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Working Week - Keeping clients happy at Bombardier's business aircraft charter operation Skyjet
Mark Hardman, Bombardier Skyjet International's operations manager for Europe, is based at the UK's Farnborough Airport. He talks to Working Week about his part in the booming business aviation world
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Guggenheim chief predicts continuing fuel pressures for aviation
Fuel prices may decline by 10% to 15% from current rates, but long-term trends will remain a major threat for airlines especially in North America, says...
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Latécoère plan to reduce dollar exposure progresses
Toulouse-based Latécoère says it is making progress with its plan to increase competitiveness and reduce exposure to the US dollar. The aerostructures...
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NASA awards contracts for lunar lander study
NASA has awarded a total of $1.5 million in contracts to five companies for a 210-day independent evaluation of NASA's in-house lunar lander design concept...
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NewsSales are rocketing at Virgin Galactic
Sales are rocketing at Virgin Galactic, but development costs may yet bring it back to Earth
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NewsDiffenderffer bows out of CEO role at Skybus
The departure of the no-frills carrier's top executive comes after the start-up reworked its route system as fuel costs have risen, which cut a number of its long-haul flights.
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Indonesia's Adam Air halts operations
Once one of the fastest-growing Indonesian airlines, Adam Air has halted all operations after running into financial...
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NewsLonger-life F/A-18 Hornet needed to fill US Navy's strike fighter gap
The US Navy is exploring the feasibility of extending the Boeing F/A-18's 6,000h service life to as much as 10,000h to deliver continued combat duty in the...
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US Navy to add synthetic radar to Goshawk, eyes T-45D
The US Navy is to add a synthetic radar function to some of its Boeing/BAE Systems T-45C Goshawks, as interest emerges for 180 more trainers ...
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NewsBoeing reveals new KC-X protest claim
Boeing's losing KC-767A tanker team has revealed a new protest claim focused on an issue used by the company's competitors last year to nullify a multi-billion...
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JAA puts date on final handover to EASA
On 8 April the European Aviation Safety Agency will gain legal competence to take over the...
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NewsVietnam could be first export market for Mitsubishi jet
Vietnamese flag carrier in negotiations to order 20 MRJs
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Russia flies first production MiG-29 for Indian navy
RSK MiG has flown the first production MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based multi-role combat aircraft for the Indian navy. The two-seat MiG-29KUB flew on 18 March from the company’s Lukhovitsy test centre near Moscow. MiG is producing 12 single-seat MiG-29Ks and four tandem-seat MiG-29KUBs under a contract signed in January 2004. The aircraft ...
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NewsCancer-causing substance halts F-16I training flights
Fears about a cancer-causing substance in the cockpit has prompted the Israeli Air Force (IAF) to suspend training flights for its 62-aircraft fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16I Sufas.