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This Week Briefing
F-35 PROGRESS WORRIES KEY US SENATORS FIGHTERS The US Senate Armed Services Committee chairman and ranking member Carl Levin and John McCain expressed...
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NewsCFM studies Airbus-specific variant of CFM56 engine
CFM continues to study a more efficient variant of its Airbus A320 family turbofan engine, the CFM56-5B. The advances will be based in part on progress...
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The history of Uncle Roger’s Festive Quiz
Who is Uncle Roger? He is certainly a worthy piece of aviation history in his own right.
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Rockwell Collins wins supply deal for the MS-21
Rockwell Collins together with Russian partner companies Concern Avionica and Aviapribor have won an avionics supply contract for the Irkut MS-21 aircraft....
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General aviation in brief
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an airworthiness directive for the Sikorsky S-92A helicopter. The AD requires...
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NewsANA orders 5 767s, 5 777s in ¥185.2 billion deal
Japan's All Nippon Airways has ordered five Boeing 767-300ER and five 777-200ER aircraft, in a deal worth ¥185.2 billion ($2 billion). It decided to...
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NewsMeagre evidence deepens mystery of AF447's final minutes
Investigators have traced additional ACARS messages from the ill-fated Air France Airbus A330 back to the aircraft's anemometric systems, but have yet to...
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BA cabin crew head for second strike ballot
British Airways cabin crew representatives are to move quickly to a second strike ballot following the court injunction that blocked its initial plans for...
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ST Aero renews $60 million contract with US Airways
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) has renewed a maintenance contract with US Airways. The contract is worth $60 million over three years,...
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NewsRyanair walks away from discussions on 200-aircraft order
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has ended talks with Boeing over a potential order for up to 200 737-800s, but is not intending to open discussions with other...
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Paramount ordered to pay $757,200 to ECC Leasing
India's Paramount Airways has been ordered by the Madras High Court to pay ECC Leasing $757,200 after the airline defaulted on its payments.
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Court rules BA cabin crew strike illegal
British Airways has obtained a court injunction blocking a planned cabin crew strike, after the initiating ballot was declared illegal.
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NewsAvicopter ponders alternative engine following EC175 first flight
Chinese state-owned helicopter manufacturer Avicopter is considering the launch of a new engine programme for the EC175/Z15 medium twin that it is developing...
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ANA uncertain about routes, layout of 787
Launch customer All Nippon Airways should have received its first Boeing 787 more than two years ago, but it is still to decide on a cabin configuration...
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SIA A380 returns to Paris after power failure in galley
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A380 had to turn back to Paris on 16 December after the power went out in its galley.
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Colgan believes loss of pilot situational awareness caused February crash
Colgan Air has submitted a report to the US National Transportation Safety Board saying it believes the fatal 12 February crash of one of is Bombardier Q400s...
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Timely abort could have averted blocked-pitot 757 struggle
Investigators believe a Boeing 757-200 crew's struggle to establish stable flight after a pitot tube blockage could have been avoided if the pilots had aborted...