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Business - good week
GKN First-half aerospace sales soared by 64% to $770 million ($1.3 billion) and trading profit jumped 68% to £79 million; underlying sales were up 5%, but...
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Opinion
Comment: Europe should have a common, higher transition altitude
Europe needs to drop disparate national transition altitudes and standardise. Ideally it should be done throughout, but regional change would be a start,...
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Comment: Russian revolution
The Superjet 100 and MS-21 all-new single aisle will play crucial roles in the re-invention of a once mighty aerospace nation looking to again be a major player in the airliner industry
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Southwest eager to keep Lynx feed in Denver
Southwest Airlines appears keen to retain the feed currently supplied by Frontier Airlines' subsidiary Lynx if the Dallas-based carrier is successful in...
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Southwest increases and finalizes Frontier bid
Southwest Airlines submitted today a binding cash offer of more than $170 million for rival Frontier Airlines ahead of the Denver-based carrier being auctioned...
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Bombardier quiet on China CSeries talks
Bombardier is refraining comment on Hong Kong Aviation Company's announcement it is in talks to purchase Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan-powered CSeries...
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Round-the-world solar aircraft prototype to be unveiled this month
Researchers are preparing to unveil the prototype of a solar-powered aircraft which is intended eventually to conduct a transatlantic and round-the-world...
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PICTURE: Mozambique's LAM takes first Embraer 190
Linhas Aereas Mocambique has taken delivery of the first of up to four Embraer 190s. The Mozambique flag carrier, whose fleet is based on Boeing 737-200s,...
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AUVSI: Selex Galileo proves Falco's rail-launch performance
Selex Galileo has completed a new rail-launch test campaign with its Falco tactical unmanned air vehicle design. Conducted at the Robonic Arctic Test...
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A320 successor to be assembled entirely in Hamburg
Airbus' successor to the A320 will be assembled entirely in Hamburg, as part of an arrangement to distribute workshare more fairly between the airframer's...
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PICTURE: Latest Heathrow Terminal 2 design unveiled
London Heathrow Airport operator BAA has today released the latest design for the hub's new Terminal 2, which will become the home for Star Alliance carriers
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Germany grants airlines ETS extension
Germany has become the second European Union member to postpone airlines' first emissions trading deadline following the UK.
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Wizz Air firms 50 A320s, takes Airbus orders to 118
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has firmed its order for 50 Airbus A320 aircraft. The agreement, sealed on 1 July, was the only order placed...
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US Navy approves ground surveillance role for P-8 Poseidon
The US Navy is to equip its P-8A Poseidons for overland surveillance tasks, expanding from the primary maritime patrol mission ...
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MAS posts Q2 profit thanks to fuel hedging
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) posted a 876 million ringgit ($250 million) net profit in the second fiscal quarter due to fuel hedging profits.
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Fate of Lynx of interest to USA's SkyWest
Management at US regional operator SkyWest Inc. is monitoring developments of Frontier subsidiary Lynx Airlines as the court overseeing Frontier's Chapter...
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Airborne communications leap forward with Row 44 approval
In a move that could usher in a new era for airborne communications the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has green-lighted Row 44's application...