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Runway vehicle monitoring in the fray as FCC mulls rules waiver
US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) officials are seeking comment on a request to permit certain airports to obtain licences to use the frequency 1090...
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Business - bad week
LONDON STANSTEDRyanair will cut its operational London Stansted fleet from 40 737s this summer to just 24 for winter 2009-10. This 40% reduction will reduceweekly...
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Business - good week
saab 340Russian passenger and freight operator Polet is nearing a deal to acquire up to 35 Saab 340 turboprops from a US-based operator - believed to be...
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Market Outlook: The capacity crunch is still with us
Chris Tarry believes that more capacity will have to be taken out before the recovery starts. Analysis by Flight Insight
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Garuda unveils five-year growth targets
Garuda Indonesia has unveiled a new strategy that aims to drastically increase its routes, aircraft and passenger numbers in the next five years.
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World Airline Rankings 2008
This year's Airline Business World Airline Rankings show a sharp turnaround from 2007, which was on of the industry's best years in recent memory. By contrast, 2008 will be remembered as a year of steep decline and record losses.
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Boeing prepares for lethal ScanEagle test
The first flight of Boeing's ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC) unmanned air vehicle is planned for 24 August, with an air launch event to follow later...
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MAS to increase KL-Tawau and KL-Sandakan services
Malaysia Airlines plans to double the number of flights from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau and Sandakan to twice daily from 16 September.
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China Airlines releases cross-straits schedule
Taiwan's China Airlines and its subsidiary Mandarin Airlines have released the frequency of their scheduled cross-straits flights, which are likely to begin...
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Air New Zealand RPKs down 10.1% in June
Air New Zealand's (ANZ) June RPKs fell by 10.1% as the airline continued to feel the impact of the economic crisis and a fall in passengers due to the H1N1...
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Sydney Airport Q2 earnings up 2%
Sydney Airport has registered a 2% growth in second quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from a year before despite...
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Macquarie Airports severs ties with Macquarie Group
Macquarie Airports (MAp) is cutting its ties with its parent, the Macquarie Group, to boost its value and have better control over its strategic direction.
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Alaska eyes adding wi-fi to additional aircraft
Alaska Airlines may expand access to Row 44's in-flight Internet offering on a trial basis beyond a single Boeing 737-700 currently outfitted with wi-fi....
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NewsQatar CEO to meet with Boeing tomorrow to discuss 787 deliveries
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is meeting with Boeing officials tomorrow to discuss the latest delays to the Boeing 787 programme, and possible changes...
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AAR confirms letter of intent with Superjet International
US maintenance, repair and overhaul provider AAR today confirmed the signing of a letter of intent with SuperJet International to become a service centre...
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FAA to study but not ground Zodiac
The US FAA has launched a special review of the structural design and flutter characteristics of the Zenith Zodiac CH-601 XL light sport aircraft in response to NTSB concerns
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US Airways considers cutting its E-190 fleet
Management at US Airways has launched an evaluation of elimination its fleet of 25 Embraer E-190s through direct sales or subleases.
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NewsUS Senate axes F-35 alternate engine
US Senators today voted to freeze spending on the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136, the second engine under development for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme.
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Comlux rethinks Middle East policy
Arrival of fourth A319CJ makes high-end business jet specialist largest operator of type
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Avianca to switch more routes to new A330s and A320s
Avianca has decided to keep an Airbus A330 featuring its new lie-flat business class product on one of its Bogota-New York flights and is planning to next...