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NBAA: Safran shows off electric power technology
A Safran-designed electric motor could be flight-tested on an advanced demonstrator within two years, as the company seeks potential applications for the technology.
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NBAA: Pilot shortages and airspace improvements become focus following regulatory victory
Having recently secured one of its most-notable regulatory victories in decades, NBAA is turning fuller attention toward addressing longstanding, industrywide issues like US airspace modernisation and easing of a pilot shortage.
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NBAA: Daher looks to dispel single-engine scepticism
Daher has returned to NBAA, and is using the event to push sales of its TBM 910 and 930 single-engined turboprop family within the US charter community.
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NBAA: Honeywell sweetens GoDirect connectivity services
Honeywell is highlighting changes to several maintenance and connectivity products – tweaks the company says give customers better control over onboard data usage, helping them cut costs.
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UK pilots back exploration of Gatwick runway potential
UK cockpit union BALPA is backing a proposal for London Gatwick to use its back-up runway for regular operations as part of a measure to increase airport capacity.
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Q400 engine door separated after being left unlocked
Russian investigators have attributed to procedural failure the loss of an engine door on a Bombardier Q400 shortly after departing Vladivostok.
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NBAA: FalconEye cleared for 100ft reduced-minima landings on 8X
Dassault Aviation has received European and US approval for its FalconEye enhanced vision system on the Falcon 8X and is now working towards certification on the Falcon 900 and 2000 families.
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G150's pressurised door fatally struck captain
Finnish investigators have determined that a Gulfstream G150 captain was killed when explosive depressurisation blasted open the aircraft’s door as he attempted to enter the jet at Kittila.
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S7 receives Russia's first 737 Max
S7 Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max, the initial example of the re-engined type for a Russian operator.
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NBAA: Ascend sees hopeful signs in used aircraft market
An uncomfortably large inventory of aircraft for sale has been a key feature of the sector for much of the past decade, and one of the main contributors to sluggish demand for new aircraft. However, research by Flight Ascend Consultancy, carried out ahead of the NBAA convention, shows that – ...
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NBAA: Supersonic flight may be feasible – but can Earth stand it?
The dream of bringing back supersonic commercial air travel is closer to reality than it has been since the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde was retired in 2003.
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UK carrier Cello Aviation ceases trading
UK carrier Cello Aviation has ceased trading with immediate effect.
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OpinionOPINION: Can Faury fly as Enders' successor at Airbus?
Guillaume Faury – named as successor to Airbus chief executive Tom Enders – has big paratrooper boots to fill. The former military man has achieved during six years as head of Europe’s aerospace behemoth what many believed could never happen. He brought a squabbling alliance of political and industrial egos ...
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NewsNBAA: Business jet designs that changed the industry
An eclectic mix of machinery has fought for a share of the corporate jet market over the last six decades. We identify 18 aircraft that have made, defined or changed business aviation, with delivery data from Flight Fleets Analyzer
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NBAA: Engine programme update
From secret projects to damaging delays and changing loyalties, it has been a busy, and sometimes turbulent, few years for the business jet engine manufacturers. Four of the big six – GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Rolls-Royce and Safran – have new programmes in advanced development or final stages ...
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Thales underlines tech trends, issues facing aviation
Thales underlines technology trends, issues facing aviation sector
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EasyJet faces another take-off calculation probe
UK investigators are probing a recent EasyJet Airbus A319 departure from London Gatwick, after suspecting a take-off calculation error.
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Aviastar completes fuselage panels for first serial MC-21
Russian aerospace specialist Aviastar has completed production of a set of fuselage panels destined for the first serial Irkut MC-21.
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Aer Lingus chief to step down
Aer Lingus chief executive Stephen Kavanagh will step down from the role at the end of the year and be replaced by British Airways executive Sean Doyle.