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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How Embraer is keeping faith with the regional market
Selling airliners in the regional market is a tough business. In the past 30 years, the short-haul segment has spawned and slain whole companies and aircraft. From turboprops like the BAe ATP and Saab 340/2000 to jets like the Fokker 100 and the Fairchild Dornier 728, entire aircraft programmes have ...
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Delta preparing widebody aircraft order RFP
Delta Air Lines is evaluating releasing a request for proposals for a widebody aircraft order in the coming months.
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US MROs have chance to add more widebody work: Team SAI
US-based MRO firms will have more opportunities to ramp up widebody modifications as labour rates in the Asia-Pacific region rise and slots become harder to come by as that region takes care of its own maintenance needs, says aviation consultancy Team SAI.
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United moves to Heathrow terminal 2 in June
United Airlines will be the first carrier to move in to the new terminal 2 at London Heathrow International airport in June.
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Eclipse delivers first fully certificated EA550
Four-and-a-half years after acquiring all of the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation for $20 million, software entrepreneur-turned-aerospace executive Mason Holland has finally delivered the first EA550 jet to a customer.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Financing the new fleet of 2014
Brendan McHenry – senior analyst, risk advisory, with Flightglobal consultancy Ascend – considers how the lessor share is changing in aircraft finance markets
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Ascend examines the recovery in market values
George Dimitroff, head of valuations with Flightglobal advisory service Ascend, looks at how values and lease rates are faring
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SRQ Aviation hails Cirrus piston singles for air taxi plan
US training provider SRQ Aviation plans to launch an air taxi operation from its Florida base in the second quarter with Cirrus SR20 and SR22 piston singles.
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SITA to set up industry registry for beacon technology
Air transport specialist SITA it is to set up a industry registry to help facilitate the use beacon technology after its technology research team SITA Lab issued the findings of early trials at airports.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Sabotage most common factor in en-route accidents
More than a third of all fatal accidents that have occurred to jet airliners while en-route are caused by some form of deliberate action. But a significant number of other factors can also come into play.
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Boeing 777 safety history almost unblemished over two decades
The Boeing 777 family has enjoyed a remarkable safety record during almost two decades of service, with just two hull losses - including one with fatalities - suffered prior to the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft.
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Drone pilot wins legal tussle with FAA
An administrative law judge struck down a $10,000 fine levied by the US Federal Aviation Administration against a man who flew a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in 2011 for commercial purposes.
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Wing cracks found on 787s in assembly
Roughly 40 Boeing 787s still in production may have cracks within shear ties of a wing rib, the company says.
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Pentagon seeks to invest billions in next-generation programmes
The Pentagon’s recent budget proposal would invest billions of dollars in next-generation projects despite slashing funding for tankers, fighter jets and other existing aircraft.
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JetBlue to pay cash for five A321 deliveries in 2014
JetBlue Airways plans to use to cash to pay for its five unfinanced Airbus A321 deliveries in 2014.
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SkyWest to take first enhanced E175
Utah-based SkyWest Airlines will take delivery of the first Embraer 175 enhanced aircraft during the week of 24 March.
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Field Aviation achieves first flight of Boeing Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
A Bombardier Challenger 604 demonstrator of Boeing's Maritime Surveillance Aircraft achieved first flight on 28 February, according to Toronto-based aircraft modifier Field Aviation.
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Apache AH-64E enters full-rate production
Boeing has received a contract modification from the US Army that will move its AH-64E Apache attack helicopter into full-rate production, according to a contract announcement from the US Department of Defense (DOD).
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RwandAir receives EDC funds for Q400
RwandAir has agreed to C$15 million ($13.6 million) to C$25 million in financing from Export Development Canada (EDC) for Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft.