All Europe articles – Page 662
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LHT wins more CFM56 maintenance work from Travel Service
Czech leisure carrier Travel Service has extended its engine MRO contract with Lufthansa Technik.
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INTERIORS: Honeywell on track with GX plans
Honeywell Aerospace is in talks with five potential airline customers for Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) satellite-based in-flight connectivity service, and hopes to make another announcement before the summer.
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INTERIORS: Panasonic promises revolution in IFE sound quality
Panasonic is promising a revolution in onboard audio quality with a world-first all-digital headset system, offering what the in-flight entertainment systems giant claims is a breakthrough in noise cancellation and cinema-quality sound.
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INTERIORS: Airlines advised to focus on whole-life seat costs
Recaro Aircraft Seating chief executive Mark Hiller says airlines need to start considering the total cost of ownership for seats.
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Vulcanair boldly goes into piston-single market
Italian airframer Vulcanair has made its first foray into the piston-single market, with the launch of its V1.0.
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Piper aims for widespread uptake of diesel-engined Archer
Piper Aircraft has unveiled a diesel-engined version of its Arrow piston-single, for which it received European supplemental type certification on 1 April.
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MTU launches mature engine support scheme
MTU is introducing engine lease and teardown services to attract business from operators and lessors of mature powerplants.
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Robin shows off DR401 piston-single
Robin New Aircraft debuted its DR401 piston-single at Aero Friedrichshafen, kicking off its sales and marketing campaign for the upgraded version of the 40-year old DR400 series of wooden aircraft.
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Tecnam wins Italian government support for P2012 development
The Italian government has agreed to partially fund development of Tecnam’s P2012 Traveller piston-twin, paving the way for the Capua-based manufacturer to step up development of the 11-seat aircraft.
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Cirrus maps out certification timeline for SF50
Cirrus Aircraft displayed a mock-up of its Vision SF50 personal jet for the first time at Aero Friedrichshafen, and mapped out the certification timeline for the seven-seat aircraft, for which it has already received over 500 orders.
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Eclipse launches EA550 to European market
Aeris Aviation, Eclipse Aerospace’s exclusive European distributor, formally launched the latest version of the EA550 for the European market at the 9-12 April Aero Friedrichshafen show, and says it hopes to clinch EASA certification for the twin-engined very light jet before the end of the year.
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Cathay Pacific to add Manchester service
Cathay Pacific intends to launch a four times weekly Hong Kong-Manchester service from 8 December.
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ANALYSIS: Ex-Im fires back at complaints in reauthorisation push
The US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) president Fred Hochberg calls claims that the bank’s loan guarantees to foreign carriers provide them with a competitive advantage over US carriers “erroneous”.
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ANALYSIS: Norwegian spells out pilot-employment policies
Widespread confusion about Norwegian’s pilot-employment contracting processes has been raising temperatures at flightcrew associations in Europe for more than a year – and has been having the same effect within US unions since the company applied for transatlantic services.
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Boeing and AFI-KLM E&M renew 777 component agreement
Boeing and Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance have renewed their Boeing 777 component services programme for several years.
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EU to set civil UAS rules
The European Union is seeking to set new rules on the use of civil remotely-piloted air systems.
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Norwegian helicopter operators criticise UK CAA safety study
Helicopter operators in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea have reacted sceptically to actions and recommendations in the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s recently-published safety study.
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Iberia unveils new summer destinations
Iberia is adding a new destination in central America and making several changes to its short-haul European network.
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INTERIORS: New premium economy options readied for A350
Airbus is expanding its A350 seat catalogue to give airlines greater choice in offering premium economy cabin service – an increasingly popular revenue generator.
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INTERIORS: No massive changes required for 11-abreast A380
Airbus insists that a prospective three-five-three 11-abreast economy-class configuration for the A380 is no big deal from an engineering perspective but could boost seat count in a typical multi-class double-decker by 7%.