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JAL to expand Australia codeshares with three carriers
Japan Airlines (JAL) is expanding its codeshare into Australia with three carriers in the coming days.
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NewsPICTURES: MRJ gears up for static strength tests
Mitsubishi Aircraft has rolled out the first ground test aircraft for its MRJ regional jet programme, as it prepares to start static strength tests.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Jungle of trouble awaits new Tigerair boss
Battered Tigerair’s announcement last week on the planned grounding of eight aircraft was a difficult but necessary decision - but more tough decisions lie ahead.
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NewsTigerair CEO steps down after 21 months
Tiger Airways Holdings chief executive Koay Peng Yen has resigned after serving in the role for less than two years, to be replaced by a SIA veteran.
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Egypt eyes Arabian lift for tourism with new routes
EgyptAir and Air Cairo are to launch flights from Hurghada into Jeddah and Kuwait respectively as the Egyptian tourism ministry looks to neighbouring Arabian markets to help revive its key tourism industry.
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NewsAurora beats Lockheed bid to develop iPad-based UAS controller
Aurora Flight Sciences has won a $13.7 million US Navy contract to complete development of a prototype system that allows an untrained operator to land an unmanned helicopter using a software application on an Apple iPad mini.
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NewsAgustaWestland touts single-engined trainer savings
Helicopter manufacturers continue to say the US Army could save significant money if it sticks with a single-engined helicopter trainer, rather than transitioning to a dual-engined type as planned.
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NewsVirgin America in Love Field push ahead of city council meeting
Virgin America has launched a campaign to secure two gates at Dallas Love Field airport, ahead of a Dallas City Council meeting tomorrow to discuss the award of the gates.
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British Airways and Corsair seal codeshare
British Airways and Corsair have signed a new codeshare agreement covering flights through Paris Orly airport.
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House bill promotes EA-18G and U-2S, but hits UCLASS
A key US lawmaker has proposed to extend Boeing EA-18G production for several months and save the Lockheed Martin U-2S from an early retirement, but allow the Department of Defense to divest the Bell Helicopter OH-58D and Fairchild Republic A-10.
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Israeli ground units define UAS requirement
The Israel defence forces' ground units have finalised a requirement for an advanced unmanned air system.
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NewsRussia to deliver Yak-130 trainers to Syria
Russia plans to press on with deliveries to Syria of an initial batch of nine Yak-130 advanced jet trainers by the end of 2014, according to Russian media reports, after delaying handing over the aircraft last year due to the civil war in that country.
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NewsMH370 forces further revision of recorder strategy
Failure to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 has resulted in a further reinforcement of European proposals to increase flight recorder capabilities and aid aircraft detection.
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NewsFire Scout reborn: MQ-8C cutaway and technical description
If parked side by side, no-one would confuse a Bell 407 and a Schweizer 333, yet these vastly different light helicopters now share a numerical designation in the US military’s inventory.
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NewsAVX expects work to continue on its future vertical lift design
Helicopter maker AVX Aircraft Company continues to stress the advantages of its design for a future vertical lift aircraft.
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NewsLockheed completes development of upgraded Apache day sensor
Lockheed Martin has finished developing its modernised day sensor assembly (M-DSA) carried in the Arrowhead system on Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: USAF prepares for all-unmanned surveillance fleet
With the cost of Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk having declined in recent years, the US Air Force has reversed course and says it is now ready to retire its manned Lockheed U-2s in fiscal year 2016.