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OpinionOPINION: Lack of women pilots exposes industry failing
When Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker earlier this year made his ill-chosen, off-the-cuff remarks about the inability of women to run airlines, he did the industry a favour in that his comment highlighted – albeit rather uncomfortably – a huge gender gap that extends from the boardroom to the ...
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NewsGulfstream hands over first G500
Gulfstream has delivered the first G500 to an unnamed US customer.
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Air Canada continues to eye closer United ties
Air Canada continues to evaluate closer ties with United Airlines, as competitors WestJet and Delta Air Lines work towards a joint venture between Canada and the USA.
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Vista Global strengthens US presence with XOJET buy
Less than a month after its launch, business aviation holding company Vista Global entered the acquisition market with the purchase of XOJET, one of the largest on-demand charter operators in the USA. The deal is expected to close before the end of November.
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Air Baltic hands Q400 MRO work to Jazz
Air Baltic has handed heavy maintenance work on its Bombardier Q400 fleet to Chorus Aviation’s Jazz Technical Services.
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PICTURES: Airbus tracks to 'cross-fleet' Airspace cabin roll-out
Airbus's goal of bringing its new Airspace cabin to all its aircraft models is coming closer to reality.
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JAL expands Alaska codeshare with new Seattle route
Japan Airlines will return to Seattle in 2019 under an expanded codeshare with Alaska Airlines.
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XTI opens next funding round for TriFan 600
US start-up XTI Aircraft has launched the next round of funding for its TriFan 600 ducted-fan, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) business aircraft, as it prepares to fly a 60% scale model of the six-seat type in October.
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Epic closes in on E1000 type certification
Epic Aircraft says is ready to conclude the final phase of the flight-test campaign for its E1000 single-engined turboprop, putting type certification for the high-performance, composite aircraft on track for year-end.
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Pilot error behind Air Canada A320 near-miss at San Francisco
Flight crew's lack of awareness of a runway closure at San Francisco was the probable cause behind a near-miss involving an Air Canada Airbus A320 that almost landed on a taxiway on 7 July 2017, says the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
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Eurowings replaces Lufthansa on Dusseldorf-Newark route
Eurowings will add a second service to the New York City area, replacing parent Lufthansa on some Newark flights in December.
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Cathay Pacific plans to grow new US services
Cathay Pacific will grow its new routes to Seattle Tacoma and Washington Dulles before adding any new US markets, says chief executive Rupert Hogg.
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PICTURES: JetBlue debuts special livery for Puerto Rico
JetBlue Airways has unveiled Bluericua, a special livery dedicated to Puerto Rico on an Airbus A320.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Flying solo for a place in the history books
British-Nigerian Lola Odujinrin is the first African to circumnavigate the Earth solo in a single-engined aircraft. He describes this feat – which he undertook without the help of a conventional support team – as "by far my greatest achievement in aviation".
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Air France to deploy A380s to another US gateway
Air France is to deploy Airbus A380s on its transatlantic service to Atlanta from Paris Charles de Gaulle next year.
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ANALYSIS: As Trent reaches limits, R-R sees need for succession
Rolls-Royce Trent has been synonymous with advanced aero engines for nearly three decades. Indeed, the series has been successful enough for this namesake of British engineering to claim that gas turbines named after the mighty waterway flowing past its Derby home power a market-leading 40% share of the new generation ...
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KLM gambles on Las Vegas in 2019
KLM plans to land in Las Vegas next summer with new flights from Amsterdam.
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Southwest to invest in new MRO facility at Baltimore/Washington
Southwest Airlines will co-fund a new $130 million regional maintenance facility at Baltimore/Washington International airport, to better meet its needs at the second busiest airport in its network.
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Liebherr wins follow-up component supply deal for 777
Boeing has engaged Liebherr to supply electronic control equipment for the landing gears of current- and next-generation 777s.
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Panasonic strikes connectivity partnership deal with Inmarsat
Panasonic Avionics and Inmarsat have agreed a new long-term partnership under which Inmarsat's GX Aviation service will become Panasonic's exclusive provider of Ka-band in-flight connectivity for commercial aviation.