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Qantas cuts to tackle crisis
Australian carrier to slash capacity, defer aircraft and possibly cut jobs as profits hit by economic slowdown
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Thai Airways begins turnaround work
Thai Airways submits first stage of two-phase turnaround plan
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SIA set for capacity cuts as traffic slumps
Singapore Airlines faces a gloomy 2009 as it struggles to cope with an increasingly tough near-term operating environment and fuelhedging losses. Warning...
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KLM still in a rush for narrowbody successor clarity
KLM chief executive Peter Hartman is urging Airbus and Boeing to clarify their plans to replace the current generation of narrowbody aircraft. "We sent out...
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Middle East supplement: Doing the business
Despite Dubai's property collapse, the Gulf's fast-growing business aviation players have not lost their ambition
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Middle East supplement: Mission command
Upscale charter specialist Royal Jet says its pilots have to be able and willing to do much more than simply fly aircraft
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NASA needs $5 billion extra every year says Congressional Budget Office
NASA needs to increase its annual average funding by $5 billion to almost $24 billion for the next decade. This sum will be enough for the space agency to...
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Middle East supplement: Fluctuating fortunes for pay
A year ago, the fact that the UAE dirham was pegged to the then weakening US dollar made the country a honeypot for European tourists. But for their compatriots working there and converting their dirham-based salaries back into euros or sterling, the exchange rate was a killer.
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Clean Sky fouled by red tape, warns European aerospace industry body
A European programme aimed at delivering a new generation of more environmentally friendly airliners could fail due to European Union bureaucracy, an industry body has warned
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DHL to move US gateway to Kentucky from Ohio
DHL Express will move its US gateway from partner ABX Air's hub in Wilmington, Ohio to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International airport in Hebron, Kentucky...
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F-22 taxiway collision causes $1 million damage
A US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor has sustained more than $1 million in damage after colliding with another aircraft parked on a taxiway.
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Southwest continues to prune its schedule
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines continues to weed out weaker-performing routes as part of a flight optimization scheme introduced roughly two years ago....
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Middle East supplement: Etihad wings of a dream
Last year, Abu Dhabi's Etihad caused a stir in the industry when it announced it was addressing the pilot shortage by setting up an international cadet programme...
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NTSB calls for tighter standards for light sport aircraft
The US National Transportation Safety Board says ASTM design standards used by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a basis for certificating its light...
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Middle East supplement: skilled applicants flock to flydubai
skilled applicants flock to FlyDubai
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Superjet faces a hard sell in North America
Can Russian-built aircraft win North American customers in tough economic times?
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Inbound air cargo poses screening challenges to TSA
Challenges in developing screening requirements for air cargo inbound from foreign countries is thwarting the US Transportation Security Administration's...