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Virgin Blue share trading halted amid fund-raising reports
Trading in the shares of the Virgin Blue Group has been suspended on the Australian stock exchange amid reports that it plans to raise up to A$400 million...
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China Eastern offers $1.3 billion for Shanghai Airlines
China Eastern Airlines has formally offered to take over Shanghai Airlines in a 9 billion yuan deal as it seeks to increase its market share, lower costs,...
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Return to the Moon
The USA's lunar ambitions were surprisingly revived under George Bush, but will President Obama continue funding? Work for Constellation is continuing while the review is under way and the plan is still to reach the Moon by 2020
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Working week: Registering success in the Isle of Man
Registering success in the Isle of Man Since its launch two years ago the Isle of Man aircraft registry has gone from strength to strength, attracting...
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New doggone airline ready to embark
A husband and wife team next week will launch an ambitious new airline that caters solely to transporting people's pets. Dan Wiesel and Alysa Binder...
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UPDATED: Vulcan soars after CAA issues new permit to fly
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has accepted a revised application, allowing Avro Vulcan XH558 to resume flight activities ...
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Business - quote of the week
"This is unprecedented and people shouldn't be so flippant about what is really happening"
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Airbus rejects claims of anti-competitive behaviour in connectivity space
Airbus today hit back at allegations that it is not open to allowing alternative in-flight mobile connectivity providers' solutions from being made available...
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Kalitta revises RTO training after 747's disastrous post-V1 abort
US freighter operator Kalitta Air has adapted its training procedures to warn crews of the risk of post-V1 rejected take-off, following an inquiry into the...
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Former SkyEurope chairman Bitter emerges at Air Arabia Maroc
Roughly a month after resigning his post as chairman of the SkyEurope board, Jason Bitter was selected as chief executive officer of Air Arabia Maroc.
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DOT’s final ATI approval for Star expands carve-outs
After requiring virtually no carve-outs in its tentative approval of antitrust immunity among members of the Star Alliance, the US Department of Transportation...
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Opinion
Comment: we come in peace
The 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's triumphant Moon mission is a much justified celebration, but are we marking a great moment from our past or one step on a great journey forwards?
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Business - bad week
CZECH AIRLINES The carrier's Prague-New York service is out and some European destinations are to be axed or served less frequently as part of a "drastic"...
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Business - good week
ROLLS-ROYCE The engine maker scored a coup with Turkish Airlines, which will run Trent 700EPs on the seven Airbus A330s it ordered at Paris. THY's five current...
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Free spirit builds its destiny
aerostructures murdo morrison london Free spirit builds its destiny Why Premium Aerotec wants to be Europe's version of former Boeing structures specialist
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Solomon Islands carrier starts with Beechcraft 18 and Convair
An ex-Cathay Pacific Airways pilot has launched a domestic airline in the Solomon Islands using a Beechcraft 18 and a Convair 580 and he also plans to operate...
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Delta to equip 757 ETOPS aircraft with Wi-Fi
Delta Air Lines plans to install Aircell's Gogo in-flight broadband system on 17 Boeing 757-200 extended range twin-engine (ETOPS)-certified aircraft.
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NTSB: Downdrafts downed Fossett
The NTSB has determined that the most likely cause of the crash that killed adventurer Steve Fossett on 3 September was “an inadvertent encounter with downdrafts that exceeded the climb capability of the airplane.”
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Spirit seeks to swap A319s for A320s
Spirit Airlines is seeking to swap some of its 26 Airbus A319s for larger A320s as the low-cost carrier aims to make the A320 the backbone of its future...
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Air France reviewing weather-radar use after AF447 crash: CEO
Air France is reviewing crew training, use of weather radar and the availability of meteorological information for pilots following the loss of flight AF447...