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NewsPilot academy OSM orders fleet of all-electric aircraft
Scandinavian pilot-training organisation OSM Aviation Academy has ordered 60 electric aircraft from US manufacturer Bye Aerospace.
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Faury appoints Airbus's new executive team
Airbus’s new chief executive, Guillaume Faury, has appointed a top management team after he took over the helm from Tom Enders yesterday.
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PICTURES: Smartavia shows off new colours on 737
Newly-rebranded operator Smartavia, formerly Nordavia, has shown off the first aircraft to carry the airline’s revised colour scheme.
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Embraer bags MRO deals from African and European carriers
Embraer has won three separate maintenance agreements from Air Botswana, Spanish carrier Binter and Mauritania Airlines.
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JetBlue converts to 13 A321LRs, commits to London service
JetBlue Airways will convert 13 aircraft in its Airbus A321neo orderbook to the A321LR, and launch its first transatlantic flights to London in 2021.
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NewsFaury takes helm at Airbus from Enders
Guillaume Faury has replaced Tom Enders as Airbus chief executive, while board member Rene Obermann has been appointed to succeed the airframer’s outgoing chairman Denis Ranque in 2020.
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MTU foresees PW2000 maintenance demand for 'at least' 10 years
German engine specialist MTU Aero Engines has secured MRO contracts for Pratt & Whitney P2000 engines to continue its support for the legacy powerplant for "at least another 10 years".
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VIDEO: Flaris LAR 1 personal jet takes flight
Metal Master's Flaris LAR 1 got airborne for the first time on 8 April and has now completed a number of sorties from the airframer's flight-test base at Zielona Gora airport in western Poland.
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Mark Mannering-Smith on delivering safety and security
Mark Mannering-Smith is head of aviation safety at British Airways, where he is responsible for overseeing the day-today security of flying, airworthiness and cabin operations for the UK flag carrier
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NewsPrivateFly completes Skyjet integration
Online business aircraft charter brokers PrivateFly and Skyjet have completed their merger, with the two companies now operating as a single entity under the PrivateFly brand within Directional Aviation's OneSky subsidiary.
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EASA to order Trent 1000 TEN checks over blade deterioration
Rolls-Royce is to advise Boeing 787 customers of an accelerated inspection regime for Trent 1000 TEN engines, after the discovery of premature blade deterioration on some powerplants.
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EU considers retaliation against proposed US tariffs
Europe is preparing countermeasures against the additional trade tariffs on EU goods that the US government has proposed amid a transatlantic dispute over alleged subsidies to aircraft manufacturers.
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NewsRETROSPECTIVE: When Concorde wasn't the UK's cup of tea
When the first UK BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde lifted off on its maiden flight from Filton exactly 50 years ago, the supersonic aircraft was far from securing its legacy as a beloved and admired technological achievement.
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MTU wins GE90 support deal from United Airlines
United Airlines has selected MTU Aero Engines to maintain General Electric GE90-115B engines powering a fleet of Boeing 777-300ERS.
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO: 50 years on from Concorde 002’s first flight
“The moment as Concorde spreads her wings over Britain for the first time”. That was how Flight International described the historic maiden take-off of the UK-built Concorde prototype in our 17 April 1969 issue.
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NewsVIDEO: Concorde’s remarkable droop-nose system
This is an edited version of an article published in Flight International in August 1971
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Lufthansa's flight training arm grows simulator fleet
Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is in the process of installing seven new full-flight simulators (FFS) at various locations and will expand the company's facilities in Munich and Vienna over the next year.
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Ethiopian crew struggled with manual trim at overspeed
Pilots of the ill-fated Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max 8 allowed the aircraft to fly beyond its maximum operating limit speed, which may have contributed to the difficulties experienced with attempts to trim the aircraft.
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PICTURE: Transatlantic beckons as TAP's first A321LR arrives
The first of 12 Airbus A321LRs has been delivered to TAP Air Portugal.
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OpinionAirbus in control of interiors with own cabin centre
The opening by Airbus – on the eve of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg – of an expanded cabin customisation facility at its local production plant is a clear signal to airlines, suppliers and competitors that the airframer wants to be in control of the interior completion process.