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AnalysisANALYSIS: The increasing spread of airline acquisitions
If in recent years it was Etihad Airways that appeared to be the main international airline suitor for carriers seeking new investors, over the last 18 months its Gulf peer Qatar Airways, China's HNA Group and Delta Air Lines have all emerged as buyers in the market.
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AVIC rolls out first AG600 amphibian
Chinese aviation conglomerate AVIC has rolled out the first AG600 large amphibious aircraft.
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Korea Aerospace Industries looks to expand into MRO
Korea Aerospace Industries plans to expand into the MRO market, having submitted a business plan to local authorities to establish the new operation.
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OSHKOSH Photo Round-up: Martin Mars blasts the Oshkosh runway
A Martin Mars delivered the only moisture on an otherwise sunny day on 25 July in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, dropping 7,200gal of water from nearby Lake Winnebago on a simulated firefighting run over the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual fly-in.
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NewsOSHKOSH: Piper limits M600 deliveries to avoid boom-and-bust cycle
Piper Aircraft will break from a recent company tradition of boom-and-bust product introductions and strictly limit deliveries of its newest and most advanced aircraft model, says chief executive Simon Caldecott.
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Greece launches P-3B modernisation
Greece has launched a modernisation effort for its fleet of Lockheed Martin P-3B Orion anti-submarine warfare aircraft.
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NewsFirst Diamond DA62 touches down in Australia
Diamond Aircraft has delivered the first DA62 into the Australian market, following the handover of a single unit on 18 July to local distributor Hawker Pacific.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why lessors didn't place huge orders at Farnborough
Airbus, Boeing and Embraer, combined, had nearly 90% fewer firm aircraft orders from lessors at the Farnborough air show compared with 2015's Paris air show.
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NewsFlying Colours ExecLiner gets Rockwell Collins Venue upgrade
Canadian engineering and completions company Flying Colours is installing the Rockwell Collins Venue cabin management system (CMS) as standard in its ExecLiner – a conversion of the Bombardier CRJ200 regional jet.
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NewsTecnam P2012 Traveller takes flight
Development of Tecnam’s P2012 Traveller took a major step forward on 21 July when the piston-twin took to the skies above Capua, near Naples, for the first time.
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NewsFrench aerospace laboratory details A400M refuelling tests
French aerospace laboratory Onera has detailed the scope of windtunnel trials it has been performing to validate changes to the in-flight refuelling system on the Airbus Defence & Space A400M.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: American aims to cut delivery bubble with A350 deferral
American Airlines appears to have worked for some time towards an agreement with Airbus to defer its A350-900 deliveries, reaching one less than a year before its first aircraft was due.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: GE Aviation unveils strategy for dethroning PT6
Challenging the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engine in the light turboprop market is a tall order, and GE Aviation knows it.
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737 Max will be 'game changer' for Ryanair costs: finance chief
Introduction to service of the Boeing 737 Max will be a "game changer" for Ryanair, argues the budget airline's finance chief Neil Sorahan.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: GE set to unveil single-engined turboprop
Despite an 80-year co-existence in Wichita, Kansas, there was surprisingly little overlap in 2014 when the newly formed Textron Aviation combined the Beechcraft and Cessna product lines. The separate portfolios even shared a curiously common gap. Amid a diverse array of pistons, turboprops and jets, neither company sold single-engined turboprop ...
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PICTURE: First Thai A350 starts flight tests
Thai Airways International’s first Airbus A350-900 is set to be delivered at the end of the third quarter of this year.
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NewsOSHKOSH: Best pictures from opening weekend
Amidst several brutal storms and a few unfortunate runway mishaps, the Experimental Aircraft Association still kicked off the opening weekend of the annual fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in grand style, welcoming tens of thousands of pilots, enthusiasts and some of the most unique aircraft found anywhere.
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OSHKOSH: Garmin announces surprise certification milestone for G5 display
Garmin has announced a surprise certification milestone for the G5 flight display designed as a digital replacement for vacuum-driven instruments in old general aviation aircraft.
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NewsUSAF seeks two new close-air support aircraft
The US Air Force is considering two new procurements to boost their close air support mission, including an off-the-shelf option for permissive environments and a cheap, clean sheet design aircraft that would replace the Fairchild Dornier A-10 Warthog.
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NewsOSHKOSH: Kit designer turns to unruly Chinese aviation market
Aircraft kit-designer Sonex has started exploring demand in the still-murky segment of amateur aviation in China, where no regulations currently exist as Beijing grapples with general aviation policy.