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Atlasjet selects Turkish Technic for landing gear MRO
Istanbul-based Atlasjet Airlines has signed up for Turkish Technic's landing gear maintenance services on its Airbus A321 fleet. Under the agreement,...
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NewsPiaggio to develop two extended-range special mission versions of P180 business aircraft
Piaggio Aero is developing two extended-range versions of its P180 Avanti II for the surveillance market - a growing business it sees as compensating for stagnating executive aircraft sales. It hopes to have the variants in service by 2015.
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NewsGama Aviation's Scottish Ambulance Service contract renewed to 2020
Gama Aviation's long-standing contract to provide aerial medical support for the Scottish Ambulance Service has been renewed until 2020.
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Russia to strengthen UAS pact with Israel
Israel and Russia plan to jointly develop at least one type of unmanned air system that will meet the operational requirements of the latter's armed forces ...
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Crashed Indonesian F27 was practicing touch-and-go landings
The Indonesian air force Fokker F27 that crashed into a residential area near Jakarta's Halim airport on 21 June had been practicing touch-and-go landings.
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India outlines mini UAS requirements
Further details have emerged of the capabilities to be sought through an Indian competition for 95 mini unmanned air systems ...
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NewsNew Zealand in negotiations for new Seasprite helicopters
New Zealand is in discussions with US helicopter maker Kaman for 11 SH-2G (I) Super Seasprite helicopters, which would likely replace the navy's SH-2Gs. Kaman...
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NewsICBC Financial Leasing to be launch customer for China-produced Legacy 650s
China's ICBC Financial Leasing has signed a deal for up to 10 Embraer Legacy 650 executive jets with Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry (HEAI), a joint venture...
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NewsKoellner to lead ILFC following CEO’s illicit relationship
American International Group (AIG) has appointed Laurette Koellner as executive chairman at its International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC)-subsidiary,...
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NewsBoeing and NASA hit major milestones for super-heavy launch vehicle
Boeing and NASA have completed the system requirements review (SRR) and system definition review (SDR) for the cryogenic stages of Space Launch System (SLS),...
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NewsBoeing's Phantom Eye to receive new nosewheel
The Boeing Phantom Eye, a high-altitude, long endurance test bed, will require a nose gear redesign after the component snapped during the aircraft's first...
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Vueling considering new aircraft: Ascend Finance Forum London 2020
Vueling Airlines is in the middle of its new aircraft programme, according to chief finance officer Sonia Jerez. The Barcelona-based carrier has added...
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NewsAir France tells unions forced redundancies can be avoided
Air France chief executive Alexandre de Juniac has pledged that if the airline's unions accept new collective labour agreements, no redundancies will be imposed during 2012 or 2013.
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NewsIsraeli manufacturers join forces on long-endurance UAV
Israel's BlueBird and UAS Technologies are jointly completing the development of a lightweight, 24h-endurance design ...
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CTC Aviation Group to offer fully sponsored flight instructor training
Flight instructors with a basic qualification for ab initio training are being offered fully sponsored training to take them to multi-engine instrument rating instructor (IRI) and class rating instructor (CRI) level while being paid.
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NewsNorthrop locks on to radar deal with three F-16 users
Northrop Grumman has been contracted to supply radars for Lockheed Martin F-16s for Iraq, Oman and Thailand ...
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MAEL opens four line maintenance stations
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has opened four new seasonal stations at Glasgow, Dublin, Edinburgh and Cork as a part of its expansion of line maintenance...
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Norway requests two C-130Js to replace crashed transport
Norway wants to replace the Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transport that was destroyed in a fatal accident in Sweden on 15 March, and also expand its fleet of the type to five aircraft.
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NewsEmbraer gets US FAA certification to assemble entry-level Phenom 100s/300s
Embraer has received US Federal Aviation Administration production certification to assemble the entry-level Phenom 100 and 300 light business jets at its Melbourne, Florida facility.
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NewsBe-200 firefighters bid for US certification
California company International Emergency Services (IES) and Russian airframer Beriev have finished initial trials in Russia of the Be-200 amphibian aircraft for use in the firefighting tanker role, in a bid to get US certification and clearance for the aircraft.