jacques Dordain says last Friday's successful launch to orbit from Cape Canaveral of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket...
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ILA: Red Bull success gives boost to Hungarian aerospace industry
Hungarian aerobatic ace Peter Besenyei's recent success in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship flying his locally built Corvus Racer 540 has given a massive kick to the country's small aerospace industry.
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ILA: Sikorsky builds team for German helicopter bid
Sikorsky is busy at the show assembling its team to bid for Germany's twin requirements for an air force combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter and a replacement for the navy's ageing Sea Kings.
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Medevac NH90 ‘ready in 20 months’
Eurocopter is developing a new medical evacuation variant of its NH90 helicopter, in response to a German military initiative to increase availability of...
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ILA: Images specialist AAVD zooms in on business aviation sector
A small French company that supplies flight-test video equipment for military aircraft is zooming in on the business aviation market at ILA. Grenoble-based...
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NewsContinental postpones trial of Gogo in-flight Internet
Continental Airlines has postponed its trial of Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet solution as it focuses on merging with United Airlines and their combined...
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ILA: IAE partner talks over A320 NEO proposal under strain
The cracks began to deepen yesterday in the public facade built by the International Aero Engines partners that they are confident in finding a solution...
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BA cabin crew union to issue fresh strike ballot to members
British Airways faces the possibility of further industrial action with the union representing its flight attendants planning to issue another ballot. A...
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NewsILA: Gallois declares A380 programme under control
Airbus's A380 programme is officially "under control", EADS chief executive Louis Gallois insists, although the manufacturer must turn its attention to cutting...
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NewsBoeing willing to let Japan develop new deriviative of F/A-18
Boeing, which is proposing the F/A-18E/F for Japan's forthcoming FX fighter competition, would be willing to let the nation develop its manufacturing capability through the joint development of a new derivative of the Super Hornet.
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NewsILA: Dornier 228NG on track for August certification
Ruag is optimistic of firming another order for its Dornier 228NG turboprop during the show, with certification of the aircraft on track for the end of August.
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Satellites to track ash clouds in view
A new generation of satellites should dramatically improve the tracking of future volcanic ash clouds, but airlines and passengers weary of the disruption...
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ILA: Airbus starts selling branded merchandise at air shows
Airbus may be more used to selling products worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but in a recession every penny helps.
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ILA: Hybrid rotor concept unveiled at ILA
ILA presents itself as a platform for cutting-edge aerospace technologies, and one of the innovations looking to take off at the show is a vertical thrust vectoring hybrid rotor.
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ILA: Sikorsky S38 flying boat to cross Atlantic in charity challenge
Veteran pilot Tom Schrade is at the show drumming up support for his plan to fly his Sikorsky S-38 amphibious aircraft across the Atlantic in September to raise money for children's charity Wings of Hope.