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Dreamliner production challenges lie ahead
Now that the 787 has flown, Boeing and its supply chain have to decide how to manage the inevitable changes that will result from the flight-test programme
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Thai executive chairman resigns over excess baggage row
Thai Airways executive chairman Wallop Bhukkanasut has resigned after a probe into allegations that he abused his power to avoid paying for excess luggage...
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Working Week: Learning on the job with PremiAir
Andy Fishwick, 19, is an apprentice helicopter maintenance engineer for PremiAir Aviation, at Blackbushe airport in Surrey, UK. He combines hands-on work for his employer with study at nearby Farnborough College
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AirAsia and Jetstar set to announce joint venture
Low-cost carriers Jetstar and AirAsia are set to make a "significant" announcement tomorrow about a joint venture that would enable them to reduce costs. "It...
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JAL secures employee approval for pension cuts
Japan Airlines' (JAL) employees have agreed to proposed changes to their pension plan as part of a wide-ranging cost-cutting measure, with the carrier hoping...
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Taiwan's EVA Air plans Taipei-Toronto service
Taiwan's EVA Air plans to begin direct thrice-weekly Taipei-Toronto services from March.
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SkyBahamas seeks maintenance certification
Saab 340A operator SkyBahamas is preparing to launch a maintenance, repair and overhaul subsidiary, SkyBahamas Maintenance, to perform all maintenance in-house...
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New Continental CEO waives pay until carrier turns an annual profit
New Continental Airlines chief Jeff Smisek has declined a salary or annual bonus until the carrier reaches a full-year profit. Smisek assumed his new...
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New WAEA executive director named
A veteran of association management, Holly Koenig, has assumed the role of executive director at in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) trade group...
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Deliveries of SAS MD-80s to Allegiant begin this month
Starting this month, the parent company of Allegiant Air will take delivery of 18 Boeing MD-80 aircraft purchased from SAS Group as part of the Scandinavian...
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Forecasts 2010: Outsourcing
Airbus and Boeing made radical operational changes in 2009, but the future of organisational management could be Canadian
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Forecasts 2010: Avionics - Focusing in on equivalent visual operations
Enhanced vision technologies are being developed rapidly and are likely to take great strides in 2010
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Turkish Airlines to order 20 A320-family aircraft
Turkish Airlines is to order 20 Airbus single-aisle aircraft, comprising 14 A321s and six A319s. Deliveries will begin between 2011-12, states the...
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SAS Group selling 18 MD-80s to Allegiant Air
SAS Group is selling 18 Boeing MD-80 aircraft to the parent of US carrier Allegiant Air. The twin-jets are being sold as part of the company's 'Core...
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Fixing the repairs model
The new owners at Dublin's old SR Technics MRO plant intend to keep costs well grounded
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Forecasts 2010: Business aviation on the rise?
Amid the gloom of slashed workforces and cancelled orders, new aircraft flew in 2009 and there is cautious optimism for 2010
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Forecasts 2010: Safety and security
Can safety get better? Indications are that the steady improvement seen in recent years may have now levelled out
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Forecasts 2010: Defence - selection headaches
Will 2010 see the end of long-running procurement processes as Brazil seeks a new fighter and the USA a tanker?
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Forecasts 2010 - Propulsion
Engine makers are treading water as the big two airframers prevaricate about developing new narrowbody aircraft