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Asia is key to lifting A380 sales: Enders
EADS admits that recent Airbus A380 sales have been poor, a situation it attributes to the wing-rib issue, but is optimistic that it can improve on the position...
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No decision on possible second A350 line: Enders
EADS has not embarked on any decision for a possible second production line for the Airbus A350, but acknowledges that success for the type might require...
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NewsDiamond Aircraft Canada restructures Ontario operation and suspends D-JET programme
Diamond Aircraft Industries (Canada) has been forced to restructure its London, Ontario operation and suspend development of its D-JET programme.
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NewsIndonesia’s Sky Aviation receives first Sukhoi Superjet
Indonesian carrier Sky Aviation received its first Sukhoi Superjet aircraft on 27 February. The aircraft, with serial number 95022, was delivered to...
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NewsA380 wing-fix charges reach €250m in 2012
Charges relating to the Airbus A380 wing-rib repairs reached €251 million ($328 million) during 2012, while EADS also recorded charges of €124 million for...
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NewsPratt & Whitney to test upgraded F135 this year
Pratt & Whitney expects to test an upgraded version of its F135 afterburning turbofan later this year, a top company official says. The engine is installed...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Capacity increases hit Qantas and Virgin domestic earnings
A major increase in capacity, intense competition and the imposition of the carbon tax led Qantas and Virgin Australia's domestic earnings to stall during...
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NewsPICTURE: Bombardier reveals engine-equipped CSeries
Bombardier has revealed the first image of a nearly structurally-complete CSeries test aircraft equipped for the first time with a pair of Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines.
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NewsPICTURE: Phantom Eye completes second flight
Boeing's Phantom Eye, a hydrogen-powered testbed, has made its second flight ...
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ExpressJet joins JetBlue pilot training programme
Regional carrier ExpressJet is joining a pilot training programme that will allow new pilots to gain experience at regional airlines before eventually interviewing...
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Fatigue tests begin on Irkut MS-21 centre fuselage
Russia's United Aircraft says development of the medium-range Irkut MS-21 twinjet remains on track as fuselage structural tests begin on a key aerostructure...
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NewsPICTURE: First flying A350 moves to next stage of ground tests
Airbus has released a picture showing the first A350 XWB - MSN001 - emerging from the Roger Béteille final assembly line in Toulouse as it moves to the next...
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NewsEmirates to fly one-off A380 service to Gatwick in March
Gulf carrier Emirates will perform a scheduled passenger flight of an Airbus A380 into London Gatwick on 24 March to test the Sussex airport's newly completed...
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NewsAVALON: Grob eyes Australian opportunity for G120TP
Grob Aircraft is mounting a major push for its G120TP basic trainer at the Avalon air show in Australia ...
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NewsEASA approves SSJ100 full flight simulator
European regulator EASA has certificated a new full flight simulator (FFS) for the Sukhoi Superjet 100, installed at SuperJet International's (SJI) training...
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NewsPICTURES: Urban Aeronautics reveals high-speed AirMule variant
Israel's Urban Aeronautics has performed windtunnel tests of a more than 250kt version of its AirMule ducted fan UAV ...
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NewsPICTURE: Flying Colours gears up for first Challenger 890 completion
Canadian completions house Flying Colours is preparing to outfit the first Bombardier Challenger 890 - a corporate version of a green CRJ900 regional jet.
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In space, nobody can see you pulse
LIDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, has been a powerful tool in Earth observation since at least the 1990s, when satellites began using this active sensing technology to augment the passive measures - such as visual light photography - that characterise most systems.
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NewsAVALON: Northrop eyes MQ-4C maiden flight in April 2013
Northrop Grumman hopes to conduct the maiden flight of the first MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle in the coming months. Speaking to Flightglobal at...
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LTT partners with Kuwaiti college for MRO training
Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) is supporting the Australian College of Kuwait to introduce EASA-accredited training programmes for maintenance technicians...