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US fires approximately 75 precision-guided weapons against Iran’s nuclear facilities
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Pentagon’s FY26 defence budget proposal is $130 billion more than US Congress plans to provide
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Trump’s drone directives win US industry support but questions remain over ability to challenge Chinese market dominance
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Paris Air Show 2025: New capabilities, partnerships and next-gen programmes remain priority for industry
As European countries increase their defence budgets, the Paris Air Show will look to how the aerospace industry’s responds, with programme progression, new technology and industrial partnerships all expected to take centre stage at Le Bourget.
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Paris Air Show 2025: Parrot’s new microdrone ANAFI UKR breaks cover
While the Paris Air Show marked the first time the ANAFI UKR has been publicly shown, the ISR drone has been in use with various armed forces for the last eight months, Parrot told Shephard.
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France and Sweden sign defence roadmap as Naval Group positions FDI frigate for Swedish surface ship programme
A pact signed at the Paris Air Show has seen Sweden turn to the French FDI frigate to lead its next-gen surface combatant fleet amid shifting security dynamics in the Baltic Sea.
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GOL?s February 2010 traffic figures released
5th March 2010
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes has announced its preliminary traffic figures for February 2010. Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) generated across the whole of Gol’s system totalled …
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ATR 42-600 takes to the air
5th March 2010
The ATR 42-600 pre-series aircraft has had a successful first flight from Toulouse. The aircraft, powered with Pratt & Whitney PW127M engines, completed a two-hour …
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Southwest Airlines announces February traffic stats
5th March 2010
Southwest Airlines has reported its traffic figures for February 2010, featuring a load factor increase of almost 5 percentage points. The airline flew 4,986,254,000 revenue …
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Norwegian reports 25% passenger growth in February
5th March 2010
Norwegian has announced that 834,884 passengers chose to fly with the airline in February, a 25% increase from the same period last year. Revenue passenger …
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RUAG approved by EASA as Do228NG manufacturer
5th March 2010
RUAG Aerospace Services in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, reports that at the end of January 2010 it received official approval by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) …
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Air Berlin sees increased passenger numbers and revenue in February
5th March 2010
Air Berlin has reported passenger and revenue figures for February 2010. During the month the airline group carried 1,951,085 passengers (including those on TUIfly routes), …
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Two Embraer 170s delivered to Gulf Air
5th March 2010
As part of a lease agreement signed by Embraer and Gulf Air just after the Bahrain International Airshow in January, Embraer has delivered two E-170s …
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Increased Delta TechOps services for Sun Country
4th March 2010
Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division, Delta TechOps, has expanded its relationship with Sun Country Airlines with agreements to provide auxiliary power unit (APU) and component …
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OSyS ETL cleared as primary techlog on BA CityFlyer E-Jets
4th March 2010
BA CityFlyer has been granted approval by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to deploy the electronic technical log (ETL) from Optimized Systems and Solutions (OSyS) …
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Republic Airways announces February 2010 traffic figures
4th March 2010
Republic Airways has reported preliminary passenger traffic results for February 2010. The company generated 1,414,204,000 revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a 104% increase from the 693,381,000 …
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Blue1 doubles Helsinki?London Heathrow frequency
4th March 2010
From 25 April 2010 Blue1 is to add a new second daily flight between Helsinki and London Heathrow. Flights will depart Helsinki daily at 12:05 …
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easyJet continues passenger growth in February
4th March 2010
easyJet has reported its passenger and load factors figures for February 2010 and the rolling 12-month to the end of February. During the month the …
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American Eagle releases February traffic data
4th March 2010
American Eagle Airlines has reported traffic figures for February 2010 covering its own operations and those of its wholly-owned subsidiary Executive Airlines. Revenue passenger miles …
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February traffic released for US Airways' regional subsidiaries
4th March 2010
US Airways has reported February 2010 combined traffic figures for Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines, its two wholly-owned subsidiaries which operate under the US Airways …
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airBaltic?s Vilnius?London service begins
4th March 2010
airBaltic has begun its new service between Vilnius and Gatwick Airport in London. “We see that Vilnius airport is the first in the Baltics to …
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Veil lifted on Afghan pilot training programme
4th March 2010
The UK Ministry of Defence and QinetiQ have lifted the lid on a secret programme to train Afghan helicopter pilots in the UK. Now in …
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Lockheed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod program Receives William J. Perry award
4th March 2010
The Precision Strike Association has awarded the Lockheed Martin and US Air Force Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) program the 14th annual William J. Perry …
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AirTran reports February 2010 traffic
3rd March 2010
AirTran Airways has reported its traffic figures for February. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) during the month totalled 1,294,743,000, a 5.4% increase compared with February 2009’s …
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Allegiant reports February 2010 traffic figures
3rd March 2010
Allegiant Air has reported preliminary passenger traffic results for February 2010. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) totalled 393,891,000, 19.1% up on last February’s 330,856,000. Available seat …
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US fires approximately 75 precision-guided weapons against Iran’s nuclear facilities
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Paris Air Show 2025: New capabilities, partnerships and next-gen programmes remain priority for industry
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South Korean shipbuilders showcase export ambitions amid ongoing KDDX delays
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US fires approximately 75 precision-guided weapons against Iran’s nuclear facilities
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![Pentagon’s FY26 defence budget proposal is $130 billion more than US Congress plans to provide]()
Pentagon’s FY26 defence budget proposal is $130 billion more than US Congress plans to provide
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![Trump’s drone directives win US industry support but questions remain over ability to challenge Chinese market dominance]()
Trump’s drone directives win US industry support but questions remain over ability to challenge Chinese market dominance
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![Paris Air Show 2025: New capabilities, partnerships and next-gen programmes remain priority for industry]()
Paris Air Show 2025: New capabilities, partnerships and next-gen programmes remain priority for industry
