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What comes after Atlantis?
As NASA prepares to bring the Space Shuttle home for the last time this week, the flagship International Space Station programme loses its principle supply-and-service vehicle and the US space programme returns to its uncomfortable late-1970s status of being unable to launch an astronaut to orbit
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Gulfstream rebrands its G250 the G280
The lure of the hugely lucrative Asian market has persuaded Gulfstream to rebrand its super midsize G250...
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Team Dream: Racing the Odds
Last month's women-only ARC event was a showcase for female pilots making their mark in a traditionally male-dominated field
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Pen to head Martinair, Gregorowitsch moves to Air Berlin
Air France-KLM subsidiary Martinair has appointed Diederik Pen as its managing director, succeeding Paul Gregorowitsch who has been named chief commercial...
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UK defence spending boost to safeguard Chinook and F-35 investments
The UK government has announced a £3 billion ($4.8 billion) increase in defence spending for the five-year period starting in 2015-16, enabling the Ministry of Defence to proceed with several planned military aircraft procurements over the coming decade.
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An-24 crew tried to divert before river ditching
Preliminary investigation into the fatal Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 ditching in the River Ob has determined that the crew initially intended to divert...
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Business: People Moves
Boivin: LHR operations Aeroports de Montreal operations director Normand Boivin will be chief operating officer at London Heathrow airport from 29...
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Working Week: Ric Peri
Educating members, legislators and regulators is the job Ric Peri loves. However, his work goes far beyond serving as vice-president of government and industry affairs for the Aircraft Electronics Association
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Airbus delivers 800th A330 but freighter sales stay slack
Hong Kong Airlines is to operate the 800th Airbus A330 to roll off the production line at Toulouse. The airline, part of HNA Group, is taking the A330-200F,...
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Manx aircraft register climbs global leader board as business aircraft tally soars
The Isle of Man Aircraft Registry says it expects its tally of "M" prefixed business aircraft to grow to 450 jets, turboprops and helicopters this year and about 570 next year.
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BAA to fight decision to force it to sell more airports
UK airports operator BAA is "dismayed" at the Competition Commission's confirmation that it must sell London Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport,...
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VIDEO: A5 'at full throttle' after cash boost
ICON Aircraft has secured $25 million in financing from a clutch of private investors, paving the way for the US sport aircraft manufacturer to complete development of its A5 amphibian and launch production of the two-seat light sport aircraft.
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Lola's F1 history hides a kink for aerospace
Motorsport fans love to love Lola. But while the company is famed for engineering some for F1's frontrunners it has diversified with business in aerospace, defence, communications and automotive.
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Business Aviation - In Brief
South Korea and Israel are considering a broad range of industrial co-operation in aerospace and defence.
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UK's Voyager tanker to start Typhoon trials in October
In-flight refuelling trials involving the UK's Voyager tanker and two Eurofighter Typhoons are due to start in October ...
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Indian air force sticks with preference for PC-7 Mk II
The Indian air force is adamant about its preference for the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II turboprop trainer for a 181 aircraft requirement ...
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Embattled Tiger Australia appoints high profile safety advisor
Tiger Airways Australia has appointed an ex-Qantas chief pilot as a safety advisor to the CEO.
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New carbon tax in Australia to up costs at airlines
A new carbon tax in Australia that will come into effect in a year has forced the country's carriers to raise cost estimates and issue warnings that these could be passed on to customers in the form of higher fares.
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Australia probes GA sector’s high fatal accident rate
ATSB study reveals large discrepancy in deaths surrounding general aviation groups
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Strategy Awards: Finance
Merging any two businesses is complicated enough, but when both are airline groups and each has its own complexities about who owns what and how much it...