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  • US, Europe poised to shake up upset training

    News | 27 Sep 2013 11:25 | David Learmount

    Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are preparing to issue rules requiring airlines to provide upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) for pilots,...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/US-Europe-poised-to-shake-up-upset-training-391028/

  • Lion Air confirms plan to place CS300 order in months

    News | 27 Sep 2013 00:35 | Ghim-Lay Yeo

    ​Indonesian low-cost carrier Lion Air aims to finalise an order for the Bombardier CSeries by end-2013, and expects to meet Bombardier next month to work out the details.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Lion-Air-confirms-plan-to-place-CS300-order-in-months-391040/

  • Norwegian's 787 complaints spur Boeing measures

    News | 26 Sep 2013 12:56 | David Kaminski-Morrow

    Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to be assisted by a quick-response team tasked with smoothing the carrier's troubled Boeing 787 operations.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Norwegians-787-complaints-spur-Boeing-measures-391022/

  • Comac aims to deliver first ARJ21 by end-2014

    News | 26 Sep 2013 09:26 | Mavis Toh

    Comac is targeting to get its ARJ21 regional jet certified next year, and thereafter, deliver the aircraft to launch customer Chengdu Airlines by the end of 2014.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Comac-aims-to-deliver-first-ARJ21-by-end-2014-391012/

  • ITP wins deal to supply Trent XWB support structure

    News | 26 Sep 2013 08:38 | Michael Gubisch

    Rolls-Royce has contracted its part-owned Spanish subsidiary Industria de Turbo Propulsores to supply the internal support structure for the high- and intermediate-pressure turbines on the 84,000lb-thrust variant of the Trent XWB engine, designed to power the Airbus A350-800 and -900.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ITP-wins-deal-to-supply-Trent-XWB-support-structure-390702/

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    Airlines

  • US, Europe poised to shake up upset training

    News | 27 Sep 2013 11:25 | David Learmount

    Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are preparing to issue rules requiring airlines to provide upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) for pilots,...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/US-Europe-poised-to-shake-up-upset-training-391028/

  • Lion Air confirms plan to place CS300 order in months

    News | 27 Sep 2013 00:35 | Ghim-Lay Yeo

    ​Indonesian low-cost carrier Lion Air aims to finalise an order for the Bombardier CSeries by end-2013, and expects to meet Bombardier next month to work out the details.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Lion-Air-confirms-plan-to-place-CS300-order-in-months-391040/

  • Norwegian's 787 complaints spur Boeing measures

    News | 26 Sep 2013 12:56 | David Kaminski-Morrow

    Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to be assisted by a quick-response team tasked with smoothing the carrier's troubled Boeing 787 operations.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Norwegians-787-complaints-spur-Boeing-measures-391022/

  • Air China to merge Ameco with in-house MRO division

    News | 26 Sep 2013 11:58 | Michael Gubisch

    Air China is planning to amalgamate its maintenance arm with the group’s MRO joint venture with Lufthansa, Ameco Beijing, during the first half of 2014.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Air-China-to-merge-Ameco-with-in-house-MRO-division-391019/

  • Comac aims to deliver first ARJ21 by end-2014

    News | 26 Sep 2013 09:26 | Mavis Toh

    Comac is targeting to get its ARJ21 regional jet certified next year, and thereafter, deliver the aircraft to launch customer Chengdu Airlines by the end of 2014.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Comac-aims-to-deliver-first-ARJ21-by-end-2014-391012/

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    Business aviation

  • Cessna completes wing mate on Latitude jet

    News | 27 Sep 2013 10:51

    Cessna has completed another step in the assembly of the first mid-size Latitude business jet by mating the wing to the fuselage. Although pictures...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Cessna-completes-wing-mate-on-Latitude-jet-391062/

  • Beechcraft reveals certification plans for new 'PD434' product

    News | 27 Sep 2013 10:45 | Stephen Trimble

    Beechcraft is ramping up pre-launch development of a new product internally named the “PD434”, as the manufacturer hones its market strategy in on the increasingly...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Beechcraft-reveals-certification-plans-for-new-PD434-product-391060/

  • HELITECH: Heli-One sets its sights on light helicopter maintenance

    News | 27 Sep 2013 08:49 | Kate Sarsfield

    Maintenance, repair and overhaul company Heli-One is looking to make a move into the crowded and competitive light helicopter maintenance market, and would...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/HELITECH-Heli-One-sets-its-sights-on-light-helicopter-maintenance-390976/

  • Aerolia Canada eyes more business in North America

    News | 26 Sep 2013 19:17 | Ghim-Lay Yeo

    The Canadian subsidiary of French aerostructures supplier Aerolia hopes that its work on the in-development Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000 business jets ​will help it win more work in North America, including from Boeing.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Aerolia-Canada-eyes-more-business-in-North-America-391034/

  • HELITECH: Certification nears for AW189 as backlog rises

    News | 26 Sep 2013 09:53 | Dominic Perry

    AgustaWestland is closing on certification for its 8t AW189 as it eyes first delivery of the super-medium type by year-end. Roberto Garavaglia, senior...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/HELITECH-Certification-nears-for-AW189-as-backlog-rises-390996/

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    Military

  • Pratt & Whitney and AFRL start testing on adaptive fan test rig

    News | 26 Sep 2013 03:04 | Dave Majumdar

    <p>Pratt & Whitney and the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have begun testing with an adaptive fan engine test rig that is based on the company’s F135...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Pratt-Whitney-and-AFRL-start-testing-on-adaptive-fan-test-rig-390994/

  • Pilatus hails Indian PC-7 trainer performance

    News | 25 Sep 2013 14:40 | Craig Hoyle

    Indian air force students have accumulated more than 3,000 flight hours using the service’s new Pilatus PC-7 Mk II basic trainers, the Swiss manufacturer...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Pilatus-hails-Indian-PC-7-trainer-performance-390970/

  • HELITECH: FastFin looks for European lift

    News | 25 Sep 2013 11:00 | Dan Thisdell

    Bell tail fin modifications house BLR made its European debut at Helitech, just weeks after bagging EASA approval for the “FastFin” tail rotor efficiency enhancement package, which it claims gives most users a 10-50% boost in hover payload capacity.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/HELITECH-FastFin-looks-for-European-lift-390919/

  • HELITECH: Sikorsky finishes build of first UK Long SAR aircraft

    News | 25 Sep 2013 10:16 | Dominic Perry

    Sikorsky has finished assembly of the first “baseline” S-92 to be delivered to Bristow Helicopters for the UK’s Long SAR requirement. It will be handed...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/HELITECH-Sikorsky-finishes-build-of-first-UK-Long-SAR-aircraft-390958/

  • ANALYSIS: Seoul’s F-X III backdown raises thorny questions about competition

    News | 25 Sep 2013 07:12 | Greg Waldron

    Seoul’s decision to re-tender the F-X III competition for 60 fighters raises questions about the viability of a revised process, and greatly enhances the Lockheed Martin F-35’s chances of securing the deal.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Seouls-F-X-III-backdown-raises-thorny-questions-about-competition-390941/

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