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VistaJet aims to double in size by 2015
VistaJet has announced plans to double in size within four years as it targets expansion across BRINC (Brazil, India, Nigeria, China) countries and other fast-growing markets.
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L-3 joins BAE Hawk team for T-X contest
L-3 Link Simulation & Training has joined BAE Systems' Hawk team bidding team for the US Air Force's pending T-X contest ...
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IN FOCUS: Bahrain air show kicks off against a background of political turmoil but optimism about the kingdom's prospects
When Bahrain's security forces violently put down protests inspired by the Arab Spring last year, it exposed growing ethnic fissures and shook the perception many had of the island as the Gulf's most relaxed, democratic and liberal state.
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Australia grounds three Beechcraft models on flight control fears
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued airworthiness directives that ground all Beechcraft Bonanza, Debonaire and Baron aircraft pending mandatory inspections of flight control cables.
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IN FOCUS: Gulf Air hopes to shrug off horrible 2011 and return to restructuring efforts at air show
Another year; another Gulf Air attempt to haul itself back to profitability. The uncharitable view of prospects for Bahrain's flag-carrier - which once enjoyed a virtual monopoly of hub-and-spoke services in the Middle East
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Botelho resigns as chairman of Embraer
Former Embraer CEO Maurício Botelho has resigned as the company's chairman.
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DOD, DOT: LightSquared cannot coexist with GPS
In what may be the death knell for nascent L-band broadband provider LightSquared, nine federal agencies that have analysed the potential interference to...
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Southwest still reviewing future of AirTran’s Wichita service
Southwest Airlines is still reviewing long-term plans for service to Wichita Mid-Continent Airport despite a public announcement today by Kansas state and...
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787 achieves 96.3% dispatch reliability
After two and a half months of scheduled service, All Nippon Airways' (ANA) Boeing 787 fleet has achieved a dispatch reliability of 96.3% as it plans to expand Japanese domestic operations and begin its first scheduled international routes.
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Kansas chips in for Bombardier build-up
Wichita, which last week was left reeling by Boeing's closure of its site in the city, has been bolstered by additional investment from airframer Bombardier.
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Raytheon to provide sonar for Australia's MH-60Rs
The Raytheon AN/AQS-22 airborne low frequency sonar (ALFS) has been chosen as the primary undersea warfare sensor for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)'s planned...
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IN FOCUS: Bahrain Air puts faith in premium value model as it competes with Gulf Air in tiny market
Serving a population of only 1.2 million and competing with larger rival Gulf Air on all but one of its 13 full-service routes, the privately-owned Airbus A320-family operator, formed four years ago, must take second place behind the state-owned flag-carrier when negotiating authorisation to fly to new destinations.
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Air India 787 RFP confirms low prices but raises questions on deliveries
The public posting of a sale and leaseback request for proposal (RFP) by Air India has provided a glimpse of the carrier's transaction for its Boeing 787s. It confirms the low prices the backlog was built on and raises questions about the timing of its deliveries.
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PICTURES: RNZAF receives first NH90s
The Royal New Zealand Air Force on 6 December received the first two of eight NH Industries NH90 TTH helicopters dating from a 2005 order. The aircraft...
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PICTURES: ANZ receives all-black 777
Air New Zealand's newest Boeing 777-300ER (ZK-OKQ), the last of its current 777 deliveries, arrived in Auckland on 12 January after a 14-hour flight direct from Paine Field in Seattle.
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ImperialJet steps up marketing drive and prepares to quadruple fleet
Lebanese fractional ownership and charter company ImperialJet plans to more than quadruple its fleet during the next three years as part of a wider strategy to exploit flourishing demand for business aircraft in its target regions of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Russia.
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Manila looks abroad for used C-130H
The Philippines Air force plans to obtain a single Lockheed Martin C-130H aircraft on the international market, as it awaits the return of two C-130Hs that...
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India completes tanker trials
The Indian Air Force has completed its trials of the Airbus Military A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) and Ilyushin IL-78MK. An Airbus Military...
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Air France-KLM plan targets wiping €2bn from net debts
Air France-KLM has outlined details of a new wide-ranging three-year plan to return it to profitability, under which the group will restructure short and...
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Unidentified customer orders 10 Boeing 787s
Boeing has added 28 new aircraft to its backlog, including 10 787s from an unidentified customer.