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Qatar Airways to Track Its Aircraft Minute by Minute
The Qatari airline will soon be in a position to monitor the position of its long-haul aircraftminute-by-minute. It will deploy new GlobalBeacon technologies, developed by Americancompanies, Aireon and FlightAware.
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Ryanair To Create Over 3,500New Jobs In 2017
Ryanair announced that it will be hiring
EasyJet Shares Drop 7% asAirline Takes Sterling Hit
British airline easyJet warned that annual
Airlines & Airports
2,000 new cabin crew, 1,000 pilots and250 aircraft engineers, as well aspromoting over 300 First Officers on itscommand upgrade programme across its84-base European network.
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profit had fallen by more than a quarterand hinted trading would remain tough asfares continue to decline and a weakpound weighs, sending its shares down7%.
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Travellers Vote Qatar AirwaysMiddle East Airline of The Year
Passengers celebrated the airline’sBusiness Class service and new QatarAirways Premium Lounge for providingthem with a consistent and exceptionalexperience every time they fly.
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Heathrow Plans 25,000 MoreFlights a Year as RevenueIncreases
Heathrow Airport is planning an extra25,000 flights per year from 2021 on itsexisting runways to give the UK a ‘BrexitBoost’ as nine month revenues rise.
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FAA Proposes MentoringPrograms For Airline Hires
New airline pilots would go throughprofessional development and mentoringprograms along with enhanced trainingfor captain upgrades, under a proposedrule the FAA developed after severalyears of working with airlines and othersin the industry.
IATA Forecasts PassengerDemand to Double Over 20Years
IATA expects 7.2 billion passengers totravel in 2035, a near doubling of the 3.8billion air travelers in 2016. Theprediction is based on a 3.7% annualCompound CAGR noted in the release ofthe latest update to the association’s 20-Year Air Passenger Forecast.
Regulations & Safety
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Bombardier CS300 AircraftAwarded Type Validation by theEASA
Bombardier Commercial Aircraftannounced that the European AviationSafety Agency (EASA) has awarded TypeValidation to Bombardier’s CS300 aircraft.
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No Need to Fly Real Aircraft toKeep Valid Licences in Canada
The Canadian Federal Pilots Associationcalled the rule change “reckless.” Theassociation said it will dilute pilot-trainingskills and put the flying public at risk.
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World’s Best Business Jets forYour Local or TransatlanticFlights
Some customers usually encounter greatdifficulties while choosing the right jetbecause of a large number of „privatebirds“ offered by dozens ofmanufacturers. This time we decided tofind out which business jets areconsidered to be the most popular andwhy.
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Aviation Training ManagementSoftware – A Key to DigitalOptimization
More than 80 percent of the executives ofthe aviation related companiesacknowledge that digital transformationmight positively affect the process ofintegration across operations as well aswithin the organization.
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Editor's Review
Manufacturers
Boeing Lands $18.6 Billion Dealwith Qatar Airways for 100Aircraft
Qatar Airways will take its first Max in2018, Al Baker said in an interview. Heinsisted the decision to pivot to the rivalBoeing model wasn’t intended asretaliation against the European planemaker.
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Airbus Offers a Peek at ItsFlying Tax
The drawings depict a craft that can takeoff and land vertically. It has helicopter-like struts, and two sets of tilting wingseach with four electric motors. There’sroom for a passenger under a canopy thatretracts like a motorcycle helmet visor.
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Airbus Brings Jets, Spacecraft,Helicopters and Missile UnderOne Roof
Airbus Group further integrates bymerging its Group structure with itslargest division Airbus CommercialAircraft into a new entity. The Board ofDirectors of Airbus Group approved arespective proposal by the company’sChief Executive Officer (CEO) TomEnders.
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Right on Time, Cessna CitationLongitude Takes Flight
The Cessna Citation Longitude made itssuccessful first flight from the company’seast campus Beech Field Airport inWichita on Saturday, parent companyTextron Aviation announced. This comesless than a year after the companyunveiled the new super-midsize businessjet last year at the NBAA Convention.
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Manufacturers
MRO
Pratt & Whitney Signs an Agreement with Satair Group
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, announced that ithas entered into an agreement with Satair Group, a leading provider of aftermarketservices and solutions for the civil aerospace industry, for the exclusive distribution ofPW4000 100-inch engine thrust reverser spare parts.
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Lufthansa Technik to ProvidePaperless Maintenance
The electronic job sheet (eJobcard) hasalready been introduced at all Germanline maintenance stations, and theGround Log Book (GLB), a paper-baseddocument, has been replaced with theelectronic Ground Log (eGL).
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GE Aviation Completes InitialGround Testing of GE9X Engine
According to GE, the first GE9X engineaccumulated 167 hours, 213 cycles and89 starts during ground testing. Therecent testing provided data on theengine’s aero and thermal characteristics,mechanical integrity, performance andoperability.
