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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will lower fuel costs alter airline strategies?
While the recent relenting in oil prices has provided airlines with an unexpected but welcome easing of their costs, the pain that has been caused by fuel volatility makes it unlikely that carriers will too drastically alter their current course.
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ANALYSIS: No end in sight for Norwegian saga
For almost two decades, the Norwegian embassy has dolled up a giant Christmas tree at Washington DC's Union Station every December in what the Scandinavian country hails as a symbol of friendship between Norway and the USA.
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NewsUS 2015 budget deal improves on Pentagon request
Military aviation officials and defense contractors will have a merry Christmas if the $1.1 trillion fiscal year 2015 budget is approved as agreed upon on 10 December passes both houses of the US Congress.
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NewsAmerican’s first 787 delivery delayed to 2015
American Airlines plans to take delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 in the first quarter of 2015, an at least two month delay from previous expectations of a November delivery.
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Airlines on course for record profits though risks remain
Lower oil prices are set to provide the backdrop for airlines to deliver their strongest profit performance in 2015, but uncertainty over how long oil prices will remain low and continuing geopolitical issues mean that risks remain in the operating environment.
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NewsAutomated manufacturing could drive $125 million from cost of F-35 canopies
The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently received a national manufacturing award for developing a method to build canopies for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II that could save the military $125 million over the life of the programme.
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MEBA: Flying Colours plots twin-track expansion
Flying Colours has returned to MEBA to promote its expanding maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services portfolio to existing and potential customers across the Middle East.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: World air forces fighting on many fronts
After a more than decade-long involvement in Afghanistan, the air wings of multiple nations had expected some respite from years of combat activity by late 2014, as the NATO-led mission completes its transition of control to the authorities in Kabul.
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NewsSikorsky's S-97 Raider will not be airborne until 2015
Sikorsky has chosen prudence over spectacle and delayed the first flight of its S-97 Raider prototype until 2015.
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OpinionOPINION: Lessons must be learned from 787 battery fires
A pair of lithium ion batteries on the Boeing 787-8 – which should have been risk-assessment afterthoughts compared to the overall electrical system – became unexpected safety problems. Luckily, nobody was hurt and the aircraft escaped heavy damage. Why?
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MEBA: Taylor hands over BBJ reins to Longridge
Boeing Business Jets president Capt Steve Taylor handed over the reins to the organisation’s top job this morning to his replacement David Longridge.
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MEBA: Comlux places its first BBJ order
Comlux Aviation, one the largest owners and operators of the Airbus ACJ320 VIP narrowbody airliner family has placed its first order with Boeing since launching operations over 11 years ago.
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Air NZ to exercise options on two more 787-9s
Air New Zealand (Air NZ) will exercise options on two Boeing 787-9s, taking its total commitment of the type to 12.
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NewsIndia taps S-70B for MRH negotiations
India will enter negotiations with Sikorsky for 16 S-70B Seahawk helicopters for the country’s long-running Multi-Role Helicopter (MRH) requirement.
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OpinionOPINION: Where next for Rolls-Royce?
London investment bank Investec has called for a thorough strategy review at Rolls-Royce. The company’s directors may not take up the suggestion but, if they do, they may well conclude that their strategy is just fine as it is. But to propose other options is to raise serious questions for ...
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ANALYSIS: Drop in oil prices ‘simply upside’ for airlines
Airline stand to benefit from the rapid decline in global oil prices in recent months, as many continue to operate with higher fuel prices in mind.
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Frontier to end Chicago flights from Cleveland
Denver-based Frontier Airlines will also drop non-stop service to Chicago O'Hare from Cleveland, as part of cuts that it is making at the airport in Ohio.
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NewsBoeing fixes KC-46 wiring issues, sets first flight for spring 2015
The first prototype of Boeing’s KC-46 aerial refueling tanker has been rewired to meet US Air Force standards and is being prepared for its first flight sometime in late spring 2015, the companies chief operating officer says.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 787's voice and data recorder concerns not unique
The types of problems raised in recent days with the Boeing 787’s cockpit voice and flight data recorder are not unique to that aircraft, say industry sources and a former accident investigator.
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Sikorsky CH-53K first flight pushed at earliest to March
The US Marine Corps will have to wait until at least March for its new heavy lift helicopter, the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, to make its maiden flight.