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NewsVIDEO: US Airways A320 crew showed the world 'how ditching should be done'
VIDEO: US Airways A320 crew showed the world 'how ditching should be done'
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Bombardier gets breathing room on CSeries
Pressure on Bombardier to announce a firm order for the CSeries jetliner by the end of its fiscal year appears to be subsiding, as the industry focuses its...
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Lufthansa applauds partner US Airways’ crew professionalism
Lufthansa is championing the professionalism of the crew onboard the US Airways Airbus A320 that crash-landed in the Hudson River, saying their actions show...
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US Airways CEO Parker and NTSB en route to New York
US Airways chief executive Doug Parker and representatives the US National Transportation Board (NTSB) are en route to New York as an investigation gets...
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Air Berlin chooses ACSS for environmental, safety upgrade
Air Berlin has signed an agreement with US-based ACSS to equip a portion of its new Boeing 737 fleet with the company's SafeRoute automatic dependent surveillance...
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Airbus standalone plants ready for partners 'in three to five years': Bregier
Airbus is confident that the French and German plants it has spun off into two standalone companies should be in a position to link with outside partners...
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Pinnacle expands Q400 fleet by fifteen aircraft
US regional operator Pinnacle Airlines Corporation has extended its agreement with Continental Airlines and ordered 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop...
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Airbus achieves 777 net orders in 2008
Airbus secured net orders for 777 aircraft over the course of 2008, confirming that it easily overtook rival Boeing's total of 662. The figure gave...
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NewsAir Austral to acquire two 800+ seat A380s
Reunion-based carrier Air Austral has signed a memorandum of understanding for two Airbus A380s to be configured for 840 passengers.
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Harbin Embraer in the fray after no deliveries in 4Q
Embraer's revelation this week that no ERJ-145 regional jets were delivered during the fourth quarter of 2008 forced the company to again answer questions...
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United latest to sign for Aircell's Internet solution
Several years after withdrawing from now-defunct Connexion by Boeing's satellite-based Internet project, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines...
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New A350 assembly plant will re-invent Airbus’s build process
Construction officially started today in Toulouse of the Airbus A350 XWB's final assembly facility, which will deliver significant efficiencies to the airframer's...
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NewsEasyJet Boeing 737 plunge being investigated by AAIB and NTSB
The US National Transportation Safety Board says it is assisting the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch in a probe of a "violent" pitch-down by an EasyJet...
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO: Airbus reveals definitive A350 XWB design
Airbus has formally revealed the definitive design of the A350 XWB at a ground-breaking ceremony today for the new twin-jet's production plant in Toulouse...
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Taiwan's AIDC may make parts for Japan's MRJ
Japan's Mitsubishi Aircraft is speaking to Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) about making parts for its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) and will be making a decision in the coming months.
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FAA and US Airways move closer to ADS-B trials in Philadelphia
Tests of automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) on US Airways Airbus A330s could begin later this year as the carrier takes delivery of new aircraft...
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PICTURES: KLM celebrates 90th year with 'retro' 737
Dutch carrier KLM has become the latest airline to adopt a retro-style livery, painting a Boeing 737-800 in a historic scheme to mark the company's 90th...
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Deferral of 10 CRJ700s part of struggling Mesa's cash plan
Struggling regional airline operator Mesa Air Group predicts it will become cash flow positive and profitable during its 2009 fiscal year should the Phoenix-based...
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Forecasts 2009 - Airframers: Crunch time
How will airframers cope with the inevitable decline in orders as the world's financial meltdown kick in?
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NewsGulf Air leasing four 777-300ERs to replace A340s
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air is to acquire four Boeing 777-300ERs which it will introduce on routes including London Heathrow from March. The Bahrain-based...