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UAC considers alternative site for A320 freighter plant
United Aircraft is considering choosing an alternative construction site for a planned Airbus A320-family freighter conversion facility. Following...
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PAL announces cost cutting measures
Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to offer early retirement packages to its staff to cut costs and boost productivity.
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Continental nears completion of LTV3 system on 737-900ERs
Continental Airlines is moving quickly to equip its Boeing domestic fleet with LiveTV's latest live television system, revealing in an update that 88% of...
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Atlant-Soyuz firms order for An-148s and Tu-204SMs
Moscow's governmental carrier Atlant-Soyuz has firmed its orders for 30 Antonov An-148 and 15 Tupolev Tu-204SM aircraft. The agreement, signed with...
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AirAsia X hopes to switch to A330s on Abu Dhabi route
AirAsia X is hoping it can generate enough traffic to Abu Dhabi that it can switch aircraft type to Airbus A330s.
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Asian airline traffic down 7.8% in July
Major carriers in the Asia Pacific carried 11.5 million passengers in July, down 7.8% year-on-year.
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ExIm Bank backs aircraft loan for EgyptAir
EgyptAir on 28 August takes delivery of the first of five Boeing 737-800s with financing secured by the US ExIm Bank. ExIm is guaranteeing a loan...
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Delta aims for Wi-Fi fleetwide by year-end 2010
Delta Air Lines continues to press ahead with Wi-Fi equipage on aircraft for its combined fleet with Northwest after the carriers concluded their merger...
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Qantas takes delivery of fourth A380
Qantas has received its fourth Airbus A380 more than a month after its original delivery date.
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Colombia's EasyFly eyes more Jetstream 41s and 737-500s
Colombia's EasyFly is looking to further bolster its fleet of British Aerospace Jetstream 41 aircraft next year and over the medium term eyes expanding into...
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Urban Aeronautics advances ground tests with Mule air vehicle
The prototype of Urban Aeronautics' Mule ducted fan unmanned aircraft system has been brought to a "light on the skids" position ...
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Pakistan to begin co-production of Falco UAV
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) is about to begin the co-production of Selex Galileo's Falco unmanned air vehicle at its facilities in Kamra. The...
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Fall of a Republic
Europe's business aviation community has become accustomed over the past nine months to regular pummellings - verbally and financially - so the news of the...
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WestJet concludes deferral talks with Boeing and Aviation Capital Group
Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet plans to slow its fleet growth after concluding discussions with Boeing and lessor Aviation Capital Group to reschedule...
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Aeroflot seals Superjet lease as Yakutia orders two aircraft
Russian carrier Yakutia has ordered two Sukhoi Superjet 100s from Finance Leasing and the Yakutsk-based airline expects its first delivery of the 95-seat...
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Singapore inks air services deals with Latin American countries
Singapore's civil aviation authority has signed a new air services agreement with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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Australia's Rex posts 6% drop in full-year profits
Australian regional carrier Regional Express (Rex) has posted a 6% fall in net profit in its last fiscal year due to lower passenger numbers.
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Bombardier mulls moving Q400 mid-fuse work to China
Bombardier is considering moving production of the Q400 mid-fuselage from its Belfast facility to China's Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), but has not...
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Bombardier looks to avoid Boeing mistakes through early CSeries tests
Hoping to avoid repeating the mistakes of other manufacturers of new-design aircraft Bombardier is putting its first CSeries fuselage test barrel through...