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ICAO: Africa safety plan beating its targets
A programme for improving aviation safety oversight in African states through regional co-operation is surging ahead of its targets
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Sukhoi to firm 30-Superjet deal with Asian carrier
Sukhoi is to sign a firm agreement covering 30 Superjet 100 aircraft with a southeast Asian carrier at the upcoming Farnborough Air Show.
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Supplier deals allow Comac to progress with joint-definition phase
China's Comac has completed the selection of major suppliers for the C919, clearing the way for finalising the 150- to 170-seat twinjet's joint definition stage, possibly this year.
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Kenya Airways leases E-190s from Jetscape
Kenya Airways will be adding two Embraer 190s on lease from aircraft leasing company Jetscape.
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Emirates' Brannelly stays on as WAEA president; board voting begins
Emirates vice-president, corporate communications, product, publishing, digital & events Patrick Brannelly has accepted the invitation of the World Airline...
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FARNBOROUGH: R-R urges Airbus. Boeing to reconsider narrowbody re-engining plans
Rolls-Royce is urging Airbus and Boeing to reconsider plans to re-engine their respective A320 and 737 150-seat airliner families and instead concentrate...
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NTSB faults Continental captain in 2008 Denver excursion
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today determined that the captain of a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 that ran off the left side...
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Flight Focus eyes new customers for its AMDS system
Singapore-based Flight Focus is in talks with several airlines to sell its Advanced Mission Display System (AMDS), after inking a deal with launch customer...
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Romanian start-up begins 737 services
Entrepreneurs in Romania have started operations with a new carrier, Air Bucharest, which employs a single Boeing 737-300. The airline began services...
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Signs of recovery start to emerge in Mexico
The Mexican domestic market is finally starting to stabilise but is more consolidation needed for long-term sustainability? By Brendan Sobie/Washington Mexico's...
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Qantas gets earlier delivery slots for eight 787s
Qantas Airways has reached a deal with Boeing to bring forward delivery of eight Boeing 787-8s, so its low-cost carrier Jetstar can start operating the aircraft...
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India launches 5 satellites
India successfully launched five satellites into orbit 12 July, one of them a miniature satellite built by Indian university students, space officials say. India's...
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Mexico's Interjet adds A320s from CIT and ACG
Mexico's Interjet has taken delivery of two additional Airbus A320s which it is using to add capacity in the Mexican domestic market.
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FAA promotes upset recovery aid
The US Federal Aviation Administration is asking airline, cargo, air taxi and fractional flight departments to incorporate upset recovery aids developed...
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FARNBOROUGH: Embraer confident of success with KC-390 airlifter
Embraer comes to the 2010 Farnborough air show with development work well under way on its biggest and most ambitious project to date - the KC-390 tactical transport. The Brazilian manufacturer is using the show to step up its hunt for new customers, as well as strategic industrial partners and ...
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Northrop Grumman eyes UK Global Hawk sale
Northrop Grumman is looking at innovative financing options in an effort to further its "aspiration" of selling Global Hawk unmanned air systems to the UK,...
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Spirit AeroSystems - from cornfields to A350s
Can Airbus and Spirit help turn a North Carolina town into the next Wichita?
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FARNBOROUGH: A350's race against time
The A350 programme has already suffered a three-month slip, and Airbus is working hard to ensure that no further delays threaten the twinjet's 2013 service-entry schedule
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FAA works with universities to study human factors research
US university Georgia Tech has entered into an agreement with the US Federal Aviation Administration to study pilot responses to alerts from traffic alert...