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Thai Airways to sell 10 747-400s as part of rehabilitation plan

Thai Airways International intends to put 10 Boeing 747-400s up for sale as part of its rehabilitation plan and has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to assess interest from buyers. Thai Airways International intends to put 10 Boeing 747-400s...

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HK businessman becomes substantial shareholder of AirAsia Group

AirAsia Group has disclosed that existing shareholder Stanley Choi Chiu Fai is now a substantial shareholder, having acquired a chunk of new shares offered in the first tranche of the company’s private placement. AirAsia Group has disclosed that existing shareholder...

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USAF ponders Boeing E-3 Sentry replacement, some ask for Boeing E-7 Wedgetail

The US Air Force (USAF) is pondering replacing its Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control aircraft and the commander of the Pacific Air Forces wants the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail. The US Air Force (USAF) is pondering replacing its...

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De Havilland and PAL pitch special-mission ‘P-4’ Dash 8-400

De Havilland Canada and Canadian aircraft modification company PAL Aerospace intend to offer a special-mission variant of the Dash 8-400 turboprop to the Royal Malaysian Air Force. De Havilland Canada and Canadian aircraft modification company PAL Aerospace intend to offer...

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DHL to source A321 freighter capacity through SmartLynx

Logistics specialist DHL Express is to introduce a pair of Airbus A321 freighters, to be operated by wet-lease capacity provider SmartLynx Malta. SmartLynx Malta had emerged last year as a customer for A321 freighters from Vallair as it sought to...

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USAF to flight test Skyborg autonomous system at Orange Flag this summer

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to flight test its Skyborg autonomous aircraft technology during Orange Flag exercises this summer for the first time. The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to flight test its Skyborg autonomous...

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Israel picks CH-53K as next heavy-lift helicopter

Israel has become the first export customer for the Sikorsky CH-53K, having selected the heavy-lift helicopter as a replacement for its fleet of elderly CH-53D ‘Yasur’ rotorcraft which have been in service since the 1960s. Israel has become the first...

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Airlines warned slow action on CO2 means people will soon fly less

Europe’s airline industry has been warned that in the absence of concrete and speedy technological progress towards a reduction in CO2 emissions, people might choose to fly less as the impacts of climate change become more apparent. Europe’s airline industry has been...

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Three landing jets ‘narrowly’ missed stepladder left on Birmingham runway

UK investigators have disclosed that three aircraft landing at Birmingham airport in darkness narrowly missed a large ladder which had fallen from a maintenance vehicle in the touchdown zone of runway 33. The A-frame ladder, about 2.2m in length, had...

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Signing off Savannah’s finest for Gulfstream

Gulfstream aerodynamics engineer Cathy Downen leads the airframer’s certification team, and has the final say on what flies and what does not When Gulfstream’s Cathy Downen was a teenager, she often watched her father tinker in his workshop. “He was...

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