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F-35 to fight ISIS in a few years
The US Air Force’s F-35A will fight ISIS in the near future, but don’t expect to see the Lockheed Martin Lightning II flying over Iraq or Syria this year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Norwegian gambles on new transatlantic 737 flights
The prevailing wisdom for flying across the North Atlantic is that a route needs to serve a hub or major city, say New York-Manchester or Paris-Pittsburgh, to succeed.
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Team Spartan challenges Canadian FWSAR award
Just when the Royal Canadian Air Force thought it could put a 14-year acquisition process to bed, Team Spartan has challenged the fixed-wing search and rescue (FWSAR) award to Airbus Defence & Space.
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USAF requests funding for low-cost fighter test
The US Air Force has requested funding for a low-cost fighter experiment in its supplemental budget request, indicating the service is serious about finding a close air support alternative.
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NewsNorwegian transatlantic 737 flights to begin in June
Norwegian will begin its long-planned transatlantic Boeing 737 Max service in June, when it connects Hartford, Newburgh Stewart and Providence to five cities across Ireland and the UK.
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SNAPSHOT: Used jet market, 8-22 February
Remarketing older aircraft can be a lengthy process. In September 2016, Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines mandated AMS Aircraft Services and EastMerchant to jointly remarket five Boeing 747s. Part-out firms and African airlines are showing interest in the jets – but talks are still at the early stages, FlightGlobal understands.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GAMA reports mixed performance in 2016 for fixed-wing market
There were mixed fortunes for the business and general aviation market in 2016, with the turboprop sector one of the few bright spots.
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NewsPICTURE: Korean Air takes first 787 ahead of Toronto debut
Korean Air took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 today, with its international debut set for Toronto flights from June.
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ANALYSIS: Downturn in offshore helicopter sector may be bottoming out: Flight Ascend Consultancy
The downturn in the oil and gas sector that has seen deliveries and values of large and medium helicopter types plummet in the past two years may be bottoming out – but any recovery is likely to be at least a year away, believes Flight Ascend Consultancy.
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VIDEO: A320 family first flights
When an Airbus flight test crew took the A320 to the sky for the first time, they must have known they were flying a special aircraft. For sure, as this video shows, that 1987 sortie was a sight to behold. But what must have surprised even its flight crew and ...
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Lockheed pops reporter into T-50 cockpit
There was no turning back from my maiden trainer voyage aboard a Lockheed Martin T-50A once the glass canopy closed down above my head.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Perception lags improving airline safety
Aviation professionals are pessimistic about the ability of the industry to continue to improve airline safety.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: John Plueger, chief executive, Air Lease
Sitting in the conference room of Air Lease’s satellite office in Dublin, John Plueger flashes a casual California grin, having recently taken over as the chief executive of a company he has spent the past six years building with industry veteran Steven Udvar-Hazy. They have spent the better part of ...
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ANALYSIS: How A320 changed the world for commercial pilots
As the world’s first digital fly-by-wire (FBW) airliner, Airbus Industrie’s A320 was positioned to bring commercial flying and flight management into the 21st century when it was rolled out in 1987.
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Trump teases Super Hornet order
As US President Donald Trump stood in front of Boeing’s inaugural 787-10 Dreamliner in South Carolina this week, he turned his attention from the company’s commercial crown jewel to tease a possible military aircraft sale.
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NewsUnited debuts new Polaris business class
United Airlines debuted its new Polaris business class seats on domestic flights this week, as it prepares for a rapid roll-out of the hard product on flights from its San Francisco hub.
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Elix's debut ABS prices
The first all-turboprop asset-backed securitisation (ABS) has priced, FlightGlobal understands.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why airline brands need to appoint a chief storyteller
When United Airlines broke Dave Carroll's guitar and his music video of the incident went viral, the carrier issued a press release that talked about how it transported 99.6% of bags without incident. The message unintentionally implied that United did not care much about the individuals whose bags were actually ...
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Lockheed pulls out of FA-50 CRADA
Lockheed Martin has pulled its FA-50 out of an airworthiness assessment with the US Air Force, service officials tell FlightGlobal.
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Commercial helicopters unable to meet Huey recapitalisation requirements
The US Air Force has delayed the release of its final request for proposal to recapitalise its fleet of UH-1N Huey helicopters, after contractors told the service their off-the-shelf solutions would not meet all of the proposed requirements.