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American poised for large narrowbody order on 20 July
American Airlines will announce an aircraft purchase on 20 July, ending a month of speculation since the Paris air show over the timing of the order, which...
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Strategy Awards: The Airline Business Award
Presented to Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline
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Strategy Awards: Regional Leadership
Presented to Bill Ayer, chief executive of Alaska Air Group
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Sunny outlook for the Solar Impulse
After a problematic but ultimately successful turn at the Paris air show in June, the Solar Impulse is to be flown on two missions next year. And in 2014 a new prototype, still being designed, will be sent on a transatlantic trip
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Maintenance work blamed for El Al 777 landing gear failure
Israeli investigators have blamed overhaul work performed in Singapore for the 23 May "severe structural failure" of the main landing gear on a Boeing 777...
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FAA gives green light to Iridium-based ATC communications
Satellite network operator aims to slash airlines' costs after securing approval to handle critical voice and datalink
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Gol expects WebJet integration to be easier than VRG acquisition
Gol is confident its proposed acquisition of fellow Brazilian low-cost carrier Webjet will be easier in terms of integration than its previous purchase of Varig successor VRG, and it expects to enjoy annual synergies of 100 million reais ($63.7 million) within two years.
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What comes after Atlantis?
As NASA prepares to bring the Space Shuttle home for the last time this week, the flagship International Space Station programme loses its principle supply-and-service vehicle and the US space programme returns to its uncomfortable late-1970s status of being unable to launch an astronaut to orbit
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Gulfstream rebrands its G250 the G280
The lure of the hugely lucrative Asian market has persuaded Gulfstream to rebrand its super midsize G250...
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Team Dream: Racing the Odds
Last month's women-only ARC event was a showcase for female pilots making their mark in a traditionally male-dominated field
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Pen to head Martinair, Gregorowitsch moves to Air Berlin
Air France-KLM subsidiary Martinair has appointed Diederik Pen as its managing director, succeeding Paul Gregorowitsch who has been named chief commercial...
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UK defence spending boost to safeguard Chinook and F-35 investments
The UK government has announced a £3 billion ($4.8 billion) increase in defence spending for the five-year period starting in 2015-16, enabling the Ministry of Defence to proceed with several planned military aircraft procurements over the coming decade.
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An-24 crew tried to divert before river ditching
Preliminary investigation into the fatal Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 ditching in the River Ob has determined that the crew initially intended to divert...
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Business: People Moves
Boivin: LHR operations Aeroports de Montreal operations director Normand Boivin will be chief operating officer at London Heathrow airport from 29...
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Working Week: Ric Peri
Educating members, legislators and regulators is the job Ric Peri loves. However, his work goes far beyond serving as vice-president of government and industry affairs for the Aircraft Electronics Association