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Indian air force suffers first Su-30MKI crash
The Indian air force has suffered its first loss of a Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighter, with one of its aircraft having crashed in Rajasthan state on 30...
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Brittle business - Business jet programme update
Corporate flying is in crisis. On the eve of the EBACE business aviation exhibition in Geneva we examine manufacturers' and operators' reactions to the economic downturn and look at what they have in mind for the future
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Working week – Flying caps a career hat-trick
Ray Brindle worked in information technology and then for a dot.com company before he became a full-time flier. Now a contract pilot for the US Environmental Protection Agency, he faces a variety of challenges
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Confident Boeing revises 787 pre-flight testing methodology
With Boeing pushing closer to a June first flight of its long-delayed 787, the company has revised its pre-flight testing methodology after expressing growing...
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This Week briefing
Embraer moved into the red in the first quarter with a net loss of $23.4 million, compared with a net profit...
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US researcher nears cabin contamination blood marker breakthrough
A US medical researcher is "just months away" from identifying blood markers in the blood of air crew and passengers that would link neurological degeneration...
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Business - Briefs
Rockwell Collins' pre-tax income held steady at $492 million for the six months...
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Airline industry rocked by swine flu outbreak
The Mexico-centred swine flu outbreak may not hit airline traffic as hard as did the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic but, compared...
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BMI restoring 'missing' Israel on ex-BMed jets' maps
BMI expects the introduction of Airbus A330s on the Tel Aviv route to resolve an awkward matter with the in-flight entertainment systems on certain aircraft,...
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Emirates defends safety regime
Emirates today issued a statement defending its safety practices
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AgustaWestland seeks export buyers for AW159 'Lynx Wildcat'
With the British armed forces' first Lynx Wildcat utility helicopter to make its debut flight on 13 November, AgustaWestland is looking to secure its first...
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Embraer sees "faint signals" of new commercial activity
Embraer is cautiously optimistic that it has seen the worst of the global economic crisis and that its commercial aviation business will start improving...
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Spirit AeroSystems 1Q earnings slide on post-strike slowdown
Spirit AeroSystems today posted a 26% decline in net earnings during the first quarter, blaming slower output on the aftermath of the machinists strike at...
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Scaled plans 50,000ft WhiteKnight Two flight by September
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two prime contractor Scaled...
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Business aviation not as safe as it's cracked up to be?
Accident figures show that most aspects of business aviation are much more risky than was previously believed, but what can be done to improve it?
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BMI expresses formal interest in opening Iraqi route
UK operator BMI is interested in opening a link to the Iraqi capital Baghdad
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Emirates changes procedures after Melbourne A340-500 near-loss
Emirates has begun using a second cockpit laptop computer to cross-check crews' take-off calculations following the near-catastrophe to an Airbus A340-500...