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    ​INSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: What does CORSIA mean for the industry?

    2017-01-23T11:56:41Z

    Flight Ascend Consultancy senior consultant Richard Evans and Judith Schröter, business director, carbon market analytics at ICIS – the world’s largest petrochemical market information provider discuss the new CORSIA carbon offset scheme from ICAO

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    ANALYSIS: Lasers and scanners illuminate F-35 ramp up

    2017-01-20T13:16:18Z

    When comes to its production, the F-35 is to the F-16 as digital is to analogue

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    ​B-2 bomber hits Islamic State sites in Libya

    2017-01-19T18:26:37Z

    Two US Air Force B-2 Spirit bombers killed at least 80 ISIL fighters over Libya 19 January, marking only the fifth operation for the stealth aircraft and its first mission since 2011.

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    ​F-35B arrives in Japan

    2017-01-18T21:36:36Z

    US Marine Corps F-35B fighters made their inaugural trip to Air Station Iwakuni, Japan on 18 January, where the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 will begin its permanent basing.

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    United targets rapid completion for fleet review

    2017-01-18T20:40:29Z

    ​United Airlines continues to evaluate its fleet needs and orderbook, following decisions to defer 61 Boeing 737 deliveries and park its Boeing 747 fleet.

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    ​Air Force mulls low-end fighter experiment

    2017-01-18T17:42:19Z

    As Textron Aviation eyes the US Air Force’s lucrative T-X trainer competition, its dual light-attack fighter and trainer Scorpion aircraft could remain in the running for a low-end fighter role in the USAF.

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    American to debut no-frills fare in February

    2017-01-18T15:14:25Z

    ​American Airlines will debut its long-awaited basic economy fare in February, joining Delta Air Lines and United Airlines with a no-frills offering.

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    ANALYSIS: Gulfstream G550 could bow out in 2019

    2017-01-18T14:24:50Z

    Gulfstream kicked off the certification campaign for its large-cabin, long-range G600 on 17 December 2016. With the clean-sheet business jet destined for service entry in less than two years, it is only a matter of months before the company calls time on its sector rival and much older sibling, the ...

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    Bombardier passes Challenger maintenance milestone

    2017-01-18T14:21:53Z

    Bombardier says its nearly 50-strong service centre network has conducted more than 200 heavy maintenance inspections on Challenger business jet family aircraft, which have to be carried out every eight years.

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    ​Lower requirements could decrease Air Force One price

    2017-01-17T22:19:12Z

    The government could decrease the price of Air Force One if the incoming administration decides to lower the aircraft’s requirements, according to top Pentagon procurement official.

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    Embraer Executive Jets reports mixed fortunes for 2016

    2017-01-17T16:47:16Z

    Embraer saw business jet deliveries fall slightly in 2016, to 117 aircraft from 120 the previous year, as a result of prolonged and persistent weakness across the sector.

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    Nextant poised to secure approval for G90XT's single-lever controls

    2017-01-17T16:44:17Z

    Nextant Aerospace hopes to secure validation in the first half of 2017 for the digitally controlled, single-lever power control system in its G90XT twin-engined turboprop. The approval is the final hurdle in the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90’s certification campaign, and will allow Nextant to begin deliveries of the six-seat ...

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    PlaneSense launches PC-24 fractional ownership programme

    2017-01-17T11:46:19Z

    US operator PlaneSense has launched its Pilatus PC-24 fractional ownership programme, as it prepares to take delivery of the first aircraft – serial number 101 – later this year.

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    Boeing promises Trump simpler requirements for Air Force One

    2017-01-17T11:45:34Z

    Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg is expected to sit down with president-elect Donald Trump in New York this morning to discuss the Air Force One recapitalisation programme, a Boeing spokesman tells FlightGlobal.

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    Flight Ascend Consultancy named Appraiser of the Year for sixth time

    2017-01-17T09:14:55Z

    ​Flight Ascend Consultancy, FlightGlobal’s consultancy arm, has once again been crowned appraiser of the year at the Aviation 100 Awards. This is the sixth time in seven years that Flight Ascend Consultancy has been honored with this award.

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    KC-46 schedule unlikely to go as planned

    2017-01-13T21:59:49Z

    ​If past performance is any indication of future schedules, the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker programme won’t go as planned, according to the Pentagon’s top weapons tester.

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    ​Hundreds of deficiencies could push F-35 tests to 2019

    2017-01-13T18:50:26Z

    Plagued by a delayed delivery of crucial software and shortfalls with its automated maintenance system, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will begin initial operational test and evaluation more than a year after its planned August 2017 date.

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    OPINION: Can aviation beat human frailty?

    2017-01-13T11:33:11Z

    ​To people who like to fly, perhaps to most people, fear of flying seems such an irrational fear. As our annual report on airline safety shows, accident rates are very low and trending firmly downward.

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    ANALYSIS: World airline accident review 2016

    2017-01-13T09:29:45Z

    Airline fatal accident figures rose significantly in 2016 compared with the previous year, but the comparison is somewhat misleading because 2015 was the safest year in history by a considerable margin.

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    ​Mattis strikes sharp contrast to Trump on F-35, nuclear weapons

    2017-01-12T19:01:40Z

    Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense supports Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, the NATO alliance and restrained use of nuclear weapons during his confirmation hearing, marking a stark departure from the president-elect.