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Pressured Phuket Air scales back operations
Struggling Thai carrier Phuket Air is to focus is operations on domestic and international short-haul, opting to wet-lease its larger aircraft to foreign airlines.
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QinetiQ announces European space acquisition
Global defence and technology company Qinetiq has purchased a 90% share of Verhaert Design and Development NV (VDD), the Belgian space systems integrator.
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Flight-data recorder recovered from crashed Tunisian ATR 72
Recovery specialists have retrieved the flight-data recorder from the Tuninter ATR 72 which crashed off the Sicilian coast earlier this month
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Brazil grants E-190 type certification
Brazil’s civil aviation regulator Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial has issued type certification for Embraer’s 190 aircraft.
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China Southern firms up deal for 10 787s
China Southern Airlines has signed a contract to order 10 Boeing 787s, making it the fifth Chinese carrier to conclude a deal with the US manufacturer
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Tests on methane rocket engine a success
XCOR Aerospace has completed its first series of tests on a 50-pound thrust rocket engine fuelled by methane and liquid oxygen.
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Final Gripen fighters delivered to Czech Air Force
Pilots from the Swedish defence procurement agency, FMV, today delivered two dual seat Gripen multi-role fighters to the Cáslav Air Base in the Czech Republic.
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Five carriers feature on French 'blacklist'
France’s civil aviation directorate has identified five carriers which have been banned from its territory over non-compliance with International Civil Aviation Organisation regulations.
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United awards Ameco major maintenance contracts
United Airlines is handing over heavy maintenance of its entire Boeing 777 fleet to Chinese maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company Ameco Beijing under a five-year deal.
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AirAsia picks AD's cockpit security system for 737-300s
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia has selected AD Aerospace’s cockpit door monitoring system for seven Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
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Pressure mounts for EU blacklist
Recent aviation accidents have added impetus to plans to ban ‘unsafe’ aircraft from European airports
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Crashed A340 ‘did not have technical problem’
Airbus advises airlines that Air France aircraft in Toronto overrun had no anomalies