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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
Spirit airlines The Florida-based low-cost carrier may be struggling, but it maintains a record of innovation. First it beat US rivals to charge for checked...
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China's MA600 turboprop to have first flight in October
China's Xian Aircraft plans to have the first flight of its MA600 turboprop next month and aims to have it on display at the Zhuhai airshow in November. A...
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Iberia axes Gibraltar flights
Spanish carrier Iberia is to drop its flights from Madrid to Gibraltar this month less than two years after air links resumed on the route. The Oneworld...
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JetBlue E-190s head to Brazil's Azul
An arrangement that supports the early 2009 launch of Brazilian start-up Azul while letting JetBlue Airways slow its Embraer E-190 growth has been brokered...
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Fuel prices recede but the gloom still lingers
The mid-year predictions that the beginning of the winter season would prove a period of reckoning for the airline industry appear to be coming true. Although...
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Fate of commercial flights at Santa Fe uncertain
An environmental assessment continues to snag plans for commercial air service at newly-expanded Santa Fe Municipal airport in New Mexico. Santa Fe...
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The World Air Transport Forum is being held in Paris this year
After 16 years in the south of France, the World Air Transport Forum is coming to Paris to mark the 17th time this major industry event has taken place
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NewsPICTURE: Icaro F28 overruns at Quito
All 66 occupants of an Ecuadorian Fokker F28 have escaped uninjured after the aircraft overran the runway at Quito, apparently during departure on a domestic...
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Wrangling over Raptor
Japan wants the F-22, but Washington will not let anyone, not even its closest ally in East Asia, access its most advanced fighter. Where does this leave Tokyo?
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Japan flies solo again
On the eve of the Japan Aerospace show, on 1-5 October, our 13-page special examines the country's aerospace ambitions, symbolised by the Mitsubishi Regional Jet
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Shadow of YS-11 hangs over MRJ programme
production While the YS-11 performed well, the programme was considered a financial flop Shadow of YS-11 hangs over MRJ programmE There...
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Mitsubishi steps up to aerospace challenge
Teruaki Kawai: building a world-class business Mitsubishi steps up to aerospace challenge Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has thrown the gauntlet...
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Kawasaki talks civil
Kawasaki Heavy Industries' aerospace division has been dominated by military work for more than 60 years. But falling defence budgets mean the company must change
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Neeleman reveals plan for JetBlue E-190s
Brazilian start-up Azul in early 2009 will launch service using a combination of Embraer 190s and 195s, founder David Neeleman revealed today.
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NTSB: United CRJ700 narrowly avoids Cessna single on Allentown runway
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a near-miss between a departing United Express CRJ700 operated by Mesa Airlines and a...
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JetBlue debuts new terminal
JetBlue Airways today unveiled its new $875 million terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Features of the 26-gate facility include 40...
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NewsF-35 programme officials bash critics, suspect hidden agenda
Lockheed Martin and the US Department of Defense are attacking the motivation behind a recent barrage of criticism aimed at the basic combat abilities of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Ryanair versus the Screenscrapers
Carriers are starting to fight back against travel sales sites that scrape their fare data and display it themselves
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KC-X contest collapse hits TSAT system
The collapse of the US Air Force's KC-X tanker competition has had an impact on the service's transformational satellite communications system (TSAT), with...