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Algeria to buy 40 MiG-29s
Algeria has signed a $1.5 billion contract with RSK MiG to acquire 40 MiG-29SMT multirole fighters and place options on another 30, according to Russian press reports.
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Airbus wins...but rival is top dollar
End of year flurry sees European company triumph on orders. However, widebodies give Boeing advantage on value
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NewsMexican Uprising
Mexico is the latest big market to welcome low-cost start-ups, as the regulatory regime is slowly relaxed. But life has been tougher for its established carriers. Read Flight International's special report.
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Awiator prepares for wake vortex reduction experiment
Differential flap settings and spoiler changes hold key for tackling hazard
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NewsATR records 90 orders in 2005 to become joint top of regionals league
The resurgence of the turboprop market last year has vaulted ATR to the head of the turboprop order rankings, with 90 net orders for 2005 compared with 61 for Bombardier's Q Series.
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Behind the order book
Record aircraft orders do not necessarily indicate good times ahead, writes Chris Tarry of CTAIRA, with analyses from Fabrice Tacoun
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Carriers renew fleets
More than a decade after studies began, state-owned Air India and Indian Airlines have finally ordered a wealth of new Airbus and Boeing types to help them renew and expand their ageing fleets.
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Pacific islands struggle on
Three Pacific island nations are finding it tough to maintain links with the outside world following cutbacks in air service.
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Delay fears mount as traffic soars
Europe’s air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol says that air traffic grew to a record 9.2 million flights in 2005, but airline bodies are nervous as delay levels creep up.