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Picture: Airbus A330F gets blister for new nose gear as revised layout levels cabin floor to ease cargo loading
Airbus has been forced to modify the nose landing gear and forward fuselage of the newly launched A330-200F to enable the aircraft to better suit its new role as a cargo carrier.
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Going private: Private equity
What makes Qantas such a tempting takeover target for private equity investors?
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Money talks: Private equity
Private investors, answerable to neither shareholder nor public pressure, have begun transforming world aviation and are pouring money into airlines
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Soft landing
Traffic growth will slow once again this year as the industry gradually brakes but the revenue boom of the last couple of years is over
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Finance & leasing: Peak practice
A spate of flotations and the sale of several major lessors confirm that many in the industry see this as an opportune time to be raising money
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Finance & leasing:Feeding frenzy
There are numerous players, both old and new and including hedge funds, active in aircraft financing at the moment as investors clamour to take their share of a buoyant market
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Carbon storm: Emissions Trading Scheme
Europe's plan to include aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme has drawn a hail of protest around the globe as carriers from outside the region shy away from paying the carbon fee. Airline Business editors gauge airline reaction from around the globe
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About turn for AirAsia as it expands into long haul
AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes is launching a widebody operation from his Malaysia base, after claiming publicly for years that a long-haul low-cost airline model could not work.
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Shenzhen and Mesa to launch carrier
China's long-standing hopes for the creation of a hub and spoke network looks set to become reality, with plans by Shenzhen Airlines to create a new regional carrier in partnership with Mesa Airlines.