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AF447 recovery team retrieves cockpit-voice recorder
Search personnel have located and raised the cockpit-voice recorder of the Air France Airbus A330 which crashed in the South Atlantic, two days after retrieving...
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SR Technics wins Cebu Pacific maintenance contract
SR Technics and Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific have signed a 10-year contract for maintenance services on 18 CFM International CFM56-5B engines. Under...
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Costs grow for earliest F-35s in production
The cost of the first 28 production models of the Lockheed Martin F-35 has increased by at least 11% to 15%, according to the F-35 joint programme office...
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This Week in brief
LEAST EFFICIENT AIRCRAFT FACE DELTA CULL AIRLINES Delta Air Lines plans to retire 130 aircraft over the next 18 months, including all...
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Opinion
Comment: Note to EU: was Mangalore an anomaly?
If the "Swiss cheese" model describes an unfortunate alignment of safety holes conspiring to cause an accident, the crew in the Mangalore overrun stacked...
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Comment: When the music stops
The USA's regional carriers are jockeying for position as the majors they feed consolidate. But the disadvantage of operating small jets is putting pressure on the traditional business model
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US carriers seize acquisitions to survive
US regional carriers are pursuing acquisitions as a means of survival but how the industry will change is open to question
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US regionals look to supersize
Large regional aircraft - jets, mainly, but turboprops too - are the next big thing, with interest from airlines likely to centre on aircraft with 90 seats or more
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Have US regionals improved safety standards since the Colgan accident?
Is the regional aviation sector learning the lessons on training and discipline following the Colgan crash in 2009?
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RAA's strategic safety initiative
INITIATIVE STRATEGY FOR SAFETY LAUNCHED within a few months of the 2009 Colgan Air crash at Buffalo, the US Regional Airline Association's strategic...
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Interview
Working Week: Tim Myall
Engineering a future in aerospace Tim Myall is an engineering consultant at UK-based consultancy Frazer-Nash. He leads a team of engineers supporting...
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Business bad week
SYDNEY AIRPORT The Australian airport was forced to issue an apology to passengers after scores were left inconvenienced by a security breakdown. A loss...
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Paint gets big in India
Providers call for government to step back to turn country into low-cost repair hub
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Business briefing
HAMPSON HITS MILESTONES ON $53 MILLION DEAL MANUFACTURING Aerostructures supplier Hampson Industries "experienced an improved final trading quarter"...
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Royal Jordanian 787 delivery pushed nearly four years
Amman-based Royal Jordanian Airlines says it will receive its first of 11 Boeing 787s in 2014, almost four years after it initially intended.
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Southwest closes AirTran acquisition
Southwest Airlines today formally closed its acquisition of AirTran Airways, setting the stage for historical consolidation in the US low cost airline industry. Southwest...
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PICTURE: Crashed helicopter in Bin Laden raid revealed
News reports show the remains of what appears to be a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in the US military raid that killed Osama bin Laden ...
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PICTURES: Crashed AF447 flight-data recorder found and retrieved
Search teams have located and recovered the flight-data recorder from the crashed Air France Airbus A330-200. The crucial cylindrical memory unit,...
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VIDEO: Tu-154 struggles against in-flight oscillation
Extraordinary video images have emerged of a Tupolev Tu-154 apparently suffering serious in-flight oscillations shortly after departing from an air base...
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PICTURE: Crashed AF447's auxiliary power unit located
Recovery teams have located the auxiliary power unit from the wreckage of flight AF447 in the South Atlantic, but are cautioning that the search for the...