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Embraer could move Legacy production to Gaviao Peixoto
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is planning to focus commercial aircraft...
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Hundreds of 737s may need uncoated nutplates rectified: Boeing
Boeing's 737 programme is facing a new challenge to return to full-rate production, after it confirmed that thousands of small pieces of structural hardware must be replaced...
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Iran signs LoI for 50 Antonov An-148 regional jets
Iran's state-owned aircraft manufacturing company HESA has signed a letter of intent with Antonov for 50 An-148 regional jets for delivery in the next eight...
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Debate highlights uncertainty over third Heathrow runway
Following a debate yesterday in the UK Parliament on the proposal to add a third runway to relieve congestion at London Heathrow, the project is looking...
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Cirrus stretches SJ-50 Vision fuselage
Cirrus Design has stretched the fuselage of its SJ-50 Vision to enhance low-speed performance of the...
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Air Arabia formally signs for 10 more A320s
Middle Eastern budget carrier Air Arabia has formally exercised options on another 10 Airbus A320 aircraft, bringing its firm total to 44. Air Arabia...
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Hong Kong's BAA Jet Management puts China expansion plans on hold
BAA Jet Management has indefinitely delayed its plans for a Chinese business aviation facility due to problems securing...
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Airbus flies first 'Wave 2' A380 with production-standard wiring
Airbus completed the maiden flight today of the first A380 ...
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Australia plans ADS-B trial in Western Australia
Australian air navigation service provider Airservices Australia is in discussions with operators that...
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Australia to maintain private pilot medical certificate rules
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has decided to keep the present system for the issue of private pilot medical...
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General aviation briefs
Cessna says it is still on track to begin deliveries of its Model 162 SkyCatcher during the...
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Brazil's AMX fleet to get Elbit avionics upgrade
Elbit Systems has received a major contract for the development and prototype phase of an avionics upgrade to Brazil's Alenia/Embraer AMX strike aircraft ...
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NASA seeks more change for Ares I
Industry will have from 1 December until early January to bid for a NASA electric Thrust Vector Control (TVC) technical feasibility contract for the US space...
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Emirates A380 to greet QE2 on arrival in Dubai
A flypast by an Emirates Airbus A380 is planned as part of celebrations to mark the arrival of the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2...
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Iberia earnings drop 77% over first nine months
Spanish flag-carrier Iberia's net earnings fell by 77% to €51.1 million ($64 million) over the first nine months of this year, as fuel costs increased by...
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2009 could see worldwide docking standards agreed
NASA is likely to start discussions with India and China next year about a common docking system that the US Congress has directed the space agency to investigate. The...
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Research shows pilot training is the best investment against catastrophic accident risk
The latest global airline safety analysis by the UK Civil Aviation Authority indicates that, despite advancing technology...
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FAA mandates cabin altitude status briefing for 737 crews
The US Federal Aviation Administration has just published an urgent airworthiness directive (AD) requiring a crew pre-flight briefing about the functioning...
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Turkey's Inter Airlines ceases operations
Turkish carrier Inter Airlines has become the latest to cease operations, and plans to return the three Airbus A321s in its fleet. The Antalya-based...