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Boeing awaits FAA ruling on 787's composite structure
'Special condition' expected over twinjet's crashworthiness before flight tests begin
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Unmanned MQ-9 Predator B offers boom for maritime surveillance
Maritime development of General Atomics MQ-9 to be proposed for US Navy project with full weapons capability
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SpaceX aims for Falcon 1 launch at 2300h GMT today
SpaceX is to attempt to launch its Falcon 1 rocket from its Pacific Kwajalein Atoll launch site at 0900h Tuesday 20 March local time, 2300h GMT UK time today.
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Aircraft & Engines: Thinking big
Over the past two years, airlines have placed very few orders for large widebody passenger aircraft. Is there really much of a market for new aircraft with more than 400 seats?
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Aircraft & engines: Playing catch up
The revamped Airbus A350 finally gives airlines a real alternative to the Boeing 787 and gives the 777 a new competitor. But is it too little, too late for Airbus?
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Sink or swim: Haruka Nishimatsu, chief executive Japan Airlines
Haruka Nishimatsu is challenging the corporate culture at Japan Airlines, as he attempts to bring the troubled carrier back from the brink
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Aircraft & engines: Topping out
Aircraft lease rates are rocketing as airlines try to meet market demands, but there is a large disconnect between lease rates and values, suggesting something has to give
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Aircraft & engines: Heading skywards
While it often sits in the shadows of the dominant passenger market, the cargo market is attracting interest from the leasing community
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Traffic magnets: Network Americas
Fuelled by strong traffic growth, the mood at the seventh annual Network route planning event, held in St Petersburg in early March, was upbeat, with some of the smaller carriers grabbing the limelight for a change
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The surcharges debate
Initially brought in as a temporary measure to help airlines weather high oil prices, fuel surcharges have become an industry fixture. But some are moving to abolish them
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Privatise South Africa
It is time the South African government followed the example of its global counterparts and left the aviation business to private airlines, says Gidon Novick, joint chief executive of South Africa's Comair
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Burying Bermuda (II)
After years of wrangling, European and US negotiators seem to have crafted a deal on transatlantic Open Skies that, while far from perfect, could reshape the air service landscape between the two blocs, and relegate the role of Bermuda to a footnote in aviation history
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Oneworld bides its time in India
It may be one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets but oneworld alliance carriers will continue adopting a "wait-and-see" attitude to recruiting a member from among India's carriers.