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PICTURE: Urban's Air Mule achieves sustained tethered hover
Urban Aeronautics has achieved sustained tethered automatic hovering flight of its AirMule unmanned cargo delivery and medical evacuation vehicle ...
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CUTAWAY: P-8A Poseidon - A Boeing with boost of bravado
The US Navy's P-3C replacement will transform anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions
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EBACE: Business jet operators fear unworkable emissions trading regulations
Bureaucracy could scupper a simplified inexpensive system designed to help business aviation comply with the European Emissions Trading Scheme
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Interview
Working Week: testing times for Airbus apprentice
Zimbabwean Vukile Dumani has been named Airbus UK's Filton apprentice of the year. He completed his higher engineering studies in September and is now a specialist engineer in non-destructive testing
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McNerney hints at new 737 in response to A320 upgrade
Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney has indicated that the airframer may take on Airbus's proposed re-engined A320 family with an all-new single-aisle aircraft, rather than upgrade the 737 with new powerplants.
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Opinion
Comment: European authorities accept a higher risk to safety
Europe has had to make a decision about how to deal with atmospheric volcanic ash when it cannot be avoided. That judgement has been taken carefully, but should be kept under review
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Iraqi Airways arrival restores Baghdad link to London
Iraqi Airways' first service to London in two decades has landed at Gatwick Airport after arriving from Baghdad via Malmo in Sweden.
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LiveTV CEO eyes Kiteline World trial by year-end
JetBlue Airways subsidiary LiveTV is pressing ahead with plans to trial a new global in-flight connectivity service over Iridium satellites by the end of...
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IFE Services names Velusamy as technical sales manager
In-flight entertainment specialist IFE Services has appointed Shankar Velusamy as technical sales manager.
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Severe turbulence injures over 20 on Emirates flight
Over 20 occupants of an Emirates aircraft have been injured after the jet encountered severe turbulence while en route to the Indian city of Kochi.
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VIDEO: BMI will be more than Star feeder: CEO
No plans to break up UK carrier as new chief sees Lufthansa and Star Alliance providing necessary economies of scale
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Crashed Polish Tu-154 fitted with terrain warning system
Russian investigators have confirmed that the Polish state Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed on approach to Smolensk had been equipped with a ground collision-warning...
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Europe's volcanic ash response: was it adequate?
When Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano began erupting on 14 April, European aviation safety authorities were faced with an unprecedented dilemma and took...
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This Week briefings
Cathay Pacific Airways and Virgin Atlantic are being scrutinised over possible price fixing on the London-Hong...
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Sun n' Fun: Liberty eyes Japanese market
Liberty Aerospace has secured a Japanese type certificate for its XL2 two-seat aircraft.
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EBACE: Business aviation programme updates - Lifting the gloom
The business aircraft industry remains brittle as the aftermath of the economic recession continues to unsettle manufacturers. But optimism is gradually returning and on the eve of the EBACE business aviation conference and exhibition in Geneva we examine how the airframers are faring and what their expectations are for the ...
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US DOT denies airline requests for tarmac rule exemptions
JetBlue Airways says it is "disappointed" after the US Department of Transportation (DOT) denied a request for an exemption from a new tarmac delay rule...
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NTSB investigates close-call at Burbank
The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the near-miss of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 and a single-engine Cessna 172 at the Burbank...
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Sun n' Fun: Mooney aims to restart production by year-end
Mooney Aircraft has started taking deposits for 2010 models as it eyes restarting production after an 18-month hiatus. The Florida-based manufacturer,...
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Airbus devises plan to compress A350 flight-testing by three months
Airbus aims to meet the A350's mid-2013 service-entry target by compressing the flight-test programme into 12 months, after revealing that it has burnt up some of the development programme's " buffer".