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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Europe’s LCCs are getting down to business
The lines between low-cost carriers and their network rivals have blurred so much over recent years as to make segmenting operators by type almost academic.
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Norwegian opens Gatwick links to Warsaw and Berlin
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to open new routes to Warsaw and Berlin Schonefeld from London Gatwick.
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ILA: ESA makes great step for Orion
The development of a key component in transatlantic spaceflight co-operation took a leap forward yesterday, with European Space Agency approval of the design for the service module it will supply for NASA’s Orion crew capsule.
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ILA: Lufthansa Technik boosts R&D efforts
Lufthansa Technik is quadrupling its investment in research and development of new product and services.
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LHT prepares Shenzhen site for future growth
Lufthansa Technik has expanded its joint-venture composite repair facility with Beijing Kailan Aviation Technology in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
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NewsUndersea search for MH370 resumes
The search for MH370 has resumed, with the autonomous underwater vehicle Bluefin-21 operating from the ADV Ocean Shield in waters to the west of Australia.
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ILA: ESG has Global ambition for German SIGINT gap
Germany’s ESG Elektroniksystem und Logistik is showing its proposal for a replacement for the nation’s ill-fated Euro Hawk signals intelligence programme at the ILA Berlin air show.
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South Korea, China expand air services agreement
South Korea has signed an expanded air services agreement with China, and established a new agreement with Tajikistan.
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NewsILA: Airbus Helicopters sets X4 reveal date
Airbus Helicopters will reveal the shape of its new 4-6t family of X4 helicopters at the next Heli-Expo show in Anaheim, California, early in 2015, the company’s chief executive said at the ILA Berlin air show. The aircraft, which has been in development for several years, is intended as a ...
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ILA: Elbit to supply protection system for Luftwaffe A400M
Germany’s Bundeswehr has selected Elbit Systems’ J-MUSIC countermeasure equipment for its ordered Airbus A400M transport fleet.
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ILA: Ariane 6 can hit cost target, Dordain says
European Space Agency director general Jean-Jacques Dordain has underscored the agency’s confidence that it can meet the ambitious cost and performance targets set for its all-new Ariane 6 heavy launcher.
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ILA: Galileo on track, says ESA
The European Space Agency is on track to orbit four more of its Galileo navigation satellite by year-end, giving it eight in orbit to allow the provision of early services from early 2015.
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Philippines invites bids for maritime patrol aircraft
The Philippines has invited bids in a Ps6 billion ($23 million) programme to acquire two long range patrol aircraft for the country’s air force.
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NewsPICTURE: Eva Air receives two Boeing 777-300ERs with Panasonic IFE
Taiwan’s Eva Air has taken delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs – the carrier’s 16th and 17th – as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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NewsEmbraer gets firm order for 28 KC-390s from Brazil
During a public unveiling of Embraer’s KC-390 final assembly site in Gavião Peixoto, Sao Paulo, Embraer President Frederico Curado signed a firm order with the Brazilian Air Force for the supply of 28 production KC-390 tactical transport/tanker aircraft.
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ILA: LHT to trial mobile composite repair robot in 2015
Lufthansa Technik is to deploy a robot as mobile MRO equipment for composite repairs next year.
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NewsEBACE: Pilatus secures 80 orders for PC-24
Pilatus Aircraft has secured over 80 orders for its PC-24 and has named its five launch customers which between them have acquired 18 of the superlight twin jets.
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Boeing prefers derivative for long-range 757 replacement
Boeing’s long-term strategy to address a potential market for 4,000nm-5,000nm range aircraft with 200-250 seats is to leverage existing products rather than launch a clean-sheet programme, says chief executive James McNerney.
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ILA: Diehl sees no need for further acquisitions
Diehl Aerosystems is planning no further acquisitions after the takeover of interior equipment specialist AOA later this year.
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NewsEBACE: Fokker proposes giant window to Boeing Business Jets
High net worth individuals are used to viewing the world through panoramic windows from penthouse apartments or luxury yachts – but when they step on their business jets they are restricted to peering through tiny windows.