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Eva Air invests $100m to upgrade business class seats
Taiwanese carrier Eva Air is investing $100 million to upgrade the business class cabins on its fleet of Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The newly fitted...
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Welsh to become new USAF chief
General Mark Welsh has been nominated to become the next chief of staff of the US Air Force. US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced Welsh's...
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SpaceX and Bigelow to jointly market private space station flights
SpaceX will team up with Bigelow Aerospace to jointly market rides to Bigelow's orbiting private modules, using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule. Bigelow,...
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Energomash developing ammonia-fueled engine
Russian rocket-builder Energomash is developing a liquid rocket engine fueled by a mixture of acetylene and ammonia, called atsetam, which the company says...
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Bombardier 1Q revenues plunge almost 26%
Bombardier profits dropped to $190 million in the first quarter on a nearly 26% reduction of revenues year over year to $3.5 billion. Pierre Beaudoin,...
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How many corporates are avoiding the Olympics?
Although the UK has provided its official estimate that 3,000 additional business aviation movements will use its airspace in July and August because of the Olympic Games, some sectors of the general aviation community suspect that an unknown number of business aviation users will be deterred from visiting at that ...
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Airbus Military studies gunship versions of medium transports
Airbus Military is studying possible new variants of its CN-235 and C-295 medium transports adapted for tasks including combat support and battlefield surveillance,...
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Xsight targets military customers for FOD systems sales
Xsight, the Israeli manufacturer of foreign objects detection (FOD) systems, sees air force customers as a big potential market in the coming years.
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IAI names Joseph Weiss as new chief executive
Israel Aerospace Industries' board of directors has elected Joseph Weiss as the company's new president and chief executive, to replace the retiring incumbent, Itzhak Nissan.
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Vueling trims first quarter losses to $21.3m
Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling has cut its first quarter net losses to €16.5 million ($21.3 million) - a 28.7% improvement on Q1 2011. Operating...
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UK reverses controversial F-35 switch
The UK has reversed its controversial Joint Strike Fighter variant selection change of late 2010, and will go back to its original plan of acquiring the...
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IAG sells BMI Regional to Sector Aviation for $12.9m
International Airlines Group (IAG) will sell loss-making BMI Regional to Sector Aviation Holdings for £8 million ($12.9 million).
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Rizon pushes business boundaries at Biggin
Qatar-headquartered Rizon Jet's new London Biggin Hill base extends the boundaries of what customers can expect from a fixed base operation (FBO), according to FBO director Allan McGreal.
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Emirates Group net profit down 61% on higher fuel costs
Emirates Group has posted a group net profit of Dhs2.3 billion ($626 million) for the full-year 2011-2012 ended 31 March,...
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All 47 on board crashed Superjet 100 dead
Indonesian authorities have confirmed that all 47 passengers and crew on board the Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed in Indonesia on Wednesday have died.
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Crash site of Sukhoi Superjet found: Indonesian search agency
Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has confirmed that the missing Sukhoi Superjet 100 has been located.
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Search for missing Sukhoi Superjet continues
The search for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft that went missing in a demonstration flight in Indonesia on 9 May continues. At least eight helicopters...
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Australia confirms A$1.4 billion deal for 10 C-27Js
Australia has confirmed that it will obtain 10 Alenia C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft for A$1.4 billion ($1.4 billion) through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Mechanism.
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USAF moves to new phase of engine tech development
The US Air Force has started work on a follow-on effort to further develop next-generation turbine engine technology called the adaptive engine technology...
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Superjet passed pre-flight check before take-off: airframer
Alenia and Sukhoi joint venture Superjet International has confirmed its missing demonstration aircraft completed a full pre-flight check before take-off...