Europe – Page 603
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Monarch selects AJW for component support
UK parts specialist AJ Walter Aviation has won a components maintenance contract covering Monarch Airlines' Airbus A320/A321 fleet.
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NewsPICTURES: VietJet receives first A321 aircraft
Vietnamese low-cost carrier VietJet Air has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321 aircraft, which the airframer says also happens to be its 9000th delivery.
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Lufthansa Technik to apply robots in engine inspection and repair
Lufthansa Technik is developing automated inspection and repair techniques for engine components, in an effort to raise productivity versus traditional manual processes.
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OpinionOPINION: Why US protectionism is bad for everyone
The home of the free market has always had an ambivalent attitude to foreign competition, from Japanese cars threatening Motor City in the 1970s to cheap imports squeezing farmers. The USA may be a consumer paradise, where ordering a pizza requires a baffling array of choices – but the customer ...
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NewsStudy shows armed UAV exports limited despite demand
An arms transfer study from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) claims that only the UK and Nigeria have been the recipients of armed unmanned air vehicles, despite “widespread interest” in their acquisition.
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Turkish launches long-awaited EETC for three 777s
Turkish Airlines has launched $328 million in secured enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) notes, coming to the market after a nearly two-year wait.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 'Radical change well under way' at Finmeccanica
Finmeccanica looks to be rising strongly out of a five-year slump, with 2014 figures showing its first positive net result since 2010 and a strong performance in its aerospace and defence core.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Solar Orbiter mission heats up for the European Space Agency
To get a sense of the challenge in designing the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission, consider that the surface temperature on the planet Mercury gets up to 427°C – nearly twice the melting point of tin.
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NewsLIMA: Airbus promotes A400M as humanitarian workhorse
Airbus Defence & Space has highlighted the suitability of the A400M tactical transport as a humanitarian relief aircraft.
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EASA awards contract for cabin air contamination research
EASA has commissioned a pair of German organisations – one a medical school and the other an applied research establishment – to research cabin air quality. The agency says the research will start with in-flight work to identify suitable instrumentation to measure cabin and cockpit air contamination.
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LIMA: Malaysian firm orders two H135s for EMS mission
LIMA: Malaysian firm orders two H135s for EMS mission
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NewsLIMA: Grob aims to revive Cold War spy plane programme
Grob Aircraft created a stir at this year’s LIMA show by bringing its G520T Egrett high-altitude surveillance aircraft, as the company considers restarting production.
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EASA proposes new safety oversight management
Following broad consultation with national aviation authorities, the European Aviation Safety Agency has published proposals for a more flexible and responsive way of managing safety oversight in Europe.
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NewsLIMA: Malaysian firm proposes MiG-29 upgrade
A unit of Malaysian maintenance, repair and overhaul firm Airod has proposed an upgrade programme for Malaysia’s fleet of 10 RAC MiG-29 aircraft.
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NewsBrimstone offer to USA a test case for Europe, says MBDA
European guided weapons specialist MBDA is waiting on a decision from the US government about whether to acquire its Brimstone air-to-surface missile, with the company’s chief executive warning that a rejection of its offer will call into question the openness of Washington’s defence acquisition policy.
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Ryanair board approves transatlantic plans
Ryanair is in talks with manufacturers with a view to ordering long-haul aircraft after its board approved plans to begin transatlantic flights.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: European carriers' battle for profits continues
A string of one-off restructuring, labour relations, fuel hedging, and currency hits in 2014's fourth quarter – and in the year as a whole – makes for difficulty in unpicking the financial health of European carriers.
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Modified A320 could feature 195 seats: EASA
European regulators have disclosed that the Airbus A320 can potentially be modified to increase capacity to 195 seats.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters to work with KAI on LCH/LAH programme
Airbus Helicopters has been tapped as the foreign partner to help Korea Aerospace Industries develop a five-tonne rotorcraft under the country’s requirement for a Light Civil Helicopter (LCH) and Light Armed Helicopter (LAH).
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NewsJet Aviation secures completion contract for two BBJ 777-300ERs
Boeing Business Jets has selected Jet Aviation to complete two BBJ 777-300ERs at its facility in Basel, Switzerland. Work on the widebody airliners, owned by a undisclosed Asian customer, will commence imminently and the project is expected to take over three years to complete.