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Mongolia's Eznis to order ATR 42-500
Privately-owned Mongolian carrier Eznis Airways is negotiating with aircraft-maker ATR to acquire an ATR 42-500 and wants to put it into operation at the...
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Bombardier mulls boost to Q400 production
Bombardier is evaluating boosting production of its Q400 turboprop.
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No injuries in back-to-back American Eagle ERJ incidents
American Eagle says no one was injured this afternoon after an emergency landing of an Embraer ERJ-145 in Killeen, Texas following a flight from Dallas....
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Delta continues CRJ900 shuffle
Delta Air Lines has reversed a decision to allocate 15 Bombardier CRJ900s to Northwest Airlines wholly-owned subsidiary Mesaba Airlines and instead will...
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AerCap closes on $1.4b A330 financing
Dutch aircraft lessor AerCap inked a $1.4 billion facility agreement for Airbus A330 financing with several banks and financial institutions led by Calyon. The...
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The accidents that changed the world
Like all initial news stories about aircraft accidents, Flight International's reports provided what little information was available. In the case of these...
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TACA A320 crash: Jet's behaviour 'consistent' with crew action
Preliminary findings from the fatal TACA Airbus A320 landing accident in Honduras last May have not revealed any technical fault with the aircraft. The...
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FAA modifies 'ineffective' directive on CRJ flap problems
US regulators are proposing to expand an airworthiness directive for Bombardier CRJ100/200s to reduce the risk of flap failure, after finding the original...
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Garuda Indonesia plans to double aircraft fleet by 2013
Garuda Indonesia has unveiled plans to launch new services and dramatically increase the size of its fleet beyond what it has already ordered. The...
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Afriqiyah merger would create stronger carrier: Libyan CEO
Libyan Airlines is aiming to complete its long-proposed...
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Israeli suppliers to supply Turkish F-16 surveillance equipment
Turkey has awarded two Israeli companies a combined $141 million to deliver pod-housed surveillance equipment for its Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters ...
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FlightBlogger: 787's path to first flight detailed
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program has had five first flight dates set, but a timeline for key program milestones has now emerged that outlines a grueling testing gauntlet to first flight in late April, sources tell FlightBlogger.
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Timco error at root of United Air Lines runway excursion
Misrouted and reversed antiskid wiring by US-based Timco Aviation Services technicians led to the runway excursion of a United Air Lines A320 after landing...
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Copa orders four more 737-800s
Panama's Copa Airlines has ordered four more Boeing 737-800s, lifting its outstanding commitments to the aircraft type to 13.
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United expedited engine repairs after Chicago smoke incident
United Air Lines accelerated a program to replace defective bearings on its Pratt & Whitney PW-4090-powered Boeing 777s following a 14 December 2007 incident...
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Row 44 plans commercial trials for January
Row 44 in January expects to begin testing its Ku band-based in-flight connectivity system on commercial aircraft even as the firm continues to face opposition...
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Airbus narrowly meets delivery target of 12 A380s in 2008
Airbus has narrowly met its revised delivery target of 12 A380 aircraft for 2008 following its handover today of a fourth example to Middle Eastern carrier...