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Cobra coiled to strike
Welsh automotive parts maker has some lightweight ideas for a conservative industry
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MAS Engineering to service SpiceJet's B737s
Malaysia Airlines' maintenance and engineering arm MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE) has signed a three-year maintenance support agreement with Indian low-cost...
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Comment: Fixing A380 production...take two
Another year, and another effort by Airbus to fix A380 production. In a second attempt to resolve what the airframer admits is an over-complex production...
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ZestAir to start Manila-Singapore service
Philippine low-cost carrier ZestAir plans to start a service between Manila and Singapore from 29 January. It will operate on the route five times...
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Aeronautics: Picador UAV to make autonomous debut this year
Aeronautics Defense Systems will assemble the Picador unmanned air vehicle - based on the Dynali H2S kit helicopter - at its main facility in Yavne, Israel.
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China Eastern expects return to profit for 2009
China Eastern Airlines expects to return to the black for the fiscal year 2009, as the aviation industry recovers.
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Bahrain business aviation banks on a recovery
As the global economy begins to recover from financial crisis, Bahrain's corporate aviation sector is looking to expand
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Gulf Air's gamble
Bahrain's flag carrier faces huge challenges as it aims to re-invent itself in a bid to stem enormous losses, not least from a new rival
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Bahrain air show preview - There's no business like show business
The inaugural Bahrain air show is designed to be different with the focus on hospitality and relationship building, and boosted by the kingdom's economic resilience in the global recession
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Opinion
Comment: Too big to fail
As with the bank rescues, the damage that would be caused by killing the A400M outweighs the cost of governments bailing the programme out, regardless of where responsibility lies
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SIA Engineering to invest in P&W's engine programme
Pratt & Whitney has made SIA Engineering a partner in the risk revenue sharing programme for the PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) engine programme. Scheduled...
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Air China gets 1.5bn yuan to fund cargo stake purchase
Air China's parent company has received a 1.5 billion yuan ($219.7 million) capital injection from the Chinese government to fund the airline's earlier purchase...
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NewsJAL secures ¥145 billion loan
Japan Airlines (JAL) has secured a ¥145 billion ($1.6 billion) loan from the Development Bank of Japan, as a government body carves out a business revitalisation...
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SIA posts 4.3% fall in December passenger traffic
Singapore Airlines (SIA) posted a 4.3% drop in passenger traffic in December 2009, after flight frequencies were reduced and unprofitable services were cut.
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Hong Kong airport posts 5% fall in 2009 passenger traffic
Passenger and cargo traffic at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) registered single digit falls in 2009 from a year ago, but the airport expects growth...
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Garuda clears some of its debt at a discount
Garuda Indonesia has paid $25 million to purchase floating rate notes worth $45 million, after the carrier's noteholders decided to sell at a price less...
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Departing Iran Air A300 comes off Stockholm runway
Sweden's capital airport, Stockholm Arlanda, has closed one of its runways after an Iranian aircraft veered off during departure.
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Business briefing
Hindustan Aeronautics has confirmed it is in talks with Rolls-Royce about a joint venture in...
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Working Week: Building the CAAFI coalition
Richard Altman is executive director of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, working closely with aviation's private and public sectors in a bid to achieve carbon neutral growth by 2020
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FAA lends air traffic aid to Haiti as Air Force opens Port au Prince
A seven member team from the US FAA is working with the Haitian government and the US Department of Defense (DOD) to supply technical assistance for air...