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NewsAtlas Air Service buys Stuttgart-based rival out of insolvency
Germany’s Atlas Air Service has acquired insolvent operator Stuttgarter Flugdienst (SFD) in a move that will broaden its share of the country’s charter and management market and give the business aviation services provider its first foothold in the country’s fourth-largest city.
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Chisinau concessionaire clashes with Moldovan leadership
Chisinau airport’s new concessionaire is adamant that its newly-established agreement to manage the Moldovan hub cannot be overturned, despite political moves towards such an end.
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A320 family embarks on approach to 10,000 deliveries
Airbus is likely to take A320-family deliveries into five figures around the first quarter of 2021, after it handed over its 9,000th example to UK budget carrier EasyJet earlier this month.
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A320 family logs 9,000 deliveries with EasyJet handover
UK budget carrier EasyJet has emerged as the recipient of the 9,000th Airbus A320-family jet to undergo delivery to customers.
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Fourth test MC-21 to feature high-density seating layout
Russian airframer Irkut is to install a high-density seating layout in its fourth flight-test MC-21-300 aircraft.
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OpinionIs three a crowd for Tempest programme?
This year’s DSEI brought further good news for the UK’s Tempest programme, with the Italian government and leading industry players signalling their intention to work in partnership on a next-generation fighter.
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Two French carriers to take on Paris-New York route
Two French carriers are intending to open services from Paris Orly to New York next year.
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Start-up Great Dane edges into Swedish routes
Start-up regional operator Great Dane Airlines is expanding its fledgling network from Aalborg into its Scandinavian neighbourhood.
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HAV goes back to USA - six years after LEMV
Six years after the US Army cancelled the long-endurance multi-intelligence vehicle (LEMV) programme and shipped back the original prototype, developer Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) is making a return to the transatlantic market with its Airlander 10.
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NewsCoffee spill forced A330 diversion after radio failures
UK investigators have revealed that reluctance to use a cockpit cup-holder resulted in coffee being spilled over control panels on a Condor Airbus A330, causing substantial radio communications problems and forcing a diversion.
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NewsUK's Tempest gains strength as Italy joins formation
Less than 15 months after unveiling its long-term air combat strategy and next-generation Tempest concept, the UK has added a second international partner to the latter activity, with Italy signing a statement of intent to work on the project.
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NewsAirbus tests connected interior on A350
Airbus has started flight tests with an A350 featuring a cabin configured with connected Internet of Things equipment.
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NewsBrexit uncertainty contributes to Falcon sales slump
Brexit uncertainty coupled with low demand from the traditionally strong markets of Europe and China contributed to a slump of more than 60% in orders for Dassault Falcon business jets in the first half of 2019, dropping from 18 to just seven aircraft.
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Kaman wins European order for K-Max
Kaman Aerospace has secured an order from Liechtenstein’s Rotex for a single K-Max Helicopter, the 12th order since production of the type was relaunched.
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Engine problem suspected in BA A321 evacuation incident
Spanish investigators have disclosed that there was no fire on board the British Airways Airbus A321 evacuated at Valencia after an emergency landing with thick haze in its passenger cabin.
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MTU starts Leap maintenance
German engine specialist MTU's engine overhaul shop in Chinese city Zhuhai has started servicing CFM International Leap engines.
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NewsCallen-Lenz to partner on Pegasus One flight control system
South African firm Pegasus Universal Aerospace has appointed UK engineering consultancy Callen-Lenz to assist with the design and development of the flight-control systems for its Pegasus One vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) business jet.
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NewsJetcopter targets funding for innovative VTOL design
Lithuanian start-up Jetcopter is seeking investment of around $60 million to bring to market a six-seat vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, which it describes as a low-cost alternative to medium-class rotary- and fixed-wing types.
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One-Two-Go ex-chief sentenced over MD-82 crash
Defunct Thai carrier One-Two-Go's former chief executive has been sentenced in absentia to a prison term of four years and a hefty fine by French authorities, more than a decade after a fatal Boeing MD-80 crash.