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Request for damages by Mer Mec and family feud

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3500 soldiers deployed in ports and airports to ensure continuity

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For the support of AH Mk.1 Apache helicopters

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This was said by the Minister for Relations with Parliament in the question time

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It could increase the capabilities of the Kiev armed forces

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Many planes will remain at the ground

The security workers' strike in 8 German airports -including Frankfurt and Munich- which will run from 8am to 8pm is causing many cancellations and delays in departing aircraft. The agitation -proclaimed... more

IndustryF-35: do users of fifth generation aircraft increase?

Also Singapore interested in the purchase

Singapore will also soon be added to the list of countries that will use Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft. This is because the Defense minister of the city-state declared -in a post on "Facebook"- that the... more

IndustryConstruction begins on Airbus’ US A-220 aircraft manufacturing facility

Enders and Faury present at the celebration

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Military aviationRussia: there will be a new order for 14 MiG-35 aircraft?

It would be combined with that for Sukhoi Su-57

In 2020 there should not be only the Sukhoi Su-57 order, but the Russian forces could -as report by "Tass"- conclude an agreement to supply a new batch of Mikoyan MiG-35 fighter aircraft. The goal would... more

Civil aviationIndia: obligatory to inspect the engines of the A-320neo aircraft every week

Attempt to avoid problems for passenger safety

The Indian Aviation Safety Agency has asked to all airlines that operating with Airbus A-320neo aircraft to carry out new checks on Pratt & Whitney engines, in order to identify potential defects or problems... more

DefenseUSA: Trump announces new missile defense strategy

Weapons in space and stored in NATO countries that need to "do more"

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AirlinesAvianca Brasil: 20% of the aircraft fleet at ground

Despite the agreement with the lessor to extend the deadline of 15 days

Avianca Brasil, last Monday, had reached an agreement with the lessor of the aircraft in the fleet which have granted another 15 days to the airline in order to pay the arrears installments and not be... more

AccidentsRussia: collision in flight between two Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft

The pilots would have been ejected

This morning two Sukhoi Su-34 airplanes of the Russian Air Force collided during a flight over the Sea of Japan during a training, and all 4 pilots on board -according to the Russian press- ejected. Two... more

IndustryPlanes. A-220 obtains the approval of Transport Canada

Certification for 180-minute Etops operations

The newest addition to the Airbus family of commercial aircraft, the A-220, has received last January 14, 2019 180-minute extended operations (ETOPS) approval from the Canadian civil aviation authority,... more

IndustryGeneral Electric: over-leased aircraft leasing business?

The real value would be less than the 40 billion requested

The General Electric company -which also produces aeronautical engines- is thinking of selling the financing and leasing activities of airplanes and helicopters, or GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS)... more

ReportEU. Vestager: "Alitalia and Fincantieri-Stx dossiers are on my table"

The objective is to be able to close it before the end of the Juncker mandate

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Finance and economyEmbraer presents preliminary forecast for 2019 and 2020

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DefenseUSA: Trump will announce the new missile defense plan today

Possible funding for the development of space laser weapons

Today at 11 in Washington -17 in Italy- the President of the United States Donald Trump will announce -according to the US press- the program to strengthen missile defense, in key anti-Iran, Russia and... more

AirlinesNorwegian Air: closure of some flights and hubs

Among the cuttings there is also that of the Rome-Fiumicino airport

Economic problems continue also for the low-cost carrier Norwegian Air, which is expected to cut some connections and bases in some European and US airports in the near future. A decision explained to... more

AirlinesJet Airways: a debt restructuring plan is being examined

It presented to creditors, with Etihad guarantee

From the Indian state bank they assured that the future of Jet Airways -even less in the short term- could be safe, because the carrier's creditors would be considering a corporate and financial restructuring... more

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