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NewsAbu Dhabi withdraws from Gulf Air
Abu Dhabi’s government is to pull out of its joint ownership of Middle East carrier Gulf Air, leaving the airline in the hands of the Bahrain and Oman governments.
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SpaceX unveils new launch vehicle
Launch vehicle manufacturer SpaceX has unveiled its new launch vehicle, the Falcon 9, an evolved expendable launch vehicle (EELV) class vehicle.
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FedEx orders six more A300 freighters
US freight operator FedEx has ordered six further Airbus A300-600 freighters and taken options on more of the type.
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OzJet launch likely to be in November
OzJet expects to have its first aircraft registered in Australia sometime this week and launch operations in November.
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Another fatal An-26 crash in Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reportedly grounded dozens of small local carriers after another Antonov An-26 crashed in the country, this time killing at least 13 people
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NewsWarning on cabin alert after Helios crash
Boeing has acted to reduce the likelihood of flightcrew misinterpreting a cabin altitude warning, following a request by the investigator leading the probe into the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 crash in Greece on 14 August.
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Greek carrier Aegean orders eight A320s
Privately-owned Greek carrier Aegean Airlines is ordering eight Airbus A320 aircraft and taking options on a dozen more from the narrowbody family.
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Engine power studied in Mandala 737 crash probe
Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is examining whether the Boeing 737-200 that 5 September experienced a loss of power on takeoff.
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Data retrieval from crashed MD-82 recorders complete
French investigators have completed the extraction of information from the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders of the West Caribbean Airways Boeing MD-82 which crashed in Venezuela last month.
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NewsWatchkeeper UAV makes public debut
The unmanned air vehicle that will provide the platform for the UK’s Watchkeeper reconaissance system flew in civil airspace in public at the ParcAberporth UAV flying display and exhibition on Wednesday.
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M7 certified for ATR 72 passenger-to-freighter conversions
M7 Aerospace has received a US FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) to convert ATR 72s into freighters.
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BAE plans aerospace business park in north west of UK
Defence giant BAE Systems is looking to turn part of its Salmesbury site in north-west England into a regional aerospace business park by persuading suppliers and other smaller companies to take up residence.
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BA raises fuel surcharge for fifth time in 18 months
British Airways is to increase its fuel surcharge on long-haul flights as a result of further rises in the price of oil.
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Govt approves major Indian Airlines Airbus order
India’s Government has finally given approval to a long-delayed plan by state-owned Indian Airlines to purchase 43 Airbus narrowbodies, allowing the carrier to order new aircraft for the first time in more than a decade.
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Crashed Tuninter ATR had wrong fuel gauge installed
Italian investigators are urging ATR operators to check fuel gauges on their aircraft after discovering the Tuninter ATR 72 lost in a fatal accident off Sicily last month was fitted with a fuel-quantity indicator meant only for ATR 42s.
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NewsA380 flight test update
Read our three-article special report as Airbus reveals the triumphs and tribulations of flight-testing the world's largest airliner.
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Arianespace to launch Thaicom 5
Thai satellite communications company Shin Satellite and Arianespace have signed a launch contract for the Thaicom 5 satellite.
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NewsUK confirms funding for ASTRAEA project
The UK’s Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Asessment initiative (ASTRAEA) has been awarded £32 million ($57 million) to fund a three-year project to study how unmanned air vehicles should operate in civil airspace.
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Boeing tight-lipped on effects of mechanics strike
Boeing today remains as quiet as its production lines on how an ongoing strike by its 18,000-plus mechanics will affect its delivery targets for 2005.