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AnalysisANALYSIS: Europe airline market outlook May 2014
May underlined some strong financial performances from Europe’s budget carriers as they came out of the traditionally loss-making winter months in strong positions.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What is the future for 3D printing in aerospace?
Making parts for a jet engine using a 3D printer is – despite what you may hear –– not cheap. The powder used by the printer to build up the part – layer by microscopic layer – is expensive. The 3D printer itself is a machine with a seven-figure price ...
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IATA: New environment chief arrives at tense time
Michael Gill is hoping his 15 years of aviation law experience will stand him in good stead for the complex negotiations lying ahead as ICAO member states attempt to agree on a global market-based measure (MBM) to address emissions growth in the airline industry.
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NewsPICTURE: UTair’s first Superjet sports special livery
Sukhoi has painted UTair’s first Superjet 100 in a special livery.
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IATA: NDC still a work in progress
After more than two years of fierce discussion, debate and dispute, the airline and travel industries appear to have reached a base agreement on the principles of IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC).
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ANALYSIS: Europe’s legacy airlines fight for short-haul share
CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry examines the convergence playing out within Europe’s short-haul market
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NewsIATA: Outgoing chairman hails progress on climate change
Climate change was at the centre of Richard Anderson’s year as chairman of IATA’s board of governors.
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ALPA reiterates call to drop widebody ECA financing
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has again called on the US government to start talks with Europe’s export credit agencies to eliminate financing on widebody aircraft, ahead of a hearing on the reauthorisation of the US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) next month.
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NewsLatest Voyager arrival completes 'core' fleet for RAF
The ninth Airbus A330 Voyager from the UK’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme touched down at the Royal Air Force’s Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire on 29 May, completing the service’s “core” fleet of the type.
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EDC provides financing for latest Garuda CRJ1000s
Export Development Canada (EDC) has provided C$25 million ($23.1 million) to C$50 million in financing for the latest Bombardier CRJ1000 deliveries to Garuda Indonesia.
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NewsNew deal to protect UK helicopters
BAE Systems has been awarded a £16.7 million ($28 million) contract to produce its third-generation common missile warning system (CMWS) equipment for a range of UK military helicopters.
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Rafael sharpens Spike missile offering
Rafael has teamed up with both AgustaWestland and Airbus Helicopters to offer its Spike air-to-surface missile as an integral part of the weapons systems carried by their rotorcraft.
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NewsNorthrop announces partnership with Diamond Aircraft for surveillance market
Northrop Grumman has announced a new partnership with Diamond Aircraft Industries and a new presence in Ontario, Canada, to developsurveillance aircraft for Canadian and international markets.
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Air Arabia contracts Turkish Technic for component support
Sharjah-based carrier Air Arabia has selected Turkish Technic as component MRO provider for its Airbus A320 fleet.
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NewsBudget spat grounds Israeli training flights
The high command of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has decided to cancel almost all air force training flights until further notice, due to budget cuts. The unprecedented decision marks the peak in a heated debate between the nation's defence and finance ministries about the new defence budget.
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NewsUK Rivet Joint flight restores key RAF capability
Personnel from the UK Royal Air Force’s 51 Sqn have begun performing training flights using the unit’s first RC-135W Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft, following the receipt of initial release to service approval.
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OpinionOPINION: Is the industry facing a pilot shortage?
Japanese airlines are having to cancel schedules because they have too few flightcrew. American carriers, especially regionals, have the same problem. Ryanair is having to migrate crew around its network to patch up holes in local rosters.
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NewsSearch for MH370 ceases until August
Australian authorities have stopped searching for debris related to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the area where the ADV Ocean Shield detected acoustic signals in early April.
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NewsPICTURE: Air New Zealand 787-9 makes first flight
The first Boeing 787-9 for launch customer Air New Zealand completed its first flight from Paine Field on 28 May.
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NewsHeron UAS operators offered airframe 'transplant'
Existing operators of the Israel Aerospace Industries Heron unmanned air system are being offered a way of getting the advanced performance of the heavy fuel engine-powered Super Heron, by taking the avionics package of the older version and "transplanting" it into the new model's enlarged fuselage.