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Struggling US carriers slash fleets
Unprecedented fuel prices have created a crisis of historic proportions for the struggling US air transport industry, forcing legacy carriers to pull down...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada to use White Knight II for engine research
Virgin Galactic's Scaled Composites-designed White Knight II will help Pratt & Whitney Canada obtain high-altitude performance data for its PW308A...
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ANZ will fly Boeing 747 test using jatropha biofuel
Jatropha plants will be the source of the biofuel for the test flight Air New Zealand is to conduct...
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BREAKING NEWS: Wedgetail 737 deliveries to Australia slip again
First deliveries of Boeing 737 airborne early warning and control system aircraft to...
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FAA willing to improve oversight of manufacturer-supplier relationships
After a scathing review released by a US government watchdog in February, the US Federal Aviation Administration concedes that while it does not agree with...
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ICAO members agree to transparency in safety audits
A majority of the member states of the International Civil Aviation Organisation have agreed to full transparency for the results of the organisation's safety...
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The Great Survivor
The latest version of the RAF’s Nimrod – over budget and 13 years late – prompted a political crisis. Can the troubled programme finally deliver on its promises?
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Australian safety agency faces Senate enquiry
The Australian government has launched a Senate inquiry into the administration of the country's aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority....
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Overrun Kalitta 747 suffered power loss but no engine damage
Investigators in Brussels have found no evidence of engine damage on the Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 freighter destroyed in a take-off overrun on 25 May,...
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JCA industry team faces shake-up
A key member of the industry team that won the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) contract a year ago appears to have dropped out, a move that would force a major shake-up of the original production system.
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IATA's Bisignani says oil price will wipe out 2008 profits
Rising oil prices and weakening economic conditions will drive the world's airlines back into losses this year after a return to profitability in 2007, according...
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ANA, Asiana close in on widebody orders
Japan's All Nippon Airways is preparing to issue a long-awaited request for proposals for ultra-large aircraft that will see the Airbus A380 in an intense...
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Red Wings takes its first new Tu-204-100B
Russian low-cost carrier Red Wings has taken delivery of its first new-build Perm PS90A-powered Tu-204-100B from Aviastar factory in Ulyanovsk. The...