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A380 wing-fix charges pass €180m in first half
Airbus has recorded total first-half charges of €181 million ($222 million) relating to fixing the cracking problem to wing-rib feet on in-service A380s. The...
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NewsA350 wing work delays service entry by three months
Airbus is pushing back the entry into service for the A350 twinjet by three months to the second half of 2014. It has shifted the schedule as a result...
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NewsLockheed needs to take additional steps to regain EVMS compliance
Lockheed Martin has to take additional measures to regain full compliance with the Defense Contract Management Agency's earned value management system (EVMS)...
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Silver sets launch date for former Colgan route in Virginia
US regional carrier Silver Airways will launch service to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in Virginia on 1 August, the airport's management announced...
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BAA cuts first half loss at London airports to £50.9m
UK airports operator BAA has reported a pre-tax loss of £50.9 million ($78.9 million) for its two London airports in the first half of 2012 - an improvement...
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Flybe eyes East Midlands expansion ahead of BMIbaby exit
Flybe will add three new winter routes from East Midlands airport in order to fill the void left by BMIbaby. The airline will launch daily services...
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NewsSikorsky considers Ukrainian engines for S-61 upgrade
Ukraine's Motor Sich has held talks with Sikorsky over the possible installation of its engines in the Sikorsky S-61...
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NewsUS EX-IM gives loans and guarantees for satellite construction
The US Export-Credit agency and loans organisation, the US Ex-Im bank, has agreed to provide a loan guarantee to $922 million of loans for the construction...
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NewsTurbomeca announces new powerplant for Eurocopter X4
Eurocopter will offer a choice of powerplants on its in-development X4 helicopter, having confirmed that Turbomeca will supply its new TM800 engine for the...
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NewsSix Eurocopter employees dead after crash
Eurocopter has confirmed that six of its employees were killed when an AS532AL Cougar crashed in southeastern France on 25 July ...
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Icarus Cup competitors hope to propel human-powered flying into Olympics
As athletes from around the world converged on London for the Olympics, another category of sportsperson gathered at Lasham airfield in the UK for what the...
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GenCorp to keep intended acquisition Rocketdyne separate from Aerojet
GenCorp says it will keep Rocketdyne, which it intends to purchase from Pratt & Whitney in a $550 million deal, separate from its existing Aerojet rocket...
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LTQ Engineering to close Tullamarine facility
Australia's LTQ Engineering, a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and Qantas Airways, will cease operations and close its Tullamarine, Melbourne facility...
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NewsAirAsia and partner acquire Batavia Air
Low-cost carrier AirAsia, together with a partner firm, has inked an agreement to fully acquire Indonesian carrier Batavia Air, in a move that will allow...
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NewsLockheed to deliver 18 more F-35s this year
Lockheed Martin has delivered 12 F-35 aircraft to the US Department of Defense so far this year, but the company is contracted to deliver 30 aircraft in...
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Sukhoi Superjet crash findings to be out in October
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) expects to release in October its investigation report detailing findings of the crash involving...
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PAL to offer iPad in-flight entertainment on trans-Pacific flights
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will be providing Apple iPads as one of its in-flight entertainment options on board all trans-Pacific flights. Both business...
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NewsThailand requests four UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters from the USA
Thailand has requested four additional Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters from the USA in a Foreign Military Sales Mechanism (FMS) deal worth...
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NewsOSHKOSH: Diamond reveals production DJet lines
Diamond has frozen the aerodynamic configuration of the D-Jet single-engined personal jet, which now includes new upswept wing tips the company says have...
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NewsSpace Launch System formally enters design phase
The Space Launch System (SLS), the super-heavy lift launch vehicle designed to launch crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit (LEO), has passed a combination...