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Qantas dispute with engineers finally over
Qantas Airways' long-running dispute with its maintenance engineers is finally over now that the engineers have voted in favour of a new work-place agreement. Today...
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NASA faces budget busting crawlerway rebuild for Ares V
NASA's Kennedy Space Center crawlerway may have to be rebuilt because the combined weight of the agency's Ares...
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First production CJ4 takes flight
Cessna says the first production version of its CJ4 light jet completed its first flight on 19 August, slightly more...
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Red Wings considers A321s as suitable A320s prove elusive
Lack of suitable Airbus A320 aircraft has forced Russian start-up carrier Red Wings to consider introducing the larger A321 as an alternative. The...
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UK to extend rolling carrier landing research for JSF
The UK Ministry of Defence is continuing research to refine a hybrid shipboard rolling vertical landing (SRVL) technique, potentially to be employed as the...
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HAL emerges as frontrunner for Indian air taxi turboprop
Hindustan Aeronautics is likely to be the production house for India's first civil transport aircraft, a 14-seat...
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Tighter CAA oversight follows undetected failings at Emerald
UK regulators have tightened their processes for detecting safety-related problems with operators, after an overrun incident involving a freight carrier...
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Pratt & Whitney ships PW1000G GTF to Airbus for A340 tests
Pratt & Whitney has shipped its PurePower PW1000G geared turbofan demonstration engine to Toulouse, France to begin a test programme on an Airbus A340-600...
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IAM leader confirms counter-offer timing, still hopes to avoid Boeing strike
Boeing's largest union confirms the submittal of its first detailed counter-offer for a new contract will come within a few days, and the group leaders remain...
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VIDEO: Flight's safety and operations editor David Learmount analyses the Spanair MD-82 crash in Madrid
VIDEO: Flight's safety and operations editor David Learmount analyses the Spanair MD-82 crash in Madrid
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Non-economic questions linger as Boeing, IAM enter final talks
Boeing and its largest union have failed to reach agreement on all non-economic issues before entering a two-week period of intense negotiations on a new...
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US Congress, FAA to review Eclipse 500 certification
Separate reviews of the Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ) certification processes are underway by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US Congress.
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TSA inspector delays 40 American Eagle flights
A US Transportation Security Administration inspector testing security protocols at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport caused 15- to-45-minute delays...
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Sean Durfy: Bold rookie
On his first anniversary, no one will accuse WestJet chief executive Sean Durfy of being timid. High fuel prices have not prevented him from laying out ambitious...
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Northrop Grumman eyes new radar for sense and avoid suite
Northrop Grumman has decided an all-new radar will be needed as part of a four-sensor package to solve the sense-and-avoid problem for unmanned aircraft...
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Conflicting reports on number of fatalities from Spanair MD-82 crash
Several fatalities have been reported from the Spanair Boeing MD-80 accident at Madrid Barajas today, but there are conflicting figures over the casualty...
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First half traffic: Relative calm before the storm
Traffic in the first half of the year continued to show solid growth in many regions, but the picture for the remainder of the year is gloomy as many carriers...
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ILFC expects first Boeing 787 in November 2011
US lessor International Lease Finance is expecting to take delivery of its first Boeing 787 in November 2011, some 22 months behind the original date. ILFC...