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NewsThailand and Vietnam establishing new flying schools
Thailand and Vietnam are taking steps to train more pilots by establishing new pilot training schools. Bangkok...
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Fleet slashed as American unveils new capacity plan
American Airlines’ parent AMR Corp will retire at least 75 mainline and regional jets as part of a newly unveiled plan to slash 2008 domestic capacity in the face of record high fuel prices, growing economic concerns and a difficult competitive environment.
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Sukhoi Superjet takes to the air
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype finally took to the air on 19 May, initiating the twinjet's delayed flight-test programme. The first flight of the...
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Qantas adds more airports in RNP trial
Qantas has launched required navigation performance proving flights at a number of airports in Western Australia and Queensland as part of the carrier's...
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Network 2008: Alighting in Aruba
David field Washington The Dutch island airport of Aruba in the western Caribbean has new management in the form of a team from Amsterdam's Schiphol,...
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Fuel hammers US carrier results
US airlines are starting to run out of tools to stem their losses as fuel continues its increase Consider the pure statistics, the numbers posted by...
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Global Express emerges as leading candidate for USAF communications relay role
The US Air Force is close to launching a new airborne system that can serve as a bridge between disparate datalink standards ...
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US airports face crunch time
Airports in New York City, Chicago and other US cities are chokepoints in the country's congested travel system, but are proposed measures to relieve the...
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Airports ranking: Climbing up the table
As this year's Airline Business Top 150 airports traffic ranking shows, the world's main gateways had a good year in 2007. The star performers were in Russia,...
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Turboprops making mark in Philippines
Philippine regional carriers under pressure Regional feeder operations are becoming increasingly important in the Philippines, with the latest development...
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Airlines circle Italy as Alitalia flounders
Carriers swoop in on Italy With Alitalia's future remaining unclear, airlines are starting to hone in on the Italian market As...