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Military & Defence
Russia to Begin Production ofthe Unique SR-10 Jet Trainer in2017
The Russian company Modern AviationTechnologies (KB SAT) plans to beginproduction of the new SR-10 single-engine light aerobatic jet trainer aircraftin 2017, TASS reported.
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US Military Builds a New AirBase in Northern Syria
“When I got that email saying I had got itI sent it to all my family and friends. Isaid, ‘I have got it – I will be flying anA380’. I was very happy and excited andmy family were very excited – everyonein the UAE knows an A380.”
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The U.S. Navy Awards BAESystems a Contract WorthUS$52m
Under the new contract, which is acontinuation of work that BAE Systemshas been performing for decades, thecompany will test, evaluate, and certifyNavy aircraft landing systems andsubsystems.
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Russia to Test PAK FA FightersWith Operational Engines inLate 2017
PAK FA, equipped with advanced avionicsand all-digital flight systems, is set tobecome the first operational stealthaircraft of the Russian AerospaceForces. The operational engine for PAK FAshould begin tests in the end of 2017.
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Accidents & Investigations
Plane Makes EmergencyDiversion Due to Airport WorkerTrapped in Cargo
A TAAG Angola Airlines flight made anemergency diversion 40 minutes aftertakeoff when it was discovered that aworker was trapped in the cargo hold.
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Flight to Tel Aviv Makes anEmergency Landing in Munich
A scheduled flight from Dusseldorf to TelAviv by ST Germania Airlines was forcedto make an emergency landing inMunich. Flight ST 6256 left Dusseldorf at6:15, 15 minutes later than scheduled.
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Air India Plane with 128Passengers Suffers Tyre Burst
“Air India flight AI 614 from Ahmedabadfor Mumbai with 128 passengers andcrew members suffered a tyre bust at09:04 hours during landing at theChhatrapati Shivaji International Airport,”an Air India spokesperson said.
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Emergency Landing in Canada:Smoke in Lufthansa Jumbo JetCockpit
A Lufthansa Boeing 747 jumbo jet with363 people on board made an emergencylanding in eastern Canada on Tuesdayafter being diverted due to smoke in thecockpit, the German airline says.
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Helicopters
Airbus Helicopter’s Open Letter to the Polish Prime Minister
In light of recent statements regarding the status of the multirole helicopter tender inPoland, Airbus Helicopters feels the need to refute a number of misleading allegationsreported in the media.
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ATEC to Demonstrate NewCapability for Future VerticalLift Helicopters
The U.S. Department of the Army hasawarded a contract to the AdvancedTurbine Engine Company (ATEC) – a jointventure of Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney– for the development and demonstrationof advanced engine capabilities thatcould be applicable to a new fleet offuture vertical lift combat helicopters.
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Russia-India Sign Agreement toJointly Produce Ka-226THelicopters
“The joint venture for local production ofthe helicopter is a profoundly new andsubstantial step in the development ofcooperation between India and Russia.This is the first of such large-scalecomplex agreements for delivery andproduction of new helicopters,” Rostecchief executive officer Sergei Chemezovsaid.
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General Aviation
China Goes All Out to Become ‘Global Aviation Power’
Chinese leadership views investing in domestic aviation, both civilian and military, asone of the country’s top priorities in hopes that this will help Beijing improve itsmanufacturing industry, boost innovation and improve national defense, Xinhuareported.
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Flights Between UK and Chinato Increase by 150%
According to the Transport Secretary,Chris Grayling, the deal is a “bigmoment” for the UK, adding: “Strongconnections with emerging markets likeChina are vital for us if we are to continuecompeting on the global economic stage.
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Airlines Technology Signs Pactwith British Airways
Airlines Technology (AT), an IT solutionsprovider funded by Travel Startups, hassigned a commercial agreement withBritish Airways as an interface betweenthe airline and its passenger for creatingseamless travel experience.
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General Aviation
Pilot's Training
Chinese Pilots Learn Russian to Fly Su-35 Fighters
A new shipment of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter aircraft soon to bedelivered to China will be fitted with onboard readout systems that display data inRussian.
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ATCT to Select MOMookSoftware for Its TrainingManagement
Aviation Training Center of Tunisia andMOMook has signed a cooperationagreement for two years to use a web-based MOMook application. This allowsATCTs employees and its clients to accessMOMook from any Internet-enableddevice and location.
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CAE Wins Defence ContractsValued at More than C$100Million
Some of the key contracts include the U.SAir Force exercising a contract option forCAE USA to continue providing KC-135tanker aircrew training services; Rotorsimto provide long-term maintenance andsupport services on a variety of helicoptersimulators;
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