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Continental pilots ready to arbitrate new 70-seat operations
Continental pilots and management plan to begin the arbitration process in the second week of December to resolve pilot claims that deploying United Express...
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ALTA 2010: Aerolineas seeks to add A330s
Aerolineas Argentinas plans to add six Airbus A330/A340s aircraft next year as part of the next phase of its ongoing widebody expansion and replacement program.
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Runaway truck damages SkyWest CRJ
A driverless pickup truck being operated by United Airlines ground crews caused "substantial" damage to a SkyWest Airlines CRJ200 at the Chicago O'Hare international...
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KC-X competition delayed as evaluation process complicated by politics, USAF errors
The US Air Force has acknowledged extending the evaluation process on the KC-X tanker competition into early next year ...
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TAM plans Jatropha crop after successful biofuel flight test
Brazil's TAM plans to grow a crop of Jatropha curcas for the purpose of aviation biofuel testing after successfully completing a demonstration flight using...
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AB25: Former Continental Airlines chairman and CEO, Gordon Bethune
Today's airline industry in the USA is more stable, secure and safe than ever before. Safety throughout the industry is enhanced tremendously by advanced technology in aircraft systems, training and through increased commitment of our air carriers and our government writes former Continental Airlines Chairman & CEO Gordon Bethune
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NetJets offers fractional finance service to busineses
NetJets has launched an in-house financing service for fractional ownership buyers designed, it says, to by-pass the...
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Thales satcom system certified for 737, 777
Thales' multi-service 'TopFlight' satcom system has been certified for Boeing 737NG and 777 passenger aircraft following successful flight tests at Boeing.
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Thailand signs for more Gripen fighters, anti-ship missiles
Thailand has signed a follow-on order for more Gripens and another Saab 340-based surveillance aircraft ...
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AB25: US State Department, John Byerly
It was in 1985, the year Airline Business was founded, that I landed my first job in aviation as the State Department lawyer responsible for air services negotiations and policy. writes John Byerly, US Deputy Assisntant Secretary, Transportation affairs
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Embraer hands over first Legacy 650 to Sugar
Embraer handed over the first Legacy 650 business jet on 22 November to UK entrepreneur and television personality Alan Sugar.
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India's Invision gets first of 18 Phenom 100s for air-taxi operation
Embraer has handed over the first India-based Phenom 100 to...
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PICTURE: Third Lynx Wildcat joins flight test fleet
AgustaWestland's third and final AW159 Lynx Wildcat test aircraft has joined the company's operational fleet ...
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Tunisair-linked Mauritania Airways blacklisted by Europe
Tunisair affiliate carrier Mauritania Airways has been included on the European Commission's latest revision of blacklisted airlines.
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This weeks briefings
The crash this month in Alaska of a Lockheed Martin F-22 reduced the US Air Force's fleet of the stealth fighter to 185 fighters, including the final batch of 20 being built by Lockheed for delivery before March 2012.
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PICTURES: UAE's first PC-21 makes flight debut
Pilatus has performed the first flight of a PC-21 turboprop trainer for the United Arab Emirates ...
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Garuda formally signs SkyTeam accession pact
Garuda Indonesia has officially inked an agreement that will see it joining the SkyTeam alliance in 2012. Indonesia's flag-carrier will spend the...
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AB25: Former British Airways chairman and CEO, Lord Marshall
Working in air transport, alongside wonderfully committed people was, for me, a great and fulfilling experience. Over the past 25 years, I learned that it was not a business for those of a nervous disposition or anyone seeking a quick profit writes former British Airways chairman Lord Marshall.
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India assesses future pilot needs
India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation has asked the leading Indian carriers to submit a five-year hiring and training plan along with details of...