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NewsLABACE: Sorocaba emerges as Latin American MRO capital
An unassuming airport miles from LABACE has nonetheless become the focus of Brazilian business jet aviation, as years of patient expansion pay dividends
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NewsNATS hones flight trajectories for efficiency
UK air navigation service provider NATS says it is on track to meet a target of saving 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from aircraft fuel burn in 2014 compared with historic levels, using scores from a flight trajectory efficiency measuring tool.
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NewsPICTURES: Thai formally retires A300 from fleet
Thai Airways has formally retired the Airbus A300-600 aircraft from service on 31 July.
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NewsAustralia appoints contractor for MH370 search
The Australian government has selected Fugro Survey to conduct the undersea search of the southern Indian Ocean that hopes to locate the missing aircraft that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
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Cessna Citation Latitude and CJ3+ programmes hit development milestones
Two of Cessna business jet programmes reached development milestones in late July as they advance towards certification and service entry over the coming 12 months
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NewsIsraeli carriers seek help with financial impact of conflict
Israel's airlines have asked the national government for emergency help to balance losses being incurred as a result of the "Protective Edge" operation in Gaza.
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NewsUnidentified A320 order includes 28 re-engined jets
Airbus’s newly-disclosed order for 45 A320-family aircraft, attributed to unidentified customers, includes 28 re-engined models.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus conversions stress shift to larger types
Analysis of Airbus’s single-aisle backlog reveals that the shift towards larger types in new orders has been underpinned by substantial conversion activity within existing agreements.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Gulfstream G650ER aims to be long-range leader in the business jet market
Gulfstream has strengthened its dominance of the coveted ultra-long range business jet sector with the launch in May of its G650ER.
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Japanese whitepaper highlights industrial role of F-35A
Japan’s annual defence whitepaper underlines the importance Tokyo places on the industrial participation aspects of the Lockheed Martin F-35A programme, and casts a wary eye on airpower developments in China.
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China TA-600 amphibian eyes first flight in 2015
China could conduct a maiden flight for the developmental AVIC TA-600 amphibious aircraft in 2015.
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Azul eyes possible flights to Las Vegas and Los Angeles
Brazilian low-cost carrier Azul could possibly target Las Vegas and Los Angeles as its next US destinations after it launches its inaugural international service as soon as later this year.
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NewsUnited converts majority of 787-8 orders to -10 variant
United Airlines has converted seven of its eight remaining Boeing 787-8 orders to the larger 787-10, as it prepares to take its first 787-9.
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Israel blocks further UAS sales to Russia
The Israeli defence ministry has ordered all Israeli companies that manufacture unmanned air systems not to begin or continue negotiations about new contracts in Russia.
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Sidelined Israeli firms target Polish UAS requirement
Israel's defence ministry is trying to find a way to allow the nation's leading unmanned air system manufacturers to supply at least part of expected Polish requirements for such equipment, despite having earlier this year withdrawn the export permits to Warsaw held by Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries.
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Lufthansa Saab 91B trainer crashes in Bremen
Lufthansa lost its historic Saab 91B Safir training aircraft in a crash in Bremen on 1 August.
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NewsAntonov completes fuselage assembly of first An-178
Antonov has completed fuselage assembly of the first An-178, a freighter variant of the An-148 and An-158 regional jet.
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NewsRussian authority hands Rostov radar data to MH17 probe
Russian authorities have provided radar data from a regional air traffic centre to investigators analysing the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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NewsIndian air force continues Dhruv grounding
The Indian air force has grounded its Hindustan Aeronautics-built Dhruv advanced light helicopters, following a fatal crash that happened on 25 July. All seven personnel on board were killed when the Mk III production standard aircraft came down after its crew had issued a mayday call.