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Selling current A380 remains priority: Airbus chief
Senior Airbus executives continue to hint that a re-engined A380 is being considered, but insist the "priority" remains securing orders for the current version of the superjumbo – something chief executive Fabrice Bregier sees as achievable this year, after Airbus finished 2014 with just 13 net orders for its biggest ...
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Germany's Atlas hands over first Europe-based Citation M2
German business aviation service provider and Cessna dealership, Atlas Air Service has delivered the first European-based Citation M2 to a company in Forchtenberg, south west Germany. The handover on 12 January comes around six months after the light business jet received validation from the European Aviation Safety Authority ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Widebodies power Boeing's 2014 output lead
A double-digit increase in Boeing's output drove a 6% rise in mainline airliner production last year to a record 1,352 aircraft, with the US airframer's widebody deliveries significantly outstripping Airbus's.
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Airbus books over 200 undisclosed A320s
Six undisclosed customers accounted for more than 200 Airbus A320-family aircraft in December as the airframer rounded off 2014 with 1,321 net single-aisle orders.
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Airbus offers 200-plus seats in long-range A321neo
Airbus has put the seat-count for its longer-range A321neo at 206, up from earlier indications of a capacity of 164.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Future plans for flight data
Commercial air transport aircraft will soon be required to equip with deployable flight data recorders, or flight tracking equipment, or both. The only question is how soon.
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Airbus edges Boeing in 2014 orders
Airbus took net orders for 1,456 aircraft during 2014, narrowly exceeding Boeing’s end-of-year total of 1,432.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Modernising global airline pilot training
Airlines and the world’s aviation authorities have been warned that if they miss the opportunity to modernise pilot training now, when International Pilot Training Consortium (IPTC) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation have finished preparing the ground for change, they may be stuck with 1950s-based training regulations for the foreseeable ...
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Cyprus Airways ordered to repay over €65m in aid
Cyprus Airways has been ordered to repay more than €65 million ($80 million) in state aid, a decision which puts the survival of the flag-carrier in serious doubt.
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Strength in numbers: The World's Top 10 military aircraft types
Following the recent publication of our World Air Forces directory for 2015, our Top 10 feature looks at the most popular military aircraft types currently in operation around the globe.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How oil-price falls affect aircraft demand and values
Rob Morris, head of Ascend Flightglobal Consultancy, here analyses the implications of the downward trend in oil prices
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airline safety performance in 2014
Despite public perception, 2014 has been an extraordinarily good year for aviation safety – but the shadow of MH370, MH17 and December's AirAsia disaster cast a long shadow over the positive figures
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Accident reports published in the last six months of 2014
Accident reports published in last six months of 2014
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Aer Lingus chairman takes on executive responsibility
Aer Lingus chairman Colm Barrington has assumed, with immediate effect, executive responsibility for strategic matters as the airline confirms that chief executive Christoph Mueller is to leave earlier than previously planned.
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Pegasus takes on Turkish with boost to French and Italian links
Turkish carrier Pegasus will start flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen to Lyon, Milan Malpensa and Nice at the end of March.
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Airbus full-year order total exceeds Boeing's
Airbus expects to disclose later this month that it secured more orders than rival Boeing over the course of last year.
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Piaggio readies Avanti Evo for service entry
Piaggio Aerospace is readying the first two Avanti Evos for delivery to their Indian owners this month following certification in late December by the country's civil aviation authority.
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Opinion
OPINION: Airbus delivers great wide hope; but what next?
A year ago, Airbus’s widebody strategy looked ragged at best. At one end of its offering, the A330 was a two-decade-old programme with a depleting backlog (its thirsty A340 sibling having already been killed off). At the other, the A380 was struggling to expand its appeal beyond Emirates. In the ...
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Helibras hands over first modernised Fennecs for Brazil
Helibras has delivered the first four of 36 Airbus Helicopters AS550 Fennec and AS350 Squirrel helicopters it is modernising for the Brazilian army.
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2014 shows lowest airline fatal accident rate in history
Calendar year 2014 has turned out to be the best year ever for airline safety, according to airline safety analyst Flightglobal Ascend. For many this may seem an unexpected result given the perceptions created by the high profile losses of two Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777s and the crash of an ...