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Pictures: China's Chengdu FC-1 fighter performs first flight with JSF-style engine inlets
Changes to China’s Chengdu FC-1 lightweight fighter are clearly visible in recently released photographs (pictured below) of the redesigned fourth prototype’s first flight on 28 April. Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)-style “diverterless” engine inlets lead the design revisions.
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Lufthansa may establish 'Asianwings' pilot training business in Asia
Lufthansa is planning to capitalise on the skills shortage in Asia’s aviation sector by offering training services in the region under the name Asianwings.
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Search teams battle to raise Armavia A320 recorders from Black Sea crash
Search teams are still assessing the Black Sea site of last week’s Armavia Airbus A320 crash in a bid to ascertain the location of the aircraft’s flight recorders and whether further assistance will be needed to retrieve them.
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NewsPictures: Airbus begins flight testing first Singapore Airlines' A380
The first Airbus A380 for launch operator Singapore Airlines (SIA) completed its maiden flight from Toulouse yesterday.
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GE/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance makes bid to power revamped Airbus A350
Engine Alliance, a General Electric and Pratt & Whitney joint venture, is studying the revamped Airbus A350’s increased thrust requirement.
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Airbus CEO Gustav Humbert in last-ditch bid to save Singapore Airlines order for A350s
Airbus will be watching the results of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) board meeting carefully this week, hoping the carrier will again delay ordering new twinjets and instead await more details of the radically revised A350 offering.
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NewsWhen to let go? Why Airbus must avoid paying the price for A350 indecision
Airbus is proposing an all-new widebody family, but has it made the age-old blunder of waiting too long to let go of its existing products?
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NewsAirline criticism of Airbus A350 forces airframer to make radical changes to fuselage, wing and engines
Airbus is working on a dramatic redesign of its planned A350 long-range widebody twin that is aimed at an all-new aircraft family capable of leapfrogging the rival Boeing 787 as well as the 777.
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JetBlue slashes A320 capacity growth to offset mounting fuel cost burden
Turnaround plan will see 12 deliveries deferred and up to five twinjets removed from fleet after first quarter loss
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African aid flight ends in tragedy as An-74 crashes
Twinjet had previously been employed by Ukrainian production plant as demonstrator