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FAA awards $125 million in environmental contracts
The US FAA announced today that it has awarded five contracts worth $125 million to help develop and demonstrate technologies that help improve fuel burn,...
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NewsPICTURE: Austral’s first E-190
Aerolineas Argentinas domestic subsidiary Austral is preparing to accept delivery of its first Embraer E-190 in July. The aircraft is currently at Embraer’s San Jose dos Campos facility, where the manufacturer is completing the E-Jet for delivery next month.
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Boeing reveals plans for Phantom Eye UAV
Boeing has revealed more details about the timeline, plans and capabilities of the high-altitude long-endurance Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system. Phantom...
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Opinion
Comment: Banishing the blues
IATA's 66th annual meeting, held in Berlin, proved the most optimistic in years as the industry - with the exception of Europe - storms out of recession. Not even another "green tax", this time from Germany, dulled the sense of relief that the worst is over.
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737 decision may slip to 2011: Credit Suisse
Boeing's decision whether to launch an all-new aircraft to replace the 737, long promised by the end of this year, may slip into 2011, warns Credit Suisse...
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Lessor IFC to take over Transaero Tu-214s
Russian lessor Ilyushin Finance is to assume responsibility for remarketing a batch of incomplete Tupolev Tu-214s built by Kazan's KAPO plant. The...
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Vietnam Airlines aims to launch US services in early 2011
New SkyTeam member Vietnam Airlines expects to begin codesharing with Delta Air Lines next month and hopes to finally be able to launch its own services...
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NewsEmirates to launch in-flight mobile data service
Emirates this summer plans to begin rolling out in-flight mobile data service on its aircraft, ATI and Flightglobal can reveal. A total 74 Emirates...
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NewsVietnam Airlines switches 787 order to -9s
Vietnam Airlines expects it will have to wait until 2015 to receive its first Boeing 787 after switching its 16-aircraft order from the -8 to the stretched -9 due to unexpected performance limitations on the original model.
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Romania's Tarom to standardise jet fleet
New SkyTeam member Tarom is seeking to standardise its jet fleet on Airbus A320 or Boeing 737 family aircraft with a selection of one type expected this...
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FAA asks industry for GPS backup ideas
The US FAA will hold a 3-day public meeting on 10-12 August in Stanford, California to gather industry ideas on alternative positioning, navigation and timing...
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CAE eyes new business for AEE engineering suite
Canadian simulator manufacturer CAE is confident it will secure additional customers for its so-called Augmented Engineering Environment (AEE), which enables...
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PICTURE: Bombardier assembles CSeries aft fuselage demonstrator
Bombardier is assembling a composite panelled, aluminium-framed aft CSeries fuselage section demonstrator at its Saint-Laurent facility in Montreal.
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American explains detection of cracks on two 767s
American Airlines has sent one of its Boeing 767 engine pylons for metallurgical testing by a third party on behalf of Boeing, after a crack was discovered...
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NewsEASA certifies PowerJet SaM146 for Superjet
Franco-Russian joint venture PowerJet has formally been awarded European type certification for its SaM146 engine. The European Aviation Safety Agency...
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NewsPICTURE: Superjet International’s evacuation trainer is put through its paces
A Sukhoi Superjet 100 evacuation trainer will be ready for use in the instruction of flight and cabin crew at SuperJet International's training centre in Tessera-Venice by the end of July
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Embraer expands business jet support in Asia Pacific
Embraer is bolstering its business jet support offering for its Asia Pacific-based customers as demand for its expanding aircraft family continues to grow throughout the region
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NewsBoeing 787 test effort reaches 1000h, GE to deliver 2% improvement
Boeing is fast approaching the halfway stage in the 787's flight-test programme, having recently achieved the important milestones of 1,000h in the air and the introduction of the second engine option in to the trial effort
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ATSG firms 767 purchase from Qantas
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management has firmed the acquisition of three Boeing 767-300ERs from Qantas. ATSG says...