All aerospace news – Page 908
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News
Beating the bombers
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab may have failed in what is alleged to have been his objective - to blow up a US airliner on approach to Detroit - but his attempt...
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Opinion
Comment: Age before beauty
Delta Air Lines boss Richard Anderson asserts that operating costs of his fuel-thirsty Boeing MD-80s are more than a match for the 737-800, an airliner design...
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Bond secures offshore contract with Kinsale Energy
Bond Aviation has signed a three-year contract with Irish energy firm PSE Kinsale Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of oil and gas company Petronas. Bond...
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NewsAer Lingus slashes operations at London Gatwick base
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus is cutting back its London Gatwick base, less than a year after opening the station in a bid to expand its European operations.
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Interview
Flight Interview: Simon Luxmoore, Royal Aeronautical Society
Simon Luxmoore likens his own early opinion of the organisation he now runs to the challenges it faces in recruiting the brightest talent in aerospace.
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Hainan looks to buy more aircraft leasing assets beyond Allco
Hong Kong Aviation Company (HKAC), a consortium that includes Hainan Airlines (HNA) Group and Bravia Capital Partners, is in advanced discussions with lessors...
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Hainan completes purchase of leasing firm Allco
HNA Group completed the purchase of Allco Finance Group's aviation business yesterday, eight months after the contracts for the transaction were signed.
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NewsNTSB shoots holes in FAA windscreen PMA for crashed PHI S-76C++
NTSB data on the crash of a PHI S-76C++ seven minutes after departure from a heliport in Louisiana on 4 January reveals a flawed STC and PMA for the aircraft's shattered windscreen
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NewsSikorsky settles with survivor, families of Cougar S-92A crash victims
Sikorsky has reached an out-of-court settlement with the lone survivor and families of the 17 passengers and crew killed in the crash of an oil industry S-92A off the coast of Newfoundland in March 2009.
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Airbus submits patent for airspeed error monitoring
Airbus has submitted a US patent application for an independent means of monitoring an aircraft's pressure-based airspeed measurement for errors. While...
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Cebu Pacific-SIA Engineering MRO venture's first 'D-check' in June
Cebu Pacific and SIA Engineering's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in the Philippines will perform its first 'D-check' in June. The...
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Innocon wins multi-million dollar Asia Pacific deal
Israeli manufacturer Innocon has sold an unspecified unmanned air vehicle system to an unnamed Asia Pacific country for a contract that the company says...
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Delta chief executive touts MD-80 cost advantage
Delta chief executive Richard Anderson has reiterated his bullish view that the carrier's large fleet of ageing Boeing MD-80s retain a cost advantage over...
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Business aviation in brief
Rockwell Collins has completed the acquisition of AR Group and its affiliated companies...
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Jetstar-AirAsia alliance to influence narrowbody design
The newly-formed Jetstar-AirAsia alliance hopes to influence the future design of narrowbody aircraft to better fit the needs of low-cost operations in Asia.
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NewsAirAsia and Jetstar ink wide-ranging cooperation agreement
Low-cost carriers Jetstar and AirAsia have formed a new alliance that will allow them to study the joint purchase of new aircraft, cooperate in ground and...
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OnAir unconvinced about viability of Ku model for airlines
OnAir has made known it is open to supporting in-flight mobile communications over a Ku-band link, but remains unconvinced that Ku-band connectivity is as...