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Extending HUMS to rotor systems
New research suggests that health and usage monitoring systems could be even more effective if it is applied to rotor systems
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US rotorcraft makers face 10-year debacle
Lack of innovation at home and competition from abroad could lead to a massive shake-up in the US rotorcraft industry
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Opinion
Comment: no judicial mistake
In this column we have, several times, argued that air accidents in which unintentional human error is a factor should not lead to the criminal prosecution...
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Global aviation under pressure to deliver climate deal
A group of four airlines worried that high-level climate change talks will end without any credible global deal have formed a new...
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Lockheed UK on target with Merlin CSP project
The UK Royal Navy's Merlin HM2 modernisation programme is about to enter its software testing phase, ahead of a first flight in late 2010 ...
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NewsPICTURES: Royal Navy Merlins get new defensive aids
A Lockheed Martin-led countermeasures modification will boost the UK Royal Navy's ability to use its AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HM1s for overland missions ...
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Business briefs
The latest episode in a long-running battle between shareholders in Czech Aircraft...
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Helicopter operators head for deeper waters
Despite the recent drop in oil demand, record requirements, coupled with decades of oil and gas extraction draining some reservoirs, is leading oil companies...
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PICTURE: Greece accepts delayed Erieye system for operational use
The Greek air force has formally accepted its fleet of four Embraer EMB-145-based airborne early warning and control system aircraft into operational use ...
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
The carrier has suffered from US sanctions that have prevented it accessing the market for new aircraft and spare parts, but now Syrian...
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Still buoyant commercial helicopter industry waits to exhale
The rotorcraft industry gathers for next week's Heli-Expo in Anaheim on an even keel as it manages to hold off the worst of the downturn
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Business aviation in brief
US business and general aviation trade associations have called on the Transportation Security Administration to halt its plans to impose...
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This Week briefings
SR Technics is to close its Dublin base, which employs 1,135 personnel and is one of its three...
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Opinion
Comment: 21st century blueprint for A350 production
Airbus's A350 production set-up looks sound on paper, but the European airframer and US rival Boeing have found that even their best-laid plans have failed to deliver in recent years
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Helicopter engineering skills shortage looms
While local training solutions will meet local shortages of aviation maintenance technicians, experts say a larger issue is looming - a worldwide slip in...
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NewsSIA cutting 17 aircraft and raises prospect of retrenchments
Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to cut 17 aircraft from its fleet in the coming fiscal year and the airline's management met with unions today to warn that...
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Radomir Lasak: Window of opportunity for CSA
Czech Airlines chief executive Radomir Lašák's turnaround of the Prague-based airline is set for its ultimate test as the SkyTeam carrier's long planned privatisation was formally launched in February
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Ecuador's carriers face pressure to change
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is showing his economics background with a series of measures that are forcing local airlines to modernise and seek cross-border...
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What does the future hold for Aer Lingus?
Aer Lingus insists it has a strong strategy for growth, despite fierce criticism from Ryanair
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Evolutionary path for marketing
An Airline Business survey of top airline executives finds that carriers are not cutting back their marketing spend during these tough economic times. Instead, marketing techniques are evolving as the internet continues to open up new opportunities for reaching out directly to customers