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Aluminium demand continues strong growth: Alcoa
Alcoa is holding to its full-year forecast of 9-10% growth in global aerospace demand for aluminium, as third-quarter performance pulled the US metal producer back into the black despite falling prices.
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Civil push is new tack for Marshall
Marshall Aerospace is targeting a return to VIP conversions as part of its growing civilian activities to counteract the UK group’s reliance on the declining military market.
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European Parliament approves new flight-duty rules
Members of the European Parliament have pushed through new proposals on flight-duty limitations, rejecting transport committee opposition to the change.
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Twin Commander crack checks reprieve
Some operators of Twin Commander 690A/B model twin turboprop business aircraft have been given a reprieve from being compelled to carry out immediate repair work in the area of the type's rear pressure bulkhead.
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ROUTES: Airbus keeps A380 improvement options open
Airbus says it will examine ways to improve the A380 as and when the market need arises and it deems it necessary to introduce developments.
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ROUTES: Helsinki airport eyes Gulf carrier connection
Helsinki airport is aiming to land a Gulf carrier and sees good potential for connections through their hubs to the Indian subcontinent and Australia.
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Nordic Aviation Capital eyes CSeries order
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has emerged as apotential CSeries leasing customer after the aircraft conducted its first flight last month.
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NewsA350 undertakes minimum-unstick testing
Airbus has been conducting minimum-unstick testing with the A350-900 prototype at Paris Vatry airport as part of the aircraft's certification programme.
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ROUTES: Edelweiss details Las Vegas launch plans
Swiss leisure carrier Edelweiss has detailed its plans to launch twice-weekly flights from Zurich to Las Vegas' McCarran International airport in the spring.
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ROUTES: Milwaukee seeks European service
Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International airport is revving up its marketing efforts to capture its first transatlantic service, hoping its close proximity to Chicago’s sprawling metropolis and lower airport charges compared to dominant O’Hare will prove attractive.
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ROUTES: Cardiff back on a growth mission
Cardiff Airport is on a mission to grow back capacity at the Welsh airport under its new owners, after passenger numbers roughly halved over the last five years.
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ROUTES: Aviation still sexy delegates told
Aviation is still a “sexy industry” and is still a very attractive prospect for investors delegates were told at this year’s World Routes Strategy Summit.
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Lufthansa cuts back A380 order
German flag-carrier Lufthansa appears to have cancelled orders for three Airbus A380s.
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ESA set to Swarm over magnetic field
The European Space Agency is in the countdown phase to one of the highlights of its scientific year: the launch of its three-spacecraft Swarm mission to study the Earth’s magnetic field in unprecedented detail.
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NewsDassault and Thales win Atlantique 2 modernisation deal
Dassault Aviation and Thales have been awarded a deal to modernise the mission systems of the French navy's 15 Dassault-built Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft, extending the aircraft's operational life into the 2030s.
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ICAO reaches deal on climate change, rejects EU ETS
ICAO's executive committee rejected the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) late yesterday, tossing out a clause from a resolution that could have allowed the bloc to extend its controversial scheme to the global aviation sector.
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NewsLessor Nordic Aviation orders 15 more ATRs
Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital has ordered up to 40 more ATR turboprops, of which 15 are firm.
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Saab 340 crew just 2s from terrain collision: inquiry
Finnish investigators have revealed that pilots of a Latvian Saab 340 freighter ignored ground-proximity warnings during a highly-unstable low approach to Mariehamn airport.
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NewsGE unveils newest fuel-saving material for aircraft engines
General Electric has revealed that the Passport 20 engine will be partly made using a new form of ceramic matrix composite material with a wide range of potential applications in the aviation industry.