All North America news – Page 550
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Analysts sound alarm bells about US capacity growth
Delta Air Lines weak second quarter unit revenue guidance today provides new fuel to concerns that growth in the domestic US market is heating up too quickly.
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NewsJordan Hansell exits NetJets
Jordan Hansell has stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer at NetJets with immediate effect. He has been replaced by Adam Johnson, a long-time employee of the US-headquartered fractional ownership provider.
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NewsQuest sells first European Kodiak through dealership as certification looms
Quest Aircraft has sold its first Kodiak single-engined turboprop through a European dealership and is now working towards EASA certification of the 10-seat utility aircraft, which it hopes to secure by early next year.
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Inmarsat eyes 2016 certification for cockpit satcom offering
Updated with clarification from company that launch date of next GX satellite has yet to be confirmed. In original story, it was reported that satellite would be launched at the end of June 2015.
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NewsNorthrop unveils OpenPod as USAF seeks F-15 IRST
Northrop Grumman has responded to US Air Force interest in an infrared search and track (IRST) capability for its F-15C Eagle by unveiling OpenPod, a reconfigurable sensor pod which the company says is already being flight tested on a tactical military aircraft. Northrop’s system would employ an IRST system produced ...
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NewsFrontier orders 12 more A320 family jets
Denver-based Frontier Airlines has ordered 12 Airbus A320 family aircraft, comprising 10 A321 and two A320 current generation jets.
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NewsCivil Simulator Census: who owns what devices and where?
What is the distribution of commercial training devices by aircraft type, location and simulator providers around the world? Our annual Civil Simulator Census has the answers
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NewsAlaska to exercise E175 options with SkyWest
Alaska Air Group will exercise its eight options for the Embraer 175 with SkyWest Airlines, says chief executive Brad Tilden.
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OpinionOPINION: Appreciating the depreciation conundrum
Ascend's head of consultancy Rob Morris weighs in on recent suggestions that the assumed economic life of an aircraft should be reduced to 18 years
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NewsBoeing 767-2C tanker airframe resumes airworthiness flights
The first Boeing KC-46A Pegasus test tanker has returned to the skies over the US state of Washington with a four-and-a-half-hour airworthiness flight on Thursday and another flight late on Friday, the company says.
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NewsMarine Corps F-35Bs depart USS Wasp after carrier tests
Six US Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters have departed the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp following a one-and-a-half-week trial that included 108 test sorties and an F135 engine delivery from a V-22 Osprey as the first combat fighter squadron stationed in Yuma, Arizona, prepares to declare initial operational capability ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Low-cost carrier traffic up 10% in 2014
Low-cost carrier growth showed no sign of abating in 2014 as passenger number among the leading budget and leisure sector carrier increased almost 10% in 2014.
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NewsUPDATE: DOD wants to block-buy 450 F-35 jets from Lockheed
The Pentagon says it has enough confidence in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme to start planning for a three-year block buy that would purchase about 450 jets from prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
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NewsLow-cost legends: the Top 10 most-popular budget carriers
In the week that Ryanair reported a net profit of $1.08 billion against revenues totalling $7.05 billion in 2014, our Top 10 looks at the global stars of the low-cost and leisure carrier sectors. Our data is drawn from a feature in the newly-published June issue of Airline Business, with ...
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NewsBoeing confident on Leap and 737 Max performance promises
Boeing's top salesman is confident the CFM International Leap-1B will meet its performance targets, ensuring that the 737 Max will satisfy all the promises made to customers about the re-engined twinjet's efficiency.
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NewsDelta takes first higher-weight A330
Delta Air Lines has taken delivery of the first higher-weight Airbus A330-300, as part of its fleet renewal programme.
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NewsBell Helicopter wants USAF to trade Huey for Huey
As the US Air Force pumps more money into its nuclear mission, Bell Helicopter and several other rotorcraft manufacturers are eyeing a lucrative opportunity to replace the 45-year-old UH-1N Huey fleet currently guarding America’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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NewsSpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket approved to launch US military satellites
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been certified by the US military to put its most important satellites on orbit, injecting long-awaited competition into the multibillion-dollar American national security space launch market that has been dominated for almost a decade by United Launch Alliance.
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NewsPentagon firming F-35 Block 4 configuration
As Pentagon decides what new combat capabilities to “bake” into the Block 4 configuration of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, there is concern about planned upgrades sliding from earlier configurations into Block 4, and about the overall price tag as those modifications are rolled out in the early ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Business jet values - a time for review
Daniel Hall, Business and Commercial Aviation Senior Analyst and Chris Seymour, Head of Market Analysis, discuss a business jet recovery and important changes in Market, Base and Future Values.