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Safety experts urge greater oversight of Allegiant
Safety experts are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration to substantially heighten oversight of Allegiant Air after a missing nut led a McDonnell Douglas MD-83’s elevator to jam on 17 August.
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NewsBoeing enters detailed design phase on 777-9X
Boeing can move into the detailed design stage for the 777-9X having now reached the firm configuration milestone, the airframer has disclosed.
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NewsUK hands Typhoon baton over to Germany for NATO mission
A Royal Air Force detachment of Eurofighter Typhoons has completed its rotation in support of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission in Estonia, handing over to a German unit of the same type.
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Yingling's Cessna 172 remanufacturing programme off to flying start
A programme to serially remanufacture Cessna 172 Skyhawks announced at July’s AirVenture show has got off to a strong start.
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Ryanair to grow network from Hamburg
Ryanair has added Majorca to a range of destinations it plans to serve from Hamburg as part of a strategy to expand its business in Germany.
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NewsMAKS: Russian Helicopters launches unmanned tiltrotor concept
Russian Helicopters has expressed new interest in developing tiltrotor technologies that could be used to design a new family of unmanned and potentially even manned aircraft.
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NewsDanes withdraw F-16s from Iraq deployment
The Royal Danish Air Force has withdrawn its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s from the Middle East, where the aircraft had been participating in the air campaign effort against extremists in Iraq, according to local reports.
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MAKS: Russia extends Il-96 production by several years
Production of the Ilyushin Il-96 could continue for nearly a decade to support the Russian military's requirements for an aerial tanker and other special missions, United Aircraft (UAC) chief executive Yuri Slyusar has disclosed.
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Sichuan Airlines to launch Chengdu-Yinchuan-Dubai service
Sichuan Airlines plans to launch a Chengdu-Yinchuan-Dubai service on 4 September.
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NewsMAKS: Sukhoi reveals plan to slash Superjet cost
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has unveiled a plan to reduce the cost of producing the Superjet by $2.6 million per aircraft by replacing Western suppliers with Russian manufacturers.
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Indonesia, Boeing discuss Chinook offsets
Indonesia is in discussions with Boeing about offsets related to a planned acquisition of four CH-47F Chinook helicopters.
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NewsBrahMos pushing hypersonic ramjet technology as scramjet stopgap
India-Russia joint venture BrahMos Aerospace wants to double the speed of its ramjet-powered supersonic cruise missile to beyond Mach 5 as an interim step towards the development of a clean-sheet “BrahMos-II” hypersonic weapon.
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NewsMAKS: Belarus carving slice of military UAV market
Belarus appears to have carved out a niche for itself in the unmanned aircraft business thanks to purchases of its Condor and Golden Eagle unmanned air vehicle systems by the military.
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NewsPICTURES: Comac working toward November ARJ21 delivery
Comac is working toward an internal target to deliver its first ARJ21-700 to launch customer Chengdu Airlines on 28 November.
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MAKS: Chinese firm unveils new sensors for J-20, J-31
A privately-owned Chinese sensor company has unveiled a suite of air-to-air and air-to-ground sensors in development for the latest Chinese and Russian fighters.
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NewsMAKS: Russia’s T-50 radar almost ready for serial production
The Tikhomirov NIIP radar system built for Russia’s first fifth-generation combat jet, the Sukhoi T-50, is “99% ready” to enter serial production but must first complete a series of development tests.
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British Airways announces new Silicon Valley service
British Airways will launch new service to San Jose International airport from London Heathrow in May 2016.
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Cirrus passes new milestone towards SF50 certification
The Cirrus Vision SF50 has passed another key stage on its way to a year-end certification target with the US Federal Aviation Administration issuing Type Inspection Authorisation, allowing the agency to evaluate the single-engined jet in flight.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Engine manufacturers maintain control of MRO market
At last year's MRO Europe conference in Madrid, General Electric emphasised its aftermarket strategy being based on an "open MRO network" – comprising its own and third-party repair shops – and suggested that this offered operators a greater choice between manufacturer-led and self-managed maintenance options than its competitors did.