All news – Page 2018
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News
Fire damages F-35A during Mountain Home deployment
A fire erupted in the aft end of a Lockheed Martin F-35A during the engine start sequence on 23 September in Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, forcing the pilot to escape, the US Air Force says.
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Four JSTARS grounded for inspection
Almost a quarter of the US Air Force’s of E-8C JSTARS aircraft has been grounded for inspection after water damage caused $2.5 million in damages to the type's ground surveillance radar.
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Japan rolls out first F-35A
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first 42 F-35As ordered by the Japan Air Self Defence Forces to replace a nearly 80-strong fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Fastjet turns attention to South Africa
Fastjet’s disclosure on 20 September that it will relocate its headquarters from London Gatwick to Johannesburg came as something of a surprise, given that the airline primarily operates out of Tanzania.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How airlines can target illegal wildlife trade
Criminal gangs are exploiting the global aviation network to transport illegal wildlife products around the world, putting at risk the survival of many endangered species and posing a major threat to public health. Earlier this year, the airline industry pledged to do what it could to fight this trade, by ...
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Opinion
OPINION: US pilot shortage is fixable, but it will cost
US airlines think they have a problem. Assuming air travel demand remains steady, the number of fare-paying passengers could soon vastly outnumber the supply of pilots required to carry them.
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MH17: Russia to provide additional radar data to inquiry
Russian authorities are intending to supply additional radar data to investigators probing the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down over Ukraine two years ago.
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Thai confirms A350 tyre damage after Phuket incident
Thai Airways discovered damage to four right-hand tyres on the Airbus A350 which suffered a landing incident at Phuket.
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NewsIndia signs 36-unit Rafale contract
India has concluded a deal to acquire 36 Dassault Rafale fighters, with a contract signed in New Delhi by the nation’s defence minister, Manohar Parrikar, and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on 23 September.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Market turmoil for offshore operators
Lower oil prices may have provided great benefits to the world’s commercial airlines, but for helicopter operators serving the oil and gas market, they have prompted a reversal in fortunes. Since the end of 2015, the in-service fleet in the offshore support market has fallen by over 180 aircraft, some ...
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QantasLink Fokker evacuated over fumes at Perth
A QantasLink Fokker 100 was evacuated at Perth airport after fumes were discovered inside the cabin, as it was taxiing towards the terminal.
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WTO: EU failed to comply with Airbus subsidy remedies
Subsidies granted for a host of Airbus programmes pre-dating the A350 have yet to be remedied, a World Trade Organization panel has ruled.
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Airbus' Leahy equivocal on retirement question
A series of retrospective speeches by Airbus’ head of sales John Leahy over the last few months has rekindled a seemingly annual round of questions about the 66-year-old’s retirement plans.
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NewsBell unveils V-247 Vigilant unmanned tiltrotor
Bell Helicopter has unveiled a unmanned tiltrotor aircraft, the V-247 Vigilant, as it looks towards a future requirement from the US Marine Corps for a large, armed platform capable of operating from ships.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Market forces coalesce for first sub-3% EETC coupon
Market forces coalesced around United Airlines’ $920 million enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) transaction earlier in September, resulting in a record low sub-3% coupon that even frequent issuer American Airlines could not match less than a week later.
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NewsSaab identifies UK as potential GlobalEye customer
Saab sees the UK as a potential customer for its new airborne early warning and control products as a replacement for the Royal Air Force’s Boeing E-3 Sentry.
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FL Technics gains A330 approval
Lithuanian maintenance specialist FL Technics has been certificated as a continued airworthiness management organisation (CAMO) for Airbus A330 widebodies.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Increased sophistication drives UK's HEMS market
Paul Westaway, director of customer services at Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore – the former Bond Offshore Helicopters – has been working in the UK’s helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) segment since its earliest incarnation 30 years ago.
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NewsBoeing, Korean Air join up for unmanned MD500 gunship
Boeing and Korean Air have signed a memorandum of agreement to jointly develop the MD Helicopters MD500 into an unmanned asset.
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Congressional language would delay JSTARS IOC by a year
Congressional language in the 2017 National Defense Authorisation Act would force the US Air Force to pursue a fixed-price engineering, development and manufacturing contract for the joint surveillance target attack radar system (JSTARS) recapitalisation effort, and delay initial operational capability of the new fleet by about a year, top USAF ...