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ANALYSIS: Google looking to make big impact on airline distribution
Google spent less than $2bn to buy 79 businesses in 2011, the largest being its $700m cash purchase of flight data specialist ITA Software.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Turboprop engine duel strikes up for 90-seater
A classic engine duel is beginning to take shape in a category often thought extinct at the dawn of the second century of commercial aviation: the untapped market sector.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Rolls-Royce steps up work on three-shaft engine technologies
Rolls-Royce may be losing its foothold in the high-volume narrowbody engine market, but when it comes to high-value big-twin powerplants the UK-based manufacturer is going from strength to strength.
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NewsEstonian to ditch CRJs as it signs for more Embraers
Estonian Air has confirmed that it will replace its Bombardier CRJs with Embraer regional jets, just a year after taking delivery of the Canadian-built type.
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Cubic gets $11 million training deal for RAAF F/A-18 E/Fs
Cubic Defense Applications has won an $11 million contract to provide its P5 tactical combat training system (P5TCTS) to the Royal Australian Air Force.
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NewsIN FOCUS: General Electric builds cold-weather engine testing facility in Winnipeg, Canada
On 1 February, a major relocation and expansion of General Electric's engine icing infrastructure crystallised with the inauguration of a 11,200m2 test facility at Winnipeg in Canada's Manitoba province.
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Pakistan recieves two refurbished P-3Cs
Pakistan has received two former US navy Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion aircraft, the second batch under a six-aircraft foreign military sales (FMS) deal.
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NewsComac ARJ21-700 undergoes icing tests
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) ARJ21-700 regional jet programme has entered into the icing test stage
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NewsAtlas V lifts US Navy satellite into orbit
The first of a new constellation of US Navy communications satellites entered orbit today after a successful launch by a Lockheed Martin Atlas V heavylift...
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NewsNTSB calls for safety upgrades for Boeing 737 cabin, pilot seats
Passengers and pilots in a series of survivable Boeing 737 crashes may have been injured by approved cabin overhead systems or crew seat belt restraints...
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NewsBoeing swaps leaders for 777 and 787
The heads of Boeing's 777 and 787 programmes have exchanged offices in the first major leadership change for those programmes in more than three years. Scott...
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NewsThai Airways posts Bt10.2bn net loss for 2011
Thai Airways International fell sharply into the red in 2011, recording a net loss of Bt10.2 billion ($335 million) for the period ending 31 December, down...
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NewsANZ focussed on transformation of long-haul business
Air New Zealand's medium-term priority remains the transformation of its long-haul network in the face of economic turmoil and soaring fuel costs. In...
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NewsRiyadh MD-11F crash pilots failed to recognise bounce
Pilots of a Lufthansa Cargo Boeing MD-11F failed to recognise the landing bounce which preceded a sequence of hard touchdowns and the destruction of the trijet at Riyadh, Saudi Arabian investigators have concluded.
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NewsPICTURES: F-35B flies with gun pod installed
Lockheed Martin's short take-off and vertical landing F-35B has made its first flight with a key weapon system for the US Marine Corps installed.
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NewsFrench Mirage 2000Ds to gain ELINT role
French air force Dassault Mirage 2000D strike aircraft are to gain the ability to perform electronic intelligence missions, under a new deal with Thales ...
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NewsMalta signs ESA co-operation deal
Malta has signed a co-operation agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), leaving only Bulgaria among EU member states with no formal ESA relationship, given that the Czech Republic and Romania recently became ESA members and accession talks are under way with Poland.
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NewsHelicopter landing siite guidelines revamped as operations increase
Australia is updating its guidelines for helicopter landing sites, as the number and complexity of helicopter operations in the country increases.
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Eurocopter seals first new civil helicopter sale in Bangladesh
Bangladesh helicopter operator R&R Aviation has ordered two Eurocopter EC130 B4 helicopters configured for the emergency medical services (EMS) role.
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NewsSouth Africa's CemAir to branch out into regional jet leasing
South Africa-based turboprop leasing outfit CemAir is set to deploy its first Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100 LR next month.