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Russian aviation safety agency finds 'inadequate training' led crew to stall Pulkovo Tu-154 in August Donetsk crash probe
Russian investigators have concluded that a lack of adequate training in handling the Tupolev Tu-154 tri-jet at high altitudes and angles of attack led a Pulkovo Airlines crew to stall their aircraft and enter a fatal flat spin.
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Delta Connection Embraer E-170 slid off Cleveland runway Sunday, one of the type's first safety incident
No injuries have been reported after an Embraer 170, conducting a Delta Connection service, struck a fence at Cleveland Hopkins airport in Ohio after sliding off the runway yesterday.
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NewsPictures: Boeing's second 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter for 787 parts begins flight testing in full livery in Taiwan
Boeing's second 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), RT632 has begun test flights after being rolled out of Evergreen's modification site at Chiang Kai Shek international airport in Taiwan.
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Five in the running for Alitalia stake
Five firms have been short-listed for a large stake in Alitalia, but the carrier's financial position is in danger of deteriorating sharply as it drifts in a state of limbo waiting for new owners.
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ExpressJet strays into scheduled territory
In a risky revision of its basic regional feeder model, ExpressJet has unveiled plans to launch independent scheduled services with 44 of the 69 regional jets rejected by Continental Airlines.
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Tiger breaks Qantas-Virgin Blue duopoly in Australia
Singapore-based low-cost carrier Tiger Airways is seeking to break the "cosy duopoly" of the Qantas Airways Group and Virgin Blue through the launch of a new domestic airline in Australia.
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Pacific could become another Jetstar
Australia's Qantas Airways is in talks to acquire a minority stake in Vietnam's Pacific Airlines as part of its Asian expansion strategy.
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Delta plan ends US Airways interest
Delta Air Lines has secured creditor support for its own reorganisation plan, persuading US Airways to withdraw at the end of January its unsolicited $10 billion takeover bid.
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Kifah Hasan Jabber walks a lonely road with Iraqi Airways
The lifting of UN sanctions against Iraq in 2003 failed to achieve the hoped-for effect of reviving the country's moribund flag carrier
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NewsNew frontiers: Jeff Potter, Frontier's chief executive
To survive in a tough market, Frontier Airlines is focusing on service quality, a new feeder operation and a strategy of avoiding competitors United and Southwest Airlines
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Arranged marriages: Russia focus
Despite confusing government signals, Russia's airline industry is slowly beginning to consolidate
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Liat's Caribbean marriage
Mark Darby describes how he has helped forge a remarkable new direction for Antigua's Liat in his second article about life as the chief executive of the Caribbean airline
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Forum: Pilots fight back
The airline industry is recovering from its post-9/11 downturn, but pilot salaries - which have been depressed for years - are not increasing in tandem, says Captain John Prater, new president of the Air Line Pilots Association International, which represents 60,000 pilots at 40 airlines in the USA and Canada
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In depth
Marketing special: Born of necessity
The power base of global distribution systems (GDS) in the Asia-Pacific remains firm, unlike in Europe and the USA, but carriers are seeking cost savings and better-value services