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ROUTES: Helsinki airport eyes Gulf carrier connection
Helsinki airport is aiming to land a Gulf carrier and sees good potential for connections through their hubs to the Indian subcontinent and Australia.
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Nordic Aviation Capital eyes CSeries order
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has emerged as apotential CSeries leasing customer after the aircraft conducted its first flight last month.
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NewsA350 undertakes minimum-unstick testing
Airbus has been conducting minimum-unstick testing with the A350-900 prototype at Paris Vatry airport as part of the aircraft's certification programme.
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ROUTES: Edelweiss details Las Vegas launch plans
Swiss leisure carrier Edelweiss has detailed its plans to launch twice-weekly flights from Zurich to Las Vegas' McCarran International airport in the spring.
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ROUTES: Milwaukee seeks European service
Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International airport is revving up its marketing efforts to capture its first transatlantic service, hoping its close proximity to Chicago’s sprawling metropolis and lower airport charges compared to dominant O’Hare will prove attractive.
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ROUTES: Cardiff back on a growth mission
Cardiff Airport is on a mission to grow back capacity at the Welsh airport under its new owners, after passenger numbers roughly halved over the last five years.
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ROUTES: Aviation still sexy delegates told
Aviation is still a “sexy industry” and is still a very attractive prospect for investors delegates were told at this year’s World Routes Strategy Summit.
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Lufthansa cuts back A380 order
German flag-carrier Lufthansa appears to have cancelled orders for three Airbus A380s.
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ESA set to Swarm over magnetic field
The European Space Agency is in the countdown phase to one of the highlights of its scientific year: the launch of its three-spacecraft Swarm mission to study the Earth’s magnetic field in unprecedented detail.
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NewsDassault and Thales win Atlantique 2 modernisation deal
Dassault Aviation and Thales have been awarded a deal to modernise the mission systems of the French navy's 15 Dassault-built Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft, extending the aircraft's operational life into the 2030s.
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ICAO reaches deal on climate change, rejects EU ETS
ICAO's executive committee rejected the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) late yesterday, tossing out a clause from a resolution that could have allowed the bloc to extend its controversial scheme to the global aviation sector.
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NewsLessor Nordic Aviation orders 15 more ATRs
Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital has ordered up to 40 more ATR turboprops, of which 15 are firm.
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Saab 340 crew just 2s from terrain collision: inquiry
Finnish investigators have revealed that pilots of a Latvian Saab 340 freighter ignored ground-proximity warnings during a highly-unstable low approach to Mariehamn airport.
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NewsGE unveils newest fuel-saving material for aircraft engines
General Electric has revealed that the Passport 20 engine will be partly made using a new form of ceramic matrix composite material with a wide range of potential applications in the aviation industry.
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Surrey Satellite pushes smaller-lighter-cheaper principle down to 50kg
Small satellites pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) used last month’s International Astronautical Congress in Beijing to launch its latest bid to slash manufacturing and launch costs with a new platform of just 50kg – half the mass of the platforms that have for a decade made up its successful Disaster ...
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NewsTurkey approves Hurkus launch order
The Turkish military has approved plans to buy a first batch of 15 Hurkus trainers from Turkish Aerospace Industries, with the decision announced following a meeting of the nation's SSM procurement body on 26 September.
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NewsBeechcraft develops more powerful King Air 350ER for military market
Beechcraft has quietly developed and certificated a more powerful version of the King Air 350ER for military and other special missions customers.
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NewsVINCI engine tests lift Ariane upgrade programme
Snecma is claiming a “complete success” on its first two test of its reignitable Vinci cryogenic upper stage engine under development for the European Space Agency’s Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution (ME) and all-new Ariane 6 launchers.
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NewsFrance formally accepts A400M transport
Airbus Military has ceremonially handed over the A400M tactical transport to the French air force, almost two months after lead aircraft MSN7 arrived at its Orléans air base.