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EasyJet trials loyalty scheme in bid to boost retention
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet is trialing a new frequent flyer initiative as it bids to increase its proportion of repeat bookings, but its chief executive Carolyn McCall stresses it is not a traditional airline programme.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: No loose talk but plenty to shout about at AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland - like every Finmeccanica company - is a bit sensitive right now. Interviews with the company are only granted on the basis that quotes are attributed to the organisation rather than individuals. The stricture, driven by the changes at the top of Finmeccanica and part of the spring cleaning ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Qantas, China Eastern and the Art of War
“The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy,” said ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu, and the proposed Qantas-China Eastern Airlines joint venture looks to be aimed at doing just that.
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NewsPICTURE: Airbus brings A350 on Asian demonstration tour
Airbus has deployed one of its A350-900 aircraft on a demonstration tour to five Asian countries, starting from 17 November.
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UK's first A400M arrives at Brize Norton home
The UK Royal Air Force's first of an eventual 22 Airbus A400M tactical transports has touched down at its Brize Norton air base, having been accepted from the company's Defence & Space business unit in Seville, Spain.
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Boeing resumes 787-8 ecoDemonstrator flights
Boeing has launched the latest round of ecoDemonstrator testing using a 787-8 flight test aircraft loaded with 25 new technologies.
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NewsBrazilian Navy restarts KC-2 Turbo Trader contract
A contract amendment signed on 7 November by the Brazilian navy's directorate of aeronautics and Marsh Aviation revives a long-delayed programme to refurbish and re-engine four ex-US Navy Grumman S-2 Trackers.
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NewsBritish Army praises performance of Watchkeeper during debut deployment
A leading figure in the British Army’s unmanned air vehicles operations has praised the first deployment of the force’s new Elbit Systems/Thales WK450 Watchkeeper system, during which it was involved in three-way UAV operations to offer cueing and intelligence to the US Marine Corps in Afghanistan.
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NewsItaly describes desires for upgraded Reaper fleet
The Italian air force has confirmed that it is in the process of acquiring the Rafael Reccelite reconnaissance pod and has its sights sets on the Selex ES Seaspray 7500E radar to upgrade its fleet of General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicles.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Gap widens among European airlines
CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry on how the latest financial results season illustrates a growing gap between Europe's higher performing and struggling airlines
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NewsDutch team recover tail section from MH17 crash site
Dutch air accident investigators have recovered the tail section from the wreckage of flight MH17 after a second day of work at the crash site in the Ukraine.
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NewsAirbus starts A330 Beluga development
Airbus has launched the development of an A330-based successor for its five-strong A300-600ST Beluga transport fleet.
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NewsGerman A400Ms to get J-Music DIRCM
The German air force’s Airbus A400M tactical transports are to be equipped with the J-Music multi-spectral directed infrared countermeasure system from Elbit Systems.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Flightglobal investigates three-year 787-8 in-service saga
This investigation was supposed to have been published about 1.5 years ago. It's been slightly longer than three years since Boeing 787-8 launch customer All Nippon Airways launched revenue service with a charter flight from Tokyo-Narita to Hong Kong.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How airlines are rethinking MRO schedules
Airlines are taking different approaches to how they schedule their maintenance requirements, as they weigh up the gains of shorter, more regular work against the traditional bigger block checks.
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NewsIsraeli C-130Js stretch legs for air force
The Israeli air force is adding the newly introduced Lockheed Martin C-130J to its long-range operational capabilities, having recently performed a proving flight that helped to develop its tactics for using the "Samson".
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NewsWork begins on recovering MH17 wreckage
Dutch air accident investigators expect work on recovering the wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site to to take several days after beginning the recovery operation.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines satisfied with 787 engines despite efficiency miss
If one of today’s market fashions becomes permanent, the Boeing 787 could be the last commercial widebody aircraft that offers buyers a choice of an engine supplier: the GE Aviation GEnx-1B or the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Lithium ion battery fix prompts mixed reviews for 787 operators
Eighteen months after the US Federal Aviation Administration lifted the grounding order on the Boeing the 787-8 fleet, the two rechargeable lithium ion batteries installed in the aircraft produce mixed reactions among operators.
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Garuda to launch three services from Ambon in December
Garuda Indonesia will launch three new services from Ambon on 1 December.