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India's Kingfisher seeks to delay delivery of A380s
Loss-making Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines is speaking to Airbus to try and defer by two years the delivery of the Airbus A380s it has on order.
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PICTURES: Bird feather from Hudson A320 left engine
A feather is among the evidence found in the left engine of the US Airways A320 that crashed in the Hudson River on 15 January.
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Passenger desire for plug-and-play keeps IFE giants on their toes
Thales and Panasonic have moved aggressively to ensure their in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware can support and enable different media applications and...
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Porter's growth plans eye US, Ontario cities, more frequencies
This airline may have a raccoon for its mascot, but Porter Airlines is very much a different animal among start-ups...
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Jet2 and Oxford Aviation seal five-year training deal
UK budget carrier Jet2 and Oxford Aviation Academy have signed a five-year deal covering simulator and ab initio pilot training.
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P&W to begin testing 'advanced GTF' demonstrator by 2013
Pratt & Whitney aims to begin testing a demonstrator...
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OAK to cease Tu-204 production ahead of starting MS-21
Russia's United Aircraft (OAK) plans to cease producing the Tupolev Tu-204 twinjet ahead of launching manufacture of the all-new MS-21 next-generation airliner...
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Boeing secures land for India MRO
Boeing has leased some land at Nagpur airport in India to build a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre in joint-venture partnership with national...
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Qantas first half net profit falls 65%
Qantas Airways has reported a 65% fall in net profit for the fiscal first half which it attributed to the economic downturn and volatility in currency and...
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Thales poised to launch next generation TopSeries IFE platform
Thales in the second quarter will bring to market the next generation of its TopSeries in-flight entertainment (IFE) platform. The new third generation...
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Boeing links Heathrow, Atlanta Trent 895 engine rollbacks
Boeing says "similar factors" were likely at play in two Trent 895 thrust rollback incidents on Boeing 777-200ER aircraft last year.
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Opinion
Comment: EASA must stay clear of politics to meet its mandate
The European Aviation Safety Agency believes in its mandate to improve standards in aviation. It knows it does not operate in a political vacuum, but it should stay clear of politics
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EASA under fire over pilot flight time limitations
Pilot organisation the European Cockpit Association (ECA) has criticised the European Aviation Safety Agency for its proposal to transcribe existing "hard...
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Opinion
Comment: Defying logic? maybe
Logic seems to have deserted the airframers as airliner production rates head for record levels this year, while the world looks set for a global meltdown....
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December Italian all-fuel cell flight planned
A modified Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 ultralight is expected to fly in June using only batteries....
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Sweeping SAS reform to slash operations and raise capital
SAS Group is to shed thousands of jobs in a sweeping restructuring that involves divesting airline shareholdings, outsourcing operations, cutting the fleet, and raising SKr6 billion ($720 million) through a rights issue.
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China to complete A320-family wings
Airbus has decided that Xian Aircraft will complete the wings to be installed on Airbus A320-family aircraft assembled at Airbus Tianjin.
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India's airlines facing difficult times
Indian air transport climbed quickly in the past decade - now the country is at the epicentre of global gloom enveloping aviation