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Shares in 'New Embraer' company close at R$18.49 after first days of trading on Bovespa Novo Mercado
Shares in Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer shares were trading at R$18.49 ($8.22) on Wednesday morning following the company’s listing on the Novo Mercado section of Brazil’s Bovespa stock exchange in São Paulo on Monday
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NewsPotter's reasons to be cheerful
Frontier Airlines' front man Jeff Potter is still smiling, despite stiff competition from low-cost carrier Southwest
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NewsPictures: GE investigates cause of American Airlines Boeing 767-200 uncontained CF6-80A engine failure that led to aircraft fire
General Electric is investigating the cause of an apparent uncontained engine failure which caused extensive damage to an American Airlines Boeing 767-200 at Los Angeles on Friday.
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NewsBoeing 787 testing moves into high gear, with systems and fuselage trials
Software and hardware systems being put through their initial paces, as fuselage segments continue trials
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Medevac Learjet 35A in 2004 fatal accident was 'cleared to fly into mountain' says US aviation safety agency preliminary report
A Bombardier Learjet 35A air ambulance took off at night under visual flight rules (VFR) and crashed into a mountain after an air traffic controller gave the crew a heading towards high terrain, according to a US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) preliminary report on the 2004 accident. All five ...
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NewsUS Airways indifferent to Airbus’s A350 dilemma, even if 20-aircraft order scrapped
Airframer’s internal debate will not affect fleet replacement plans, says carrier
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Boeing joins effort to cut fuel consumption at Alaska Airlines by looking at weight reduction, routeing and fuel-efficiency
Collaborative project to look at purchasing policy, weight reduction and routeing issues
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SilkAir delays narrowbody RFP
Carrier puts request for proposals in holding pattern as parent Singapore Airlines continues widebody evaluation