All aerospace news – Page 833
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Switzerland: Acutronic gets into motion
Acutronic, one of a few suppliers of motion test simulation equipment, is looking to the emerging markets of the east
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Switzerland: Sauter Bachmann - a little firm with big ambitions
Sauter Bachmann is a relative newcomer to aerospace, but it is winning a glowing reputation from international OEMs
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Opinion
Comment: Probing investigation
Air accident investigation in Europe will still be carried out by national agencies, but a new EU law requires them to be much more accountable. This is no bad thing
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Airline Services opens new interiors shop at Stansted
Airline Services, which provides aircraft interiors and ramp presentation services in the UK, is further expanding its portfolio of services with the opening...
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Caribbean orders nine ATR 72-600s with Armonia cabins
Trinidad and Tobago's Caribbean Airlines has ordered nine ATR 72-600 turboprops from the European airframer.
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NewsAeromexico hands 737 component support to Lufthansa
Aeromexico has reached a maintenance agreement with Lufthansa Technik covering component support for Boeing 737 aircraft.
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SaxonAir looks to turn Norwich into centre of business aviation
Norwich is the latest UK city to stake a bid to become a hub of business aviation. Local operator SaxonAir is investing £6.5 million ($10 million) in a two-hangar business aviation centre at the airport and plans to add to its five-aircraft charter fleet with larger aircraft.
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Korean Air studies regional jet order
Korean Air (KAL) is mulling over an order for regional jets in the next two years to operate on short-haul services to China and Japan.
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NewsUAE's RAK Airways to relaunch services on 10 October
Ras Al Khaimah's latest attempt to establish its own airline will culminate with the commencement of flights in two weeks' time. The emirate will restart...
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FAA seeks to fine Evergreen $4m for improper pilot training
US regulators are alleging cargo operator Evergreen International Airlines used improperly trained pilots on hundreds of revenue flights and aims to levy...
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South Africa expands EMS helicopter fleet
South Africa's Red Cross Air Mercy Service has expanded its emergency medical services operational capabilities with delivery from AgustaWestland of a fourth AW119Ke single-engine helicopter and one Grand light twin helicopter
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NewsUS lawmakers move closer to agreement on NASA funding
NASA could start working on a heavy lift launch vehicle and preserve funding for a new crew capsule under compromise language drawn up by a US House of Representatives...
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NewsKoito's falsification of seat test data results in proposed ADs
Seven months after Koito Industries made the stunning revelation that it falsified test data on some 150,000 aircraft seats in the world fleet, EASA and...
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Alitalia seals MRO pool pact with Air France and Embraer
Alitalia has sealed a maintenance agreement with Air France's servicing division, covering the Italian airline's six Embraer 170 aircraft. The five-year...
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NewsA318 to be available with sharklets from 2013
Airbus has confirmed that A318s will be offered from 2013 with fuel-saving sharklets wing tips.
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NewsRussia's S7 to join Oneworld in November
Russian carrier S7 Airlines is formally to join the Oneworld alliance in November, a move which will leave Star Alliance as the only major group without...
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Astrium to prepare Moon mission plan
EADS's Astrium division has been charged with designing a robotic Moon lander and rover for a 2018 European Space Agency mission designed to test new technology and scout out the lunar South Pole as a prime site for future manned landings.
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NewsSIA launches $225m offering
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to issue S$300 million ($225 million) five-year bonds in the retail market, carrying a 2.15% coupon. The public offer is...
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Air Nostrum picks Lufthansa division for engine MRO
Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum has selected Lufthansa Technik's Aero Alzey division to conduct maintenance and overhaul on several engines in its fleet. The...
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Virgin Blue gets nod for Etihad Alliance
Virgin Blue has received an interim approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to form an alliance with Etihad Airways.