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Cebu Pacific, CAE to open Philippines training centre
Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific and Canadian training equipment and services provider CAE have entered into a joint venture agreement to establish...
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NewsGulfstream closes G200 era with number 250
Gulfstream has rolled out its final G200 super midsize business jet at the company's Dallas completion centre, making way for the soon-to-be-certified G280...
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EASA warns over TBM 700 nose gear
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) to operators of Socata TBM 700s following the rupture of a bolt attaching...
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NewsF2 HondaJet joins the flight test team
Honda Aircraft says its third production conforming aircraft, F2, is now taking part in the HondaJet flight test programme along with the first conforming...
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Boeing aims to reduce fuel burn with in-flight programme
A little known programme offered by Boeing since October 2010 called InFlight Optimization Services offers airlines the ability to get up-to-date, en route...
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NewsPegasus plans 100-aircraft order, mulls A320neo and 737 Max
Turkey's Pegasus Airlines plans to place an order for 100 single-aisle aircraft in February 2012 and is considering the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 Max.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Learning lessons from retailers is key to ancillaries potential
Despite all the progress airlines have made with ancillary revenues to improve their bottom lines, a shift to a retail mindset is still key to unlocking the full potential.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Euro's demise to change shape of aerospace industry
The European single currency may survive 2012, but after months of roiling crisis only the delusional can seriously, in unguarded private moments, believe...
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NewsAVIONICS: Fusion forges forward
While all avionics makers will be busy incorporating next-generation communications, navigation and surveillance features into their integrated flight decks...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Who will finance 2012's expected growth in commercial aircraft deliveries?
The year 2012 will see more commercial aircraft deliveries hitting the market and financiers may be scratching their heads to work out how the funding requirements...
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NewsNarrowbody engines: Makers mark the way in 2012
Sales were all the rage in the new narrowbody turbofan market in 2011, but 2012 will be the year when warm and fuzzy promises have to be replaced by cold...
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NewsBusiness Aviation - Forecast
It's been another gloomy 12 months for the business aviation industry. As the economic downturn tightened its grip on the world's economies, demand for business aircraft and services - especially in the established markets of Europe and the USA - remained soft.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Painful decisions on US defence spending delayed in 2011 will come back to haunt industry next year
Budgetary crises, instability, and conflict were the dominant defence sector topics in 2011, and the coming year is unlikely to provide a deviation from these key themes.
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Kingston overrun triggers tailwind training recommendations
The overrun of an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Kingston, Jamaica two years ago, has prompted investigators to seek a requirement for training to land...
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NewsBoeing: FAA certifies 787 with Package B engines
Boeing has obtained US FAA certification of the 787 with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Package B engines, capping a seven month flight test programme for the enhanced...
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NewsNo Humbug in Jet Solutions Baja deal
Jet Solutions' yearly tradition of offering its Flexjet 25 jet card members something special during the holiday season continues in 2011, this time with...
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NewsJapan swoops for F-35, shoots down Typhoon, F/A-18E/F
Japan has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A joint strike fighter (JSF) for its F-X contract, which purchases 42 aircraft to replace an ageing fleet of McDonnell...
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South Africa back in play for Airbus Military A400M after refund
Airbus Military has cleared a key hurdle to pursuing further business with South Africa by refunding pre-delivery payments on an order of eight A400Ms cancelled...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Moving many of aviation history's most precious artefacts to new home at Udvar-Hazy
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is moving a massive collection of artefacts to a new complex at the Udvar-Hazy Center, near Dulles airport
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NewsQantas A330 upset pinned on rare data-spike effect
Australian investigators have cited a flight-control computer design limitation, and a rare air-data signal spike, as the triggers for the mysterious in-flight...