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FlightGlobal data indicates over 700 Airbus deliveries last year
Airbus appears to have exceeded its original delivery target of 700 aircraft for 2017, according to data from FlightGlobal's Ascend consultancy.
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NewsChina's Wanfeng Aviation snaps up Diamond Aircraft
China’s Wanfeng Aviation has acquired Diamond Aircraft Group, the Austrian-headquartered parent company of one of Europe's largest general aviation aircraft manufacturers, Diamond Aircraft Industries, and its Canada-based sister.
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Chinese investor Hangxin acquires Magnetic MRO
Estonian maintenance provider Magnetic MRO is to be acquired by Guangzhou Hangxin Aviation Technology.
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NewsTecnam secures European validation for second-generation P2008
Tecnam has secured European validation for the second-generation version of its P2008JC piston single, 10 years after the two-seat, high-wing type was launched.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airlines' year of zero passenger fatalities
Last year was another exceptionally safe one for aviation. Not a single revenue passenger was killed during what the general travelling public would regard as an "airline flight", writes Paul Hayes in FlightGlobal's Airline Safety & Losses Annual Report 2017.
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NewsOriens Aviation snaps up Avalon Aero's business aircraft MRO
Oriens Aviation, the exclusive distributor for Pilatus Aircraft in the UK and Ireland, has snapped up Avalon Aero's business aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at London Biggin Hill airport.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Five air finance themes for 2018
Over the course of last year, there prevailed a feeling that the values and traffic cycles had plateaued, amid uncomfortable disbelief that the upward trend could continue.
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NewsPiaggio boosts prospects of P180 Avanti in five-year industrial plan
The prospects for Piaggio Aerospace’s beleaguered P180 Avanti Evo business aircraft have been boosted by a new, strategic five-year industrial plan, announced by the Italian airframer in December 2017 and designed to secure its long-term financial and operational stability.
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Aeroflot poised to compete with S7 on Italian links
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot has indicated plans to open new services to Italy, with operations to Naples and Verona.
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EASA certifies higher-weight A350-1000
Europe's air transport safety regulator has certified a higher-weight version of the Airbus A350-1000.
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Over 30 Superjets produced last year: Sukhoi
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division manufactured 34 Superjet 100s during 2017, the largest number to roll off the company's production line in a single year.
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New round of flight tests take PD-14 closer to certification
Russia's United Engine has embarked on a third phase of flight tests with the Aviadvigatel PD-14 for the Irkut MC-21-300.
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IAG to acquire Niki for €20 million
IAG is to acquire the assets of Austrian leisure carrier Niki for €20 million ($24 million) and provide liquidity of up to €16.5 million.
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Turkish to take three more 777Fs
Turkish Airlines has disclosed its decision to purchase three more 777 Freighters from Boeing.
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Indigo firms up 430 A320neo family aircraft order
Private equity firm Indigo Partners has finalised an order for 430 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, which will be operated by four low-cost carriers affiliated with Indigo.
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First Qatar A350-1000 delivery slips to 2018
Airbus will not hand over the first A350-1000 until 2018, after the airframer agreed a revised delivery schedule with launch customer Qatar Airways.
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AerCap converts options on additional 50 A320neos
AerCap has exercised options to purchase 50 more Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.
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GE completes first ground test of Advanced Turboprop engine
GE Aviation completed the first test run of the new Advanced Turboprop engine in Prague on 22 December, crossing a key milestone in the company’s long-term strategy to compete in a market long dominated by Pratt & Whitney Canada.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline start-ups and failures in 2017
FlightGlobal data shows that 39 new airline operations were established over the first eight months of 2017, roughly matching the 37 airlines that ceased operations or suspended flights.
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L-410 crash probe details propeller-speed deviation
Investigators examining the crash of a Let Aircraft Industries L-410 in eastern Russia have disclosed that the aircraft's propellers started turning at different speeds seconds before the right-hand engine entered the beta range on final approach to Nelkan.