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Bombardier 'hopeful' of CSeries customer in China this year
Bombardier is growing ever more confident that it could score its first Chinese customer for the CSeries aircraft in the coming months. The Canadian...
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Landing gear mishap spurs NTSB recommendations for maintenance training
A retracted landing gear incident at Air Wisconsin Airlines has led the National Transportation Safety Board to conclude more on-the-job training is necessary...
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Luxair orders single 737-800
Luxembourg flag-carrier Luxair has ordered a Boeing 737-800, to replace the -800 model currently on lease.
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Polish Tu-154 crew ignored eight 'pull up' warnings
Newly released cockpit voice recorder transcripts from the crashed Polish presidential Tupolev Tu-154M show that the terrain-awareness system sounded a warning...
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Aeroflot alcohol ban results in fewer drunken incidents
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot is citing a notable reduction in the number of on-board incidents fuelled by intoxication, after banning alcohol sales on
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Tigerfish proposes King Air on floats
Tigerfish Aviation is seeking investors to apply its patented retracting amphibious pontoon technology to the Beechcraft King Air B200, a conversion the...
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Gulfsteam to provide support team to Deer Jet's fleet
Gulfstream has ramped up its support for Chinese business jet charter operator Deer Jet with an agreement to a support the Beijing-based firm's Gulfstream...
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Rolls-Royce reports E3E core progress
Rolls-Royce has accumulated more than 40h of test time on a its latest research test core for a new business aviation and regional aircraft engine line....
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Comlux, BHE complete STC for Aircell router on Challenger
Bombardier business jet maintenance centre Comlux Aviation Services and BHE & Associates have achieved US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type...
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Avantair eyes international expansion
Piaggio P180 Avanti fractional operator Avantair is looking to add Dallas and Chicago to its Florida, California and New Jersey bases as it continued to...
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VTOL UAV could aid fight against pirates
Israeli firm Innocon is flight testing a fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing UAV designed for shipboard operations ...
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NASA seeks to unveil ice crystal danger
Boeing, NASA and a host of international partners are seeking to develop new cockpit instruments to reveal previously hidden dangers that can rob engines...
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Taiwan wants VSTOL fighters, report claims
Vertical and short take-off and landing aircraft would enable Taiwan to sustain operations if attacked by China, says a US-based think-tank ...
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ICAO floats draft fatigue risk management standard
A global standard for fatigue risk management will be adopted by March 2011 and become effective in September the same year if draft proposals are accepted...
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Ryanair profit bounces back
Ryanair's trebling in full-year pre-tax profits to €319 milion ($389 million) for the 12 months to March 2010, exceeding its earlier expectations for the year, provides further evidence of the relatively strong performance by low-cost carriers during the economic crisis.
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Jetstar inks interline agreement with Air France-KLM
Low-cost airline group Jetstar has signed an interline and marketing agreement with Air France-KLM.
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AW139 lands in Russia
AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters have formed a joint venture to establish an assembly line Tomolino, near Moscow for the AW139 medium twin helicopter.
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TSB: Pilots exceeded A319 fin limit levels after 2008 wake encounter
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has determined that alternating rudder control by the captain of an Air Canada Airbus A319 that encountered...
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EMS, Eclipse provide managed VoIP on head-of-state A320
EMS Aviation has completed installation of an advanced, managed voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service with a Middle Eastern head-of-state Airbus A320...
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Jetstar to trial iPad portable IFE player
Qantas low-cost subsidiary Jetstar plans to trial a new portable in-flight entertainment (IFE) system that is based on Apple's highly-popular iPad tablet.