Europe – Page 647
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Italian air force makes flying start with T-346A trainer
In 2016, the Italian air force is set to mark the 70th anniversary of flight training activities at its Lecce-Galatina air base, also an early milestone in the transition to its newest instructional model.
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ATR happy for lessors' backlog share to stay at one-third
ATR chief executive Patrick de Castelbajac does not expect growth in the turboprop manufacturer's backlog to be accompanied by a rise in the share of orders accounted for by lessors, which is circa one-third.
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NewsReport says Northolt does not comply with civil aerodrome safety rules
Competing business-aircraft aerodromes in the London area have renewed their attack on the safety of RAF Northolt in northwest London for civilian operations, on the grounds that the results of a safety audit of Northolt was withheld from a judicial review of their case in January.
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NewsPICTURE: A350-1000 engine fitted to A380 testbed
Airbus is preparing to commence flight-testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine designed to power the A350-1000.
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NewsLong-range Superjet starts fatigue-testing programme
Russia’s Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute has commenced fatigue testing on the long-range version of Sukhoi’s Superjet 100.
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Norwegian orders up to 29 more 787-9s
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is ordering another 19 Boeing 787-9s, with options on a further 10 of the type.
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Boeing F/A-18 crashes near RAF Lakenheath
A US Marine Corps Boeing F/A-18C Hornet has crashed near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, with the pilot reportedly killed.
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NewsTransaero to be grounded on 26 October
Russian carrier Transaero is to be grounded next week following an assessment of the airline’s operational situation by the federal aviation regulator Rosaviatsia.
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German probe looks into Eurowings A330 cowl loss
German investigators are looking into the loss of an engine cowl from a Eurowings Airbus A330-200 which had departed Cologne for Palma de Mallorca.
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ADEX: RAF A400M makes Seoul debut
A UK Royal Air Force Airbus Defence & Space A400M was the star of this year’s Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX).
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Airbus names outsider to lead defence and space business
Airbus has named Siemens executive Dirk Hoke to succeed Bernhard Gerwert as chief executive of Airbus Defence and Space next year, reaching outside the company to succeed a 36-year veteran of the company.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: European legacy carriers' hard labour continues
While labour issues are never far away from legacy carriers, the sight of Air France executives being manhandled and having the shirts ripped from their backs shows the intensity around the subject at European airlines right now.
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EASA lays out plan to prevent Germanwings crash recurrence
European safety regulators are to host an aircrew medical fitness workshop by the end of this year, as part of an action plan aimed to prevent a repetition of the Germanwings Airbus crash last March.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines welcome tentative European moves on MRO
Airlines have welcomed the tentative inquiry by the European Commission into potentially anti-competitive terms in maintenance contracts for certain engines and components.
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Virgin 747 gear jammed after actuator fitted upside-down
Maintenance personnel installed a Boeing 747-400 main landing-gear actuator upside-down before the aircraft suffered an undercarriage jam while returning to London Gatwick.
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Midsize and light jet deliveries rebound as new designs stimulate demand
The slump in the global oil price, coupled with a fall in demand from emerging markets, led to a steady decline in deliveries of high-end business jets between January 2014 and June 2015, according to the latest research from Flightglobal’s Ascend consultancy.
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NewsDassault delivers first customer-owned Falcon 8X to Little Rock completion centre
Dassault’s Falcon 8X development programme has reached another milestone with the handover of the first customer aircraft to its US completion centre in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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EASA approves US firm's MD-80 freighter conversion
European safety regulators have approved the Boeing MD-80 freighter conversion undertaken by US-based Aeronautical Engineers.
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China Southern to launch three new international services
China Southern Airlines plans to launch three new international services in the coming weeks.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Avolon still sees aircraft as an 'inflation hedge'
Aircraft assets still offer a good inflation hedge for lessors but nowhere near as good as in decades gone by, argues a major lessor's chief.