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Business: Good week - Bad week
Good week - British Airways' and Iberia's new holding company has drawn up a list of a dozen airlines it would like to buy Bad week - BOMBARDIER The airframer gunning to give Airbus and Boeing a run in the narrowbody market says development costs and capital investment for its ...
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This Week Briefing
EADS chief executive Louis Gallois said the European aerospace giant is in talks with a few companies in defense, services and security for potential deals and could comfortably make an acquisition of around €1 billion ($1.3 billion).
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Interview
Working Week Brendan Lodge
Brendan Lodge is business development director for JetBrokers Europe, which focuses on providing the best possible solution for buyers and sellers while broking corporate aircraft transactions at an international level
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INTERIORS: Panasonic launches first application store for IFEC
Software developers will have the opportunity to see their ideas fly with Panasonic Avionics' launch of the world's first application store to serve airline customers of its in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) systems.
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Aeromexico confirms evaluation of fleet expansion options
Aeromexico has confirmed it is looking at acquiring additional Boeing aircraft as it plans further expansion of its network in the aftermath of archrival...
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Top 100: PricewaterhouseCoopers reports on accelerating global growth
THE AEROSPACE and defence industry is the largest exporter in the USA. But exports are only one measure of globalisation. When we also consider the international...
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Crashed Conviasa ATR 42 identified
The Conviasa ATR which crashed in Venezuela earlier today has been identified as a 16-year-old ATR 42-300.
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Several passengers survive Conviasa ATR 42 crash
Rescuers in Venezuela are heading for the scene of an accident involving an aircraft operated by state-run carrier Conviasa. Twenty-three of the 47...
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Embraer closes $1bn credit facility with 25 banks
Embraer closed a credit loan for $1 billion with a group of 25 international financial institutions. The main objective of the standby agreement is...
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Opinion
Comment: Of steady sales and plunging profits
An aphorism of the corporate world holds that turnover is vanity, margin is sanity. In other words: grow sales all you want, it's profits that count.
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Estonian CRJ900s to arrive in 2011 under new deal
Estonian Air has firmed a contract to acquire three Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, a deal which replaces an earlier fleet-renewal agreement with the...
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VIDEO: Delta 747 shunts tow-tractor at gate
Video images have emerged depicting the moment that a Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 shunted a tow-tractor while preparing to park at an airbridge
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Efficiency 3.0 at TechOps
Delta's focus on constraints is driving down engine overhaul turnaround times
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VivaAerobus expands at Mexico City, seeks more 737s
Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus is launching six new routes to Mexico City and is looking to acquire at least six additional Boeing 737-300s to support...
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EMS Aviation rounds out leadership team with key appointments
EMS Aviation has made two key management appointments to round out its leadership team, and better exploit its full mobile connectivity product capabilities.
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Air China to order four 777-300ERs
Chinese flag-carrier Air China is ordering four Boeing 777-300ER aircraft for delivery from 2013.
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Boeing, Embraer cool to re-engining prospects
In the face of the costly structural changes required to maximise the benefit of a new powerplant, Boeing and Embraer have cooled to the idea of re-engining their respective workhorse jetliners.
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Business briefs
The Hungarian government is in talks with private investors to sell its 95% stake in flag carrier Malev, following its renationalisation of the airline this year
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Aer Arann chief: Carrier's business strategy is solid
Aer Arann chief Paul Schutz is aiming to maintain the carrier's fleet and headcount, insisting it needs financial rather than operational restructuring during its spell in creditor protection.