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  • Airbus net orders pass 1,000 as first A330neos firmed

    News | 05 Dec 2014 09:58 | David Kaminski-Morrow

    ​Airbus recorded three orders covering 120 Airbus A320-family jets during November, when it also booked its first firm agreements for the re-engined A330neo.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Airbus-net-orders-pass-1000-as-first-A330neos-firmed-406787/

  • OBITUARY: Jean-Paul Bechat, the industrialist who steered the Safran merger

    News | 03 Dec 2014 12:29 | Murdo Morrison

    ​The announced merger of state-controlled French engine maker Snecma and privately-owned defence electronics group Sagem 10 years ago may have been greeted by scepticism by analysts and been more about Gallic industrial machismo than smart business. After all, Safran, the seemingly unweildy conglomerate it created, made everything from photocopiers to unmanned air vehicles. The two seemed far from a natural fit.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/OBITUARY-Jean-Paul-Bechat-the-industrialist-who-steered-the-Safran-merger-406666/

  • NTSB details issues with 787 flight and data recorder

    News | 02 Dec 2014 18:08 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    ​The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that regulators address newly-disclosed problems with the Boeing 787’s cockpit voice and data recorder.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/NTSB-details-issues-with-787-flight-and-data-recorder-406665/

  • OPINION: Airbus goes back to the drawing board with A350 training

    News | 02 Dec 2014 14:25

    ​With the imminent entry into service of the Airbus A350, another modern aviation development comes to fruition – not just the A350 hardware or ­software, but the “liveware”.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/OPINION-Airbus-goes-back-to-the-drawing-board-with-A350-training-406542/

  • NTSB 787 battery report details quality concerns at GS Yuasa

    News | 01 Dec 2014 23:00 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    ​The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has raised a number of concerns with the manufacturing and inspection processes followed by GS Yuasa, the Japan-based company that makes the Boeing 787’s lithium-ion batteries.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/NTSB-787-battery-report-details-quality-concerns-at-GS-Yuasa-406632/

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    Airlines

  • PICTURES: Etihad's Heathrow 787 models back on display

    News | 05 Dec 2014 14:57 | Dan Thisdell

    If you like your runways to feature models of an aviation sort, take a trip to the “Etihad roundabout” at the entrance to London Heathrow’s Terminal 4.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PICTURES-Etihads-Heathrow-787-models-back-on-display-406804/

  • Airbus net orders pass 1,000 as first A330neos firmed

    News | 05 Dec 2014 09:58 | David Kaminski-Morrow

    ​Airbus recorded three orders covering 120 Airbus A320-family jets during November, when it also booked its first firm agreements for the re-engined A330neo.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Airbus-net-orders-pass-1000-as-first-A330neos-firmed-406787/

  • Qatar fixes date for first A350 delivery

    News | 04 Dec 2014 13:40 | David Kaminski-Morrow

    ​Qatar Airways is to take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in Toulouse on 13 December, about a month before it enters service on the Doha-Frankfurt route.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Qatar-fixes-date-for-first-A350-delivery-406753/

  • PICTURE: Airbus delivers 200th aircraft from Tianjin line

    News | 03 Dec 2014 09:33 | Aaron Chong

    Airbus has marked the 200th Airbus A320 family aircraft assembled at the Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin, handing over an A319 to China Eastern Airlines.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PICTURE-Airbus-delivers-200th-aircraft-from-Tianjin-line-406684/

  • Airbus to take back A340s as Finnair firms more A350s

    News | 03 Dec 2014 07:51 | David Kaminski-Morrow

    ​Finnair has converted options on eight more Airbus A350s to firm orders, with deliveries of the jets to begin in 2018.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Airbus-to-take-back-A340s-as-Finnair-firms-more-A350s-406681/

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    Business aviation

  • MEBA: For Ascend, VIP airliners are big business

    News | 06 Dec 2014 09:44 | Dominic Perry

    ​Consultancy Ascend, owned by Flight Daily News publisher Flightglobal, is seeing increased valuations and appraisal business from owners and operators of VIP airliners.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/MEBA-For-Ascend-VIP-airliners-are-big-business-406765/

  • Habitat Restoration Project gears up for final phase of airborne rodent eradication programme

    News | 03 Dec 2014 14:47 | Kate Sarsfield

    ​An international effort to rid a remote sub-Antarctic seabird habitat of millions of rodents using a trio of helicopters is preparing for its third and final mission.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Habitat-Restoration-Project-gears-up-for-final-phase-of-airborne-rodent-eradication-programme-406709/

  • Australia to implement air safety review recommendations

    News | 03 Dec 2014 03:29 | Ellis Taylor

    Australia’s government will move to implement almost all of the recommendations made in a recent review of air safety, with the aim of continuing to improve on the country’s strong record.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Australia-to-implement-air-safety-review-recommendations-406678/

  • NetJets launches Transition Programme for aircraft owners

    News | 02 Dec 2014 18:09 | Kate Sarsfield

    ​NetJets has formally launched an aircraft sales offering targeted at owners who are looking to move from outright ownership into a less capital intensive offering such as a fractional or charter.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/NetJets-launches-Transition-Programme-for-aircraft-owners-406664/

  • MEBA: DC Aviation reaps rewards from being first to commit to DWC airport

    News | 02 Dec 2014 09:00 | Murdo Morrison

    ​In the dusty expanse of what may one day be the world’s biggest aviation gateway, the fixed base operation of DC Aviation Al-Futtaim stands in virtual splendid isolation next to the runway. The joint venture between the German charter operator and local conglomerate is one of just a handful of buildings at Dubai’s new Al Maktoum airport. Beyond it, to the horizon, the envisioned Dubai World Central mega development that will envelop the airport remains scrubby, flat desert.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/MEBA-DC-Aviation-reaps-rewards-from-being-first-to-commit-to-DWC-airport-406382/

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    Military

  • Endangered species: Our Top 10 rare military aircraft

    News | 05 Dec 2014 15:07 | Craig Hoyle

    ​Ahead of the publication of our annual World Air Forces directory, our Top 10 feature looks at some of the rarest aircraft still to be found in active military service around the globe. The selection draws on just some of the data contained within our global fleet listing, which details the almost 52,000 combat, special mission, tanker and transport aircraft, combat helicopters and training types currently in use across 160 nations. To make it more of a challenge, we have intentionally excluded nationally developed aircraft or type variants (for example the Denel Rooivalk attack helicopter) which have not been exported for use in other countries.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Endangered-species-Our-Top-10-rare-military-aircraft-406806/

  • NASA Ikhana UAV to monitor Orion test module's descent

    News | 05 Dec 2014 13:25 | Beth Stevenson

    ​NASA will deploy its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Ikhana unmanned air vehicle to survey the descent of the Lockheed Martin Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) module after its first planned 4.5h space mission that is expected to take place on 5 December.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/NASA-Ikhana-UAV-to-monitor-Orion-test-modules-descent-406796/

  • First operational MQ-8C delivered to USN

    News | 04 Dec 2014 10:49 | Beth Stevenson

    The US Navy’s first operational Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle has been delivered to the service ahead of its first ship-board flight tests, due to begin on board the USS Jason Dunham destroyerhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/First-operational-MQ-8C-delivered-to-USN-406744/

  • Boeing fixes KC-46 wiring issues, sets first flight for spring 2015

    News | 03 Dec 2014 21:09 | Dan Parsons

    ​The first prototype of Boeing’s KC-46 aerial refueling tanker has been rewired to meet US Air Force standards and is being prepared for its first flight sometime in late spring 2015, the companies chief operating officer says.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Boeing-fixes-KC-46-wiring-issues-sets-first-flight-for-spring-2015-406731/

  • Sikorsky CH-53K first flight pushed at earliest to March

    News | 03 Dec 2014 15:36 | Dan Parsons

    The US Marine Corps will have to wait until at least March for its new heavy lift helicopter, the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, to make its maiden flight.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Sikorsky-CH-53K-first-flight-pushed-at-earliest-to-March-406718/

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