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Australia approves Delta-Virgin trans-Pacific joint venture
Australia's competition watchdog has given Virgin Blue and Delta Air Lines permission to form a joint venture to operate trans-Pacific flights.
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Qantas joins sustainable fuel development effort
Australia's Qantas Airways has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an industry effort to develop commercially successful sustainable jet fuel.
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Virgin Blue's domestic traffic remains soft in September
Australian carrier Virgin Blue's traffic continued to rise in September due to the start up of its long-haul operations, but the group's key domestic market...
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Qantas traffic up 2.7% in September
Passenger traffic at Australia's Qantas Airways and its subsidiaries increased in September due to domestic demand, but the carrier warns that yields remain...
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A330F test regime to include main-deck flooding
Airbus is planning to flood the cargo compartment of its A330-200 freighter as part of the testing regime, to check that it can handle water run-off during...
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Business: Good week - Bad Week
Swiss charter operator Belair will phase out its Boeing aircraft over the winter as it moves to an all-Airbus fleet. Belair's single 767-300ER, leased...
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No survivors as Il-76 crashes in eastern Russia
None of the 11 occupants of an Ilyushin Il-76 has survived after the heavy transport crashed after departure from Mirny in the Sakha republic. The...
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FAA proposes massive Piper airworthiness directive
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing that owners of nearly 42,000 piston-powered Piper-built aircraft have their right and left control columns inspected and possibly repaired due to faulty factory assembly work
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Uruguay's Pluna eyes more CRJ900s
Uruguay's Pluna is looking to acquire additional Bombardier CRJ900s to support expansion at new Argentinean sister carrier AeroVIP.
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FAA mulls GPS interference detector, corrector
The US FAA is studying the possibility of deploying a nationwide network of GPS interference detectors that would be placed on cellular communications towers...
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FAA: Pilot performance questioned in upset recovery training
A recent study by the US FAA's Office of Aviation...
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US Coast Guard C-130 and USMC AH-1 Cobra collide off California
Nine people are missing after a US coast guard Lockheed Martin C-130 transport aircraft collided with a US Marine Corp Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter off the...
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PICTURE: UK's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter enters assembly
Northrop Grumman has begun assembling the centre fuselage for the UK's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in California ...
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BAE Systems apologises for failings on Nimrod safety
BAE Systems has "apologised unreservedly" for the procedural flaws made during a safety review of the UK Royal Air Force's Nimrod surveillance aircraft ...
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Lufthansa kick-starts broadband race again
When Connexion by Boeing switched off its in-flight broadband connectivity solution at the end of 2006, its largest customer Lufthansa assumed another Ku-band...
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Star discussions continue with Ethiopian and TACA
Talks with Ethiopian Airlines and Grupo TACA over their potential membership in the Star Alliance are continuing as the group's management continues to evaluate...
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Airbus faces supplier pressure to revise A400M contracts
Airbus is coming under pressure from A400M risk-sharing suppliers to renegotiate their contract terms as it closes in on securing a revised production contract...
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RAF threatened by equipment cuts, says senior officer
The UK Royal Air Force is so heavily committed in Afghanistan that it could not repeat its Operation Telic effort of the second Gulf War, a senior officer warns ...