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NewsEyes on the ground as Sentinel heads for launch
With the imminent shipping of its Sentinel 2-A satellite from Germany to its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, the European Space Agency is readying the next step in an ambitious plan to orbit a highly sophisticated constellation of Earth observation satellites for mapping and to monitor features ranging from ...
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NewsSafran ready to support A320 rate increase
Airbus engine supplier Safran believes current demand for narrowbody aircraft justifies a further increase in production of the A320 family to 50 per month within a few years, even as the supply chain transitions to a new model at the same time.
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NewsAVALON: RAAF A330 MRTT makes strong combat debut
As a Royal Australian Air Force Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) continues to support operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the service is placing a major emphasis on getting the type's long-delayed boom refuelling capability on-line.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: P&W reveals new aggressiveness in A320neo orders race
In a little over four years, Airbus has signed firm orders for more than 3,600 A320neo-family aircraft. Forty percent of those tail numbers – representing an astounding roughly 1,450 aircraft – remain up for grabs in the competitive engine duel between CFM International and Pratt & Whitney.
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Monarch engineering unit gains CAMO approval
European regulators have certificated UK maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering as a continuing airworthiness management organisation.
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OpinionOPINION: Walsh all set to steer IAG to next opportunities
While the US legacy triumvirate have been making headlines about unfair competition from the Gulf carriers, Europe's leading airline group, IAG, has become part-owned by one of them.
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VLM expands scheduled network to France and Italy
Belgian carrier VLM will open routes from Liege to the French cities of Avignon and Nice, and to Bologna and Venice in Italy.
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Saab picks Brazil's AEL for Gripen avionics displays
Saab has tapped Brazil-based AEL System to provide wide-area and heads-up displays for Gripen NG fighters that are being purchased by the Brazilian military.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Turbomeca gears up for a busy future
Visit rotorcraft forums on the internet often enough and you would be forced to come to the conclusion that while French helicopter engine manufacturer Turbomeca may make decent enough products, its aftersales operation is lacking.
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NewsLockheed advances credentials of AESA-based Crowsnest bid
Lockheed Martin UK has rebuffed claims of costliness and over-complexity levelled at its bid for the UK’s Crowsnest requirement by Thales UK, its rival for the £500 million contest, which is now entering its final stages.
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AVALON: Australia's Monash University prints full-sized APU
Australia's Monash University has produced a full-sized auxiliary power unit using 3D printing, and intends to test individual components in a real engine.
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Austrian names head for reorganised Tyrolean MRO unit
Austrian Airlines has appointed Lufthansa Technik Philippines executive Bernd Meyer as managing director of its turboprop maintenance subsidiary in Innsbruck.
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NewsIrish state presses IAG for better Aer Lingus terms
Ireland’s government is seeking better terms from IAG before surrendering its shareholding in flag-carrier Aer Lingus.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A380 re-engining continues to divide analysts
In a lightly attended Dubai air show press conference about 15 months ago, then-Engine Alliance president Dean Athans delivered an unexpected message. The joint venture between GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney was evaluating a wide range of performance upgrades for the GP7200, including offering an all-new engine to power ...
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Vueling chief executive Alex Cruz
Five years ago, when Alex Cruz made his previous appearance on the cover of Airline Business, Vueling looked very different.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Dauphin's demise spurs X4 development at Airbus Helicopters
On 3 March in Orlando, Airbus Helicopters will finally reveal the future of its medium-class rotorcraft. Work on the new model, known so far by its experimental designation of X4, has been under way since at least 2010, but there is still little clarity on what the helicopter looks like ...
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NewsAerCap removes Boeing 757s and 767s from Russia
Operating lessor AerCap terminated leases on nine aircraft – six Boeing 757s and three 767s – on lease to Russian carriers in December.
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NewsBA and CAA ordered to act on cabin air contamination
British Airways and the UK Civil Aviation Authority have been given 56 days (until 13 April) to reply to a Coroner’s “Report to Prevent Future Deaths”, that the December 2012 death of a BA pilot, Richard Westgate, was associated with the presence in his body of organophosphate toxins that are ...
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NewsAERO INDIA: Upgraded T-50 PAK-FA powerplant in rig tests
The Izdeliye 30 engine for Russia’s T-50 fighter is undergoing rig testing, and will enter flight trials in 2017.
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