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NewsEmirates tail-strike crew missed chances to catch weight error
Australian investigators have catalogued a series of missed opportunities to catch the weight data error which led to the serious Emirates Airbus A340-500 tail-strike at Melbourne.
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NewsLufthansa to pass EU ETS costs on to passengers
Lufthansa has made it clear that it will pass on the cost of its compulsory inclusion the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) to its customers.
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NewsKey tests set to validate engine technology for single stage to orbit space plane
Tests set to begin this month are hoped to validate an ambitious air cooling technology that Oxfordshire-based Reaction Engines believes will make possible single stage to orbit space planes and in-atmosphere hypersonic transport aircraft.
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NewsPICTURE: Fifth A400M joins 'Grizzly' flight-test fleet
Airbus Military's fifth