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Sixty-day search planned to locate AF447 wreckage
French investigators are planning a 60-day renewed search for flight recorders from the crashed Air France Airbus A330, with preparatory work set to be completed...
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Open skies formally begins between the EU and Canada
A comprehensive open aviation agreement between Canada and the European Union has taken effect today now that the sides have formally signed off on the deal. It...
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UK to buy more Chinooks but faces tough budget choices
The UK is to acquire an additional 22 Boeing Chinook helicopters and a seventh C-17 transport aircraft as part of a £900 million ($1.47 billion) spending...
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787 and Pratt GTF among game-changes to soften industry downturn: AIA
New design aircraft and propulsion systems, such as the Boeing 787 twinjet and Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engine, respectively, will help to soften...
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Court rules BA cabin crew strike illegal
British Airways has obtained a court injunction blocking a planned cabin crew strike, after the initiating ballot was declared illegal.
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Airbus edges ahead in gross orders as year-end nears
airframer performance max kingsley-jones london Although Airbus and Boeing are neck and neck in gross orders after 11 months, the European airframer...
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AF447 probe: Pitot certification needs better ice-cloud data
Investigators probing the Air France Airbus A330 crash in June are advising studying the composition of high-altitude clouds with a view to amending icing...
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Avicopter ponders alternative engine following EC175 first flight
Chinese state-owned helicopter manufacturer Avicopter is considering the launch of a new engine programme for the EC175/Z15 medium twin that it is developing...
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UK military to get independent aviation safety authority
The UK hopes to usher in a new era of military aviation safety with the establishment by April 2010 of an independent authority. Establishment of the...
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Airbus test pilot Ed Strongman describes A400M first flight
Edward "Ed" Strongman is as cool, calm and collected as any industry test pilot you could hope to meet. But it seems that even he has struggled to completely...
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AF447 inquiry seeks measures to aid recorder recovery at sea
French investigators are recommending that the transmission time of flight-recorder locator beacons be increased to at least 90 days, to improve the chances...
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ANA uncertain about routes, layout of 787
Launch customer All Nippon Airways should have received its first Boeing 787 more than two years ago, but it is still to decide on a cabin configuration...
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F-35 'deeply concerns' US senators on cost and schedule
Two US senators - Carl Levin and John McCain - have expressed deep concern about the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme's "growing costs and apparent delays",...
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FAA had concerns with Phenom 300 ice protection
Engine temperature constraints are behind a series of special conditions that the US Federal Aviation Administration levied on Embraer before issuing US...
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Air India to reduce fleet by one third
Air India plans to reduce its fleet size in an effort to cut costs, mainly by retiring older aircraft and returning leased aircraft.
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Garuda fails to restructure two tranches of debt
Garuda Indonesia has failed to restructure two tranches of debt after the minimum necessary number of creditors failed to attend an auction at which the...
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PICTURE: 787 cruises with landing-gear stowed
Boeing has released an image of its 787 in largely-clean flight configuration, with the twin-jet's landing-gear raised. The landing-gear remained deployed...
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MAS has no plans to acquire 787
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) says it will not place orders for the Boeing 787, citing the long lead time before the aircraft can be delivered.
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ANA and Continental apply to code-share
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Continental Airlines have applied to code-share on each other's flights, less than a week after Japan and the USA concluded...
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Air Macau plans Macau-Tokyo Narita service
Air Macau plans to start a service between Macau and Tokyo Narita.