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  • News

    ​Arianespace aims high in Asia-Pacific

    2016-06-01T16:52:21Z

    Arianespace is confident about the Asia-Pacific launch market, and says 40% of Ariane 5 launch capacity in 2016 is for customers in the region.

  • News

    ​Monarch's MRO arm gains A380 approval

    2016-06-01T15:38:36Z

    Monarch Aircraft Engineering has been approved to provide line support for the Airbus A380.

  • News

    IATA: Finnair predicts swift inclusion of Iberia into Japanese JV

    2016-06-01T15:28:55Z

    ​Finnair chief executive Pekka Vauramo expects Iberia to be given clearance “any day now” to become a part of the joint venture operated by fellow Oneworld carriers Finnair, British Airways and Japan Airlines on routes between Europe and Japan.

  • News

    ​IATA: Leahy believes CSeries pricing strategy unsustainable

    2016-06-01T12:18:01Z

    Airbus’s top salesman John Leahy is unmoved by the Bombardier CSeries recent sales successes and remains sceptical that the twinjet is becoming a genuine rival. He does not believe Bombardier has the financial wherewithal to sustain the sort of long-term loss making sales strategy usually required to become established as ...

  • News

    IATA: Bombardier sees discounts key to CSeries traction

    2016-06-01T11:44:20Z

    Bombardier executives say discounts for its flagship CSeries as key to gaining momentum for the programme, responding to criticism from Airbus executives.

  • News

    EgyptAir crash: French vessel detects possible locator signal

    2016-06-01T11:25:00Z

    ​Search teams hunting for the flight recorders from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320 in the Mediterranean Sea have detected a possible locator signal.

  • News

    ​Magnetic MRO cleared to sell engine parts

    2016-06-01T11:09:35Z

    Estonia's Magnetic MRO has been approved by the Aviation Suppliers Association to trade engine parts.

  • News

    IATA: Adapting safety focus as operating environment changes

    2016-06-01T09:25:33Z

    IATA has always taken safety and security seriously, but the emphasis has to alter subtly from time to time to take ­account of changes in the global operating environment. A quick glance at recent airline safety performance shows accidents are down, but disasters have still occurred and the terrorist threat ...

  • News

    IATA: Tyler corrals troops to champion carbon-offset deal

    2016-06-01T08:43:18Z

    ​IATA director general Tony Tyler is delighted his members are congregating in Dublin this year, heralding Ireland as a great example of a country that embraces commercial aviation. And as he makes his last appearance as the association’s boss, Tyler acknowledges that 2016 is a crunch time for the world’s ...

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    Analysis

    IATA: New airline chief executives in the hot seat

    2016-05-31T15:11:19Z

    ​This year’s IATA AGM in Dublin will see a number of new faces among the top tier of airlines, as several new and a few familiar ones have embarked on new roles.

  • News

    H225 crash investigators focus on three possible causes

    2016-05-31T13:01:26Z

    ​Investigators probing the 29 April fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters H225 on Norway’s west coast have narrowed their focus to three possible causes for the main rotor separation that doomed the rotorcraft.

  • News

    Leap-powered A320neo certified by EASA and FAA

    2016-05-31T10:40:00Z

    ​European and US authorities have granted type certification to the Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines.

  • Interview

    INTERVIEW: Stuart Mulholland - Chief executive Zenith Aviation

    2016-05-31T10:02:00Z

    Following a short spell as an accountant, Stuart Mulholland decided a career as a pilot was "a lot more appealing". After 20 years flying commercially, he settled for the more grounded role of managing director for UK charter firm Zenith Aviation, based at Biggin Hill.

  • News

    Airbus aiming to raise A330neo take-off weight

    2016-05-31T08:26:00Z

    ​Airbus is looking to take the maximum take-off weight of the re-engined A330neo to 245t.

  • Opinion

    OPINION: Business jet makers hit by values slump

    2016-05-31T08:10:18Z

    ​Business aviation is not burdened by the uncompromising rules of economics in the way its commercial cousin is. While airline bosses fret about their equipment’s operating costs and depreciation rates, a business jet – especially a privately-owned, top-end model – is an aspirational product, where brand values may matter more ...

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    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: The biggest LCCs by traffic and financials in 2015

    2016-05-27T14:47:28Z

    ​When Ryanair ended the 2015 calendar year passing the 100 million passenger mark, it further underlined the huge growth the low-cost sector has continued to experience over recent years

  • News

    ILA: Germany continues to retain sovereignty over UAV fleet

    2016-05-27T09:30:50Z

    April saw Airbus Defence & Space celebrate 10 years since its Barracuda unmanned air vehicle test had performed its first autonomous take-off in Murcia, Spain. But while the German-Spanish programme was once touted as a competitor to the Dassault-led pan-European Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator programme, Barracuda’s most ...

  • News

    EgyptAir crash: French deploy acoustic detection vessel

    2016-05-27T06:57:00Z

    ​France’s government is dispatching a specialist naval vessel to support the underwater search for flight recorders from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320.

  • News

    Fewer Superjet deliveries drag down Sukhoi revenues

    2016-05-26T08:50:00Z

    ​Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division delivered two Superjet 100s in the first quarter, compared with four in the same period last year.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Unshrouding the mystery of open rotors

    2016-05-26T08:43:05Z

    ​Ground testing is imminent on the open-rotor engine portion of the European Union’s Clean Sky initiative, with Snecma and partners now putting the finishing touches to assembling the demonstrator. The noise issues that have plagued open-rotor engines in the past appear to have been largely overcome, and the key questions ...