All aerospace news – Page 806
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Eurocopter boosts Singapore MRO presence
Eurocopter has expanded its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) presence in Singapore with a new hangar and other facilities. The facility is located...
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Hawker Pacific plots expansion after Seacor investment
Australian aerospace sales and product support company Hawker Pacific plans to use funding from new part-owner Seacor to provide fixed-base operations and maintenance repair and overhaul activities in India, Singapore and Shanghai, as well as expanding its Asia-based aircraft salesforce.
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FAA highlights “click it, don’t risk it” injury prevention
The US FAA is advising airlines to renew efforts to alert passengers of the potential for injury when not wearing seatbelts during turbulence.
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Turkish Technic signs MRO deals with several Turkish carriers
Turkish Technic has won a number of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contracts from Pegasus Airlines, Izair and Sky Airlines. Istanbul-based...
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BMI, Lufthansa queue up for snow compensation from BAA
UK carrier BMI and parent company Lufthansa expect to be compensated by airports operator BAA for the losses incurred as a result of runway closures at London...
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Solar panels and wind turbines throw up concerns for aviation
Possible interference with radar signals by wind farms is one of several aviation safety issues that have put the brakes on some US renewable energy projects
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EU's Clean Sky project shows signs of progress
Two years in, the European Union's Clean Sky project is showing signs of progress after a bumpy start
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Business briefs
Aeronautics is set to inaugurate its manufacturing facility in Baku, Azerbaijan, which will manufacture parts of the Israeli company's Aerostar and Orbiter unmanned air vehicles and perform final assembly
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NewsQantas to resume A380 flights to Los Angeles on 16 Jan
Qantas Airways will resume operating the Airbus A380 to Los Angeles on 16 January, after it stopped operating the superjumbo jet on trans-Pacific routes...
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NewsSaudi Arabian confirms intention to join SkyTeam
Saudi Arabian Airlines has become the latest Middle Eastern carrier to sign up for alliance membership, after formally agreeing to join SkyTeam next year. The...
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Both recorders retrieved from Iran Air 727 crash site
Recovery personnel at the site of yesterday's Iran Air Boeing 727-200 crash have retrieved both flight recorders from the wreckage.
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Airbus expects strong lessor demand for A320neo
Airbus is confident that its new A320neo family will prove popular with leasing companies, despite the lukewarm reception that the re-engining plans received...
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Viking Hellas to boost Iraq services through new joint venture
Greek charter carrier Viking Hellas has teamed up with a consortium of German and Iraqi investors to launch a new joint venture in Iraq called Viking Middle...
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Egyptair to build maintenance facility at Marsa Alam airport
Egyptair Maintenance & Engineering is to open a line- and later build a base-maintenance facility at the privately owned Marsa Alam airport on the Red Sea. The...
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Astraeus contracts JorAMCo for 737 C check
UK-based wet-lease specialist Astraeus has contracted Jordan Aircraft Maintenance (JorAMCo) to provide a C check on one of its Boeing 737-300 aircraft. The...
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EU's Clean Sky project looks to SMEs for research
One of Clean Sky's aims is to increase the number of small and medium-sized enterprises involved in the aviation industry, and so more than one-third of the topics - which are meant to contribute to the elaboration of the demonstrators - were won by SMEs.
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Virgin Atlantic withholds BAA fees over Heathrow snow disruption
Virgin Atlantic is refusing to pay landing fees to airports operator BAA until an inquiry into the disruption at London Heathrow caused by last month's severe...
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Aviation industry under pressure to reduce landfill waste from scrapped airliners
Reducing the level of waste from scrapped airliners that goes to landfill hinges on finding a recycling solution for materials used in aircraft interiors
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NewsBlue sky thinking
In our latest environment special report, we take a look at the latest initiatives in the green reuse of scrapped airliner components and what is being done to reduce the amount of landfill waste from aircraft interiors. In addition, we take an in-depth look at the progress that has been ...
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Dismantling company finds innovative ways of reusing scrapped aircraft materials
UK based P3 Aviation, which started life in 2004 primarily as a rotable components supplier, is also aiming to capitalise on the growing market for dismantling and recycling airliners.