Europe – Page 736
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NewsILA: German air force gets ready for A400M
Six months from now, the German air force should receive its first new tactical airlifter in more than 40 years, with the expected delivery of its lead A400M.
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Air France-KLM’s MRO arm wins more work from Air Cote d’Ivoire
Air Cote d’Ivoire has extended its Airbus A319 MRO contract with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Etihad is building its European connections
The courting of one of Europe’s perennial loss-making airlines at the same time as one of its existing European investments is struggling to keep its head above water may seem counter-intuitive, but for Etihad it forms part of the continued drive to build traffic flows through Abu Dhabi.
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NewsILA: Show to fly flag for German aerospace
Berlin’s ILA air show may not have the global status of Paris or Farnborough, but its importance to the German aerospace industry and the federal republic’s international image is illustrated by the fact it will once again be opened by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Aerolia names new chief executive
Cedric Gautier has succeeded Christian Cornille as chief executive of Airbus Group’s French aerostructures subsidiary Aerolia.
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NewsEBACE: Beechcraft 350ER King Air is a multi-mission masterpiece
The Beechcraft King Air was introduced in 1964, and has proved to be one of the world’s most popular turboprop twins. While the folks in Wichita have been steadily working away, delivering more than 7,000 King Airs of various flavours since then, the corporate backdrop has been anything but stable. ...
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ANALYSIS: What a rating means for Ryanair
It was only a matter of time before Ryanair, which has built its airline empire on low costs, would make a move for the capital markets to access some of the cheapest funding going these days.
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NewsBelgium seeks F-16 software upgrade
Belgium has requested a new software upgrade to enhance the capabilities of its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs.
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NewsLuxaviation snaps up UK's largest charter company
The UK’s biggest charter operator, London Executive Aviation (LEA) has been snapped up by Luxembourg business aviation services group Luxaviation for an undisclosed sum. The move has spawned one Europe’s largest charter companies with a fleet of 90 business jets and turboprops across its five bases.
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NewsAirbus 'needs to do homework' on re-engined A330
Airbus Group’s finance head has reiterated that the airframer will reach a decision this year on whether to develop a re-engined version of its A330.
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NewsFalcon 7X sets transatlantic speed record
Dassault’s Falcon 7X has set a new transatlantic speed record, flying between Teterboro in the New York metropolitan area and London City airport at an average speed of Mach 0.88.
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NewsAirbus expects to sell some of A350 test fleet
Airbus expects eventually to sell part of the A350-900 test fleet to customers, although it has not indicated how many of the five jets could be transferred.
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Croatia receives additional MiG-21s
Croatia's air force has taken delivery of the five additional Mikoyan MiG-21bis fighters purchased from Ukraine in addition to a deal to overhaul its existing fleet of seven bisD fighters and UMD-model trainers.
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NewsILS-RNP hybrid approach offers ‘best of both worlds’: Air Berlin
Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ILS and the new RNP procedure.
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NewsEBACE: What now for Europe's troubled business aviation sector?
It has been an unsettled six years for Europe’s business aviation sector. The continent – home to the largest business jet fleet outside North America, with an installed base of nearly 2,700 aircraft - is one of the major casualties of the economic crisis.
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NewsIN FOCUS: German fallout of Airbus restructuring remains in flux
Two years after a failed merger with BAE Systems, the newly restructured Airbus Group is finally getting back to the status quo – but some of the long-term ramifications of the strategy are yet to come to light
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NewsMH370: Inmarsat details proposal for free flight-tracking
Communications satellite specialist Inmarsat has put forward to ICAO a proposal to establish a free aircraft-tracking service for airlines.
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NewsEBACE: Key business aviation programmes under development
While the economic downturn has been tough for the business aircraft sector, innovation and creativity is still alive and well. Airframers are aggressively developing clean-sheet designs and refreshing existing product lines to stimulate customer interest and exploit niche market segments in readiness for the market rebound