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AnalysisANALYSIS: New Spirit chief refuels Frontier merger rumours
The surprise departure of ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines chief executive Ben Baldanza follows a year that saw the airline's stock lose its shine, as investors began to worry that Spirit's once-revered moat was rapidly being encroached upon by its rivals.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Our 2015 forecasts revisited – spot-on or way, way off?
Forecasting is a rough game, but here at Flight we're always up for a challenge – or are we just too foolish to know when to quit? Our 2015 calls, in retrospect
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Saudia to open domestic VIP A319 shuttle link
Middle Eastern carrier Saudia is to open a new VIP domestic service connecting the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh with the city of Jeddah.
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NewsSpain and Belgium prepare to take on Baltic policing duties
On 7 January, Spain will take the lead role for the next four-month, NATO-led Baltic Air Policing (BAP) rotation, as it deploys four Eurofighter Typhoons to Šiauliai air base in Lithuania.
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NewsBoeing wins 10-year T-38C contract as USAF looks to T-X
Boeing has defeated an unnamed challenger to secure a 10-year contract worth up to $855 million for Northrop T-38C Talon avionics and logistics support, retaining its involvement in the programme through 2026 as the US Air Force fields a replacement “T-X” combat trainer.
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Airbus Helicopters delivers four more H135s to Polish EMS operator
Polish emergency medical services (EMS) operator Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (LPR) has taken delivery of four additional Airbus Helicopters H135 light twins, taking its fleet of the type to 27 units.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will airline profits streak continue in 2016?
Given historical experience, the airline industry can rarely enter a year fully confident of ending it with a strong collective profit, but there are relatively robust reasons for hope that carriers might stretch their profits run to a new peak in 2016.
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Opinion
OPINION: Talons drawn for T-X trainer battle
If 2015 was the year of the bomber, the US Air Force’s requirement for a next-generation fighter trainer will be one of the hottest games in town in 2016.
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Air transport safety reached new peak in 2015: Ascend
Air transport operations resulted in a global fatal accident rate of just one in 5 million flights last year, the lowest figure on record.
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NewsFrance reportedly confirms C-130J buy
French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has reportedly given the green light for Paris's acquisition of four Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transports to plug a capability shortfall caused by the Airbus Defence & Space A400M's inability to provide in-flight refuelling for helicopters.
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NewsSecond H160 helicopter to fly shortly
Airbus Helicopters intends to perform a maiden sortie of the second flight-test prototype of its H160 medium twin-engined rotorcraft in the coming days, having missed a self-imposed end-2015 deadline for the milestone.
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NewsBAE and Northrop developing self-protection suite for US gunship
Two industry heavyweights of electronic warfare have been selected to equip special-mission Lockheed Martin AC-130J and MC-130Js with next-generation radio frequency countermeasures (RFCM) systems that can “detect, disrupt and defeat” anti-aircraft weapons, radars and other threats that depend on electromagnetic signals.
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Prague signs up for Gripen weapons upgrade
The Czech Republic’s fleet of leased Saab Gripens will undergo a weapons system upgrade as the NATO nation looks to expand the type’s capabilities to support operations until late in the next decade.
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NewsEgyptian navy buys 46 Ka-52K attack helicopters
Egypt is to acquire 46 navalised Kamov Ka-52K attack helicopters to equip its new French-built Mistral-class amphibious assault ships.
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NewsRussia certificates new Mi-38 helicopter
Russian Helicopters has secured certification for its new Mil Mi-38 heavy twin, allowing the manufacturer to launch serial production of the 15.6t rotorcraft.
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Opinion
OPINION: Can aerospace sustain record performance?
The world’s aircraft manufacturers were not without reasons to celebrate as 2015 came to a close. Their key customers in passenger-carrying airlines had shrugged off slower than expected economic output and – buoyed by shrewder management and plunging oil prices – expected to report record-breaking profits globally, in excess of ...
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NewsPICTURES: Unmanned AirMule makes free-flight debut
On 30 December 2015, Urban Aeronautics’ AirMule completed its first autonomous, untethered flight at Megiddo airfield in northern Israel.
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NewsL-3 G550 contract suggests new Australian surveillance deal
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) could be due to receive a new electronic intelligence (ELINT) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft, following a recent US Air Force contract award to L-3 Communications.
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Spatial disorientation overwhelmed Kazan 737 crash crew
Spatial disorientation could have led the pilots of an ill-fated Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 to perceive that the aircraft was flying inverted as it dived towards the ground.
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Epic end to 2015 as E1000 turboprop takes flight
Bend, Oregon-based Epic Aircraft ended 2015 on a high note after the maiden flight of its first conforming E1000 fight test aircraft.