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News
Royal Jordanian reports new electronics ban on US flights
A tweet from Royal Jordanian set of speculation on 20 March that the US government may soon prohibit passengers from carrying a range of electronic devices in the cabins of aircraft from some foreign countries bound for the USA.
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NewsThird Cessna Citation Longitude enters flight-test
Cessna's Citation Longitude programme has taken another step forward, with the debut flight on 17 March of its third prototype.
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Opinion
OPINION: How airliner development is fraught with difficulty
Fifteen years ago, the aviation industry gathered in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, to witness the unveiling of the first all-new large regional jet in a generation, the Fairchild Dornier 728.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can the A350-1000 live up to Airbus’s expectations?
The audience at Airbus’s annual press conference this year may have been a little surprised to hear the company’s senior executives singing the praises of the best-selling widebody produced by their arch-rival, the Boeing 777-300ER.
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NewsUnited to retire 747 in October
United Airlines will retire its last Boeing 747-400 in “late October” after nearly half a century with the carrier.
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NewsGulfstream sells G550 to Beijing 999
Chinese medical evacuation provider Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (Beijing 999) has acquired a Gulfstream G550 to support its disaster relief and medevac efforts.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Delta gets creative with investment grade rating
Delta Air Lines put its investment grade ratings to work for the first time on 9 March, issuing $2 billion in unsecured bonds at a 3.3% blended interest rate.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: IAG's Level goes head-to-head with Norwegian
IAG has signalled that it is aiming to compete head-on with low-cost operator Norwegian with its newly-unveiled budget carrier Level.
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IAG brands new long-haul A330 budget carrier 'Level'
IAG's new long-haul low-cost airline operation is to be branded 'Level', and its initial route network will comprise four destinations in North and Latin America.
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Boeing secures $3.4 billion deal for 268 AH-64Es
Boeing has secured a five-year, $3.4 deal to provide 268 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the US Army and an international customer.
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Barclays arranging $3.5bn United facility
United Airlines has engaged Barclays Capital as lead arranger on its planned $3.5 billion credit facilities, sources indicate.
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Bomber passes two preliminary design reviews
The US Air Force’s B-21 bomber passed an additional preliminary design review, service’s military deputy for the assistant secretary of the air force for acquisition says this week.
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Southwest unveils first 737 Max routes
Southwest Airlines has unveiled its first Boeing 737 Max routes, as it prepares to take delivery of the re-engined jet that it was launch customer of.
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Trump's skinny budget proposes fat defence spending
President Donald Trump is hailing his 2018 budget brief as a boost to national defense, but conservative hawks are skeptical his proposed increase to the US Defense Department is sufficient to rebuilt the military.
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Spirit ‘pledges’ 2017 deliveries to bank market
Spirit Airlines has “pledged” all of its 2017 deliveries to the commercial bank market for financing, says chief financial officer Ted Christie.
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US Air Force to release OA-X invitation this week
The US Air Force will officially kick off its low-cost fighter experiment this week, with invitations to industry expected to release 17 March.
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NewsJetBlue launches fleet review with E190 cost concerns
JetBlue Airways has launched a major review of its fleet, as the carrier’s chief executive expresses dissatisfaction over its fleet of Embraer 190s.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: USAF looks for autonomy breakthrough
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has changed over its 100 years, but its mission to spearhead defence aviation technology has remained the same
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News
Jazz short landing reveals lack of awareness over instability
Ambiguous guidance to crews meant the pilots of a Jazz turboprop did not realise their approach was unstable before it landed short at Sault Ste Marie, striking light fixtures and damaging the aircraft.
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UTAS pursues nanotubes for aircraft ice protection
UTC Aerospace Systems has licensed a carbon nanotube-based heater technology that it believes could be ready as an electrothermal ice protection system for aircraft within three or four years, the company says.