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NewsIN FOCUS: Airlines hunt for a connectivity catalyst
High-speed wi-fi has become a no-brainer for airlines, as it is required whether passengers use their own devices or embedded IFE
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NewsHawker Beechcraft celebrates 80th anniversary with fly-in
Privately owned Beechcraft piston aircraft lined up at Hawker Beechcraft's Europe, Middle East and Africa headquarters...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Mobile devices bring a sea change for IFE
With security and logistical issues resolved, the cost benefits of consumer devices for in-flight entertainment are winning over a rapidly growing number of airlines
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NewsILA: AirAsia closes in on 'bring your own device' IFE
AirAsia believes the technological strides being made in tablet devices means that within three years its passengers will be able to bring their own entertainment...
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NewsILA: A380 tweaks push up dispatch reliability
Airbus is underlining the positive effect that a number of retrofit measures on various systems has had on A380 dispatch.
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Merpati Nusantara to lease eight Boeing 737-800s
Indonesian carrier Merpati Nusantara plans to lease eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft and intends to eventually replace its older Boeing 737s. The eight...
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NewsILA: NATO AGS on course for 2015 flight debut
It took a long time to take off, but NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme has made good progress since the signature of a roughly £1.7 billion...
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NewsILA: Museco mock-up signals new move by EMT
Germany's EMT is showing a mock-up of its new Museco system as it seeks a launch customer for the unmanned helicopter.
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NewsILA: Euro Hawk's German test campaign awaits certification step
Germany's Euro Hawk unmanned air vehicle is due to make its first test flight in the nation's airspace late this year, with industry partners Northrop Grumman...
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NewsILA: Airbus expects to deliver 200 sharklet A320s in 2013
Airbus expects some 200 A320-family aircraft to be delivered next year with sharklet wing-tips. While this figure is less than half of recent annual...
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NewsILA: Messerschmitt in a scrape
A Messerschmitt Bf-109G-4 scraped the ground with its wing-tip on landing after a joint flying display with the Me 262 yesterday.
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AN-28 crash in east Russia kills 10
Ten people were killed in a crash of an Antonov AN-28 aircraft operating on the Petropavlovsk-Palani route on Russia's eastern Kamchatka peninsula, according...
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NewsILA: Premium Aerotec develops corrugated wing spar for Boeing
Following in the wake of German aviation pioneer Hugo Junkers, who first used corrugated aluminium to stiffen the fuselage skin of his aircraft, EADS aerostructure...
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Gogo expands Ku-band network coverage
Gogo has struck a multi-year agreement with Intelsat to expand its Ku-band broadband satellite capacity on transoceanic routes starting in early 2013. The...
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NewsNorthrop Grumman to pitch new AESA radar to export customers
Northrop Grumman plans to offer a new radar based on the antenna of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's (JSF) APG-81 active electronically scanned...
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UK government delays decision on increasing airport capacity
A decision on whether to build new runway capacity in the southeast of England will not be taken before 2015, following the creation of a government commission...
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NewsILA: Merkel officially opens show
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has cut the ribbon to officially open the show. The ceremony took place in front of two flagship products of European...
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OnAir receives Australian authorisation for wi-fi service
Geneva-based OnAir has secured authorisation in Australia to provide its Internet OnAir wi-fi service in the country's airspace. The approval could...
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NewsBoeing 787s continue flying after ultrasound checks on GE engines
General Electric (GE) has completed an analysis of ultrasound inspections on all four Boeing 787s powered by an engine that failed in ground taxi tests six weeks ago.
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ILA: AirAsia plans A320 rollovers
AirAsia will begin to roll over its early delivery Airbus A320s for new aircraft in a couple of years, says Zaman Ahmad, the airline's head of customer experience...