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Turkish Airlines orders another seven 777-300ERs
Turkish Airlines has ordered another seven Boeing 777-300ERs, taking its overall agreement to 12 of the type. The Star Alliance carrier disclosed an...
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Rolls-Royce to start work on Singapore facility in Q1 2010
Rolls-Royce confirms that it will begin the construction of its planned Trent engine factory at Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park in the first quarter of...
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SATS Q1 profits up 17% despite falling aviation revenues
Singapore Airports Terminal Services (SATS) has reported a 17% increase in first quarter net profits, even though its aviation business has continued to...
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EU open-rotor blade tests underway
Results of wind tunnel open-rotor blade testing that started in Russia earlier this month for the European project DREAM (valiDation of Radical Engine Architecture...
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Embraer breaks new ground in Portugal
Embraer has broken ground on a new 15,000m2 (160,400sq2) facility in Évora, Portugal that will...
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Icelandair to handle 757 line maintenance for Russia's I Fly
Icelandair Technical Services has signed a three-year contract with Russian start-up I Fly for its four Boeing 757-200s. The deal - worth around $110...
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Qantas poised to offer OnAir Internet on A380s by year-end
Qantas could offer in-flight Internet service on its Airbus A380s by the end of the year, the head of Airbus/SITA joint venture OnAir has revealed.
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Third prototype Superjet 100 begins flight tests
Sukhoi has introduced a third Superjet 100 prototype to the twin-jet's flight-test programme, an airframe which will be the first to be fitted with a passenger...
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AirAsia to increase KL-Trichy services
Malaysian low-cost AirAsia is doubling its Kuala Lumpur-Tiruchirappalli service to twice-daily from once-daily from 1 September due to strong demand.
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Business briefs
BA TO RAISE $600M for LIQUIDITY boost CASHBritish Airways is looking to raise £600 million ($987 million) in cash to increase its liquidity in the...
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John Holland Aviation gets Virgin Blue's embraer MRO deal
Australia's Virgin Blue has awarded Melbourne based John Holland Aviation Services a 10-year contract to carry out heavy maintenance on its Embraer passenger...
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Virgin Blue to raise A$231.4m as CEO Godfrey leaves
Australia's Virgin Blue plans to raise A$231.4 million ($190 million) in fresh equity, and says that its CEO Brett Godfrey will quit in 2010 amid a projection...
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OpenSkies to suspend Amsterdam-New York route
British Airways' all-premium transatlantic carrier OpenSkies is to suspend its Amsterdam-New York service next month.
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ATR schedules first -600 flight for early September
Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR has tentatively scheduled the first flight of its new -600 variant for early September. The company had indicated...
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Fatalities reported after Il-62 crashes on landing in Iran
Iran has suffered a second fatal airliner accident in the country in little more than a week, after an Ilyushin Il-62 crashed on landing at Mashad...
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Do in-house solutions stifle competition?
We build the aircraft so why shouldn't we assume more control of its core communications architecture? Perhaps this is Airbus's view and why it believes...
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Avery: Supplying experience at AJW Aviation
John Avery, a 40-year veteran of the industry, including 29 years with British Airways, is the new director of supply chain...
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Northrop outlines UAV strategy for Asia, Middle East
Northrop Grumman is confident it can work around tight export controls on its unmanned air vehicle technology to exploit the burgeoning market for aerial...
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Garuda unveils five-year growth targets
Garuda Indonesia has unveiled a new strategy that aims to drastically increase its routes, aircraft and passenger numbers in the next five years.