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NewsExtra long-haul: The 10 furthest airline routes
At 06:26 local time on 1 October, the first Airbus A380 to serve the world’s longest scheduled air route – Dallas Fort Worth to Sydney – touched down in Australia’s largest city
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NewsInquiry studies oxygen mask found on MH17 passenger
Dutch investigators are trying to determine why an oxygen mask was found around the neck of a passenger from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that crashed in eastern Ukraine.
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NewsThomson explores new seating concepts for 737 Max
UK holiday carrier Thomson Airways believes it can capitalise on an ancillary approach to new seating concepts for its Boeing 737 Max fleet.
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Flybe MRO arm scales up for internal requirements
Flybe's technical division is allocating more resources to maintenance of the UK regional carrier's own aircraft as it increases its Bombardier Q400 fleet.
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NewsEurope readies video eye in the sky
Europe looks to be on the cusp of taking a dramatic step forward in its ability to oversee military operations from space, as Airbus Defence & Space readies satellite technology capable of streaming real-time video from geostationary orbit.
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Volotea to add six routes from Venice
Volotea plans to open six new routes and base seven Boeing 717s at Venice Marco Polo airport from April 2015.
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A350 MRO 'not a challenge' for Air France-KLM
Establishing MRO capabilities for the Airbus A350 appears to have been less taxing for Air France-KLM's maintenance division than the build-up of its support programme for the Boeing 787.
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NewsMaiden Leap-1C flight lasted nearly 3h
CFM International has confirmed the maiden test flight of its Leap engine family, beginning with a configuration to be used exclusively by the Leap-1C on the Comac C919.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Simon Tudge – sending strategy into orbit
Simon Tudge is senior director of global satellite strategy for Rockwell Collins, and is responsible for deciding where to invest in new satellite communications technologies. He’s based in Sussex, UK.
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Lufthansa Technik plans new model of inspection robot
Lufthansa Technik is developing a second generation of its fuselage-inspection demonstrator robot.
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NewsCFM starts test flights with C919's Leap-1C: source
Test flights have commenced with the CFM International Leap-1C powerplant, according to a source familiar with the effort.
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NewsAlenia picks FJ44 for M-345 trainer, mulls SF-260 replacement
Alenia Aermacchi has selected the Williams International FJ44-4M turbofan to power its M-345 intermediate trainer, with the engine supplier having beaten rival proposals from Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney.
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NewsLufthansa to transition A340s to new ‘Jump’ platform
Lufthansa will launch a new denser mainline platform dubbed ‘Jump’ internally with Airbus A340-300 aircraft by the third quarter of 2015, says chief commercial officer Jens Bischof.
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NewsUSAF pilot escapes UK F-15 crash
A US Air Force Boeing F-15 has crashed near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, the service has confirmed.
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Red Wings to take second-hand Superjets
Red Wings has signed a deal with Sukhoi to take three used Superjet 100 regional airliners to complement a fleet of Tupolev Tu-204s.
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Air France-KLM puts cost of strike at €500 million
Strike action by Air France pilots in September will hit full-year EBITDA to the tune of €500 million ($633 million), the parent group warns.
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NewsPipistrel powers up all-electric trainer
Slovenian light aircraft developer Pipistrel Aircraft has joined forces with Siemens to produce an all-electric design.
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Magnetic MRO looks to expand beyond airframe checks
Newly rebranded Estonian maintenance provider Magnetic MRO is broadening its services having deemed traditional airframe heavy maintenance capabilities insufficient to sustain the business in the long term.
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NewsThomson to benefit from TUI's upped 787 order
Holiday group TUI Travel intends to boost to 10 the number of Boeing 787s it has allocated to UK arm Thomson Airways, having raised its overall Dreamliner order by two to 15.
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Greece looks to reactivate P-3 Orion fleet
Greece has moved a step closer to reactivating its Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft, with the US State Department having on 7 October approved a requested $500 million modernisation deal.