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Rockwell Collins wins supply deal for the MS-21
Rockwell Collins together with Russian partner companies Concern Avionica and Aviapribor have won an avionics supply contract for the Irkut MS-21 aircraft....
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Pratt & Whitney launches GTF core testing
Pratt & Whitney has begun core testing of its PurePower geared turbofan that will power the Bombardier CSeries, Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) and the Irkut...
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CFM to build LEAP-X engine in China after C919 deal
CFM International is looking to establish a Chinese final assembly line for engines, after formally confirming selection of its LEAP-X powerplant as the...
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General aviation in brief
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an airworthiness directive for the Sikorsky S-92A helicopter. The AD requires...
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ANA orders 5 767s, 5 777s in ¥185.2 billion deal
Japan's All Nippon Airways has ordered five Boeing 767-300ER and five 777-200ER aircraft, in a deal worth ¥185.2 billion ($2 billion). It decided to...
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Tiger files for IPO in Singapore
Singapore's Tiger Airways has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to help it fund new aircraft purchases and repay loans.
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Meagre evidence deepens mystery of AF447's final minutes
Investigators have traced additional ACARS messages from the ill-fated Air France Airbus A330 back to the aircraft's anemometric systems, but have yet to...
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CFM International to provide engines for Comac's C919
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has chosen CFM International to provide the engines for its new C919 aircraft, confirms a source close...
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Garuda to resume more flights to Europe in 2011
Garuda Indonesia plans to resume more flights to Europe in 2011, after it receives the first of its Boeing 777-300ERs.
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Thai to investigate exec chairman in excess baggage row
Thai Airways has launched a probe into allegations that executive chairman Wallop Bhukkanasut did not pay for approximately 260kg of excess luggage on a...
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Qantas RPKs up 3% in November, forecasts first half profit
Australia's Qantas Airways and its subsidiaries posted a 3% increase in November RPKs compared with a year ago, with total passenger numbers rising 9.7%...
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Qantas to increase capacity on 19 domestic routes
Australia's Qantas Airways plans capacity increases on 19 domestic routes from 29 March 2010, adding to planned capacity increases at low cost unit Jetstar.
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Hong Kong airport posts 0.4% dip in passenger traffic
Hong Kong airport posted a 16.4% growth in cargo traffic in November, but passenger numbers fell 0.4%.
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ICAO cites unprecedented traffic declines in 2009
Preliminary figures for 2009 compiled by ICAO show the overall 3.1% year-over-year decline in passenger traffic on carriers of its member states is the largest...
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Boeing hails WTO warning by Congress
Boeing has praised 125 US lawmakers for signing a letter urging the US government to take action after the World Trade Organization (WTO) releases an "imminent"...
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Falling revenue continues for US carriers
US carriers continue to fight falling revenues as pricing remains weak.
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Emissions picture still to clear
IATA claims a good response to calls for an ICAO-led global sectoral approach to climate change but taxes remain a threat
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Boeing's 2nd flight test 787 may fly as early as 21 December
ZA002, Boeing's second 787 flight test aircraft, may fly as early as "next week", according to Pat Shanahan, Boeing vice president of airplane programmes. Speaking...
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Hacked Predator video no concern: USAF intel chief
A senior US Air Force official says that insurgents did not compromise the military's intelligence system by tapping into video feeds transmitted by Predator...
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Boeing forecasts: 2010 hindsight
They have become an eagerly awaited fixture of the aerospace calendar, but half a century ago, Boeing published its first annual market forecast. How did the world look for the US airframer back in 1960 and how accurate did its predictions turn out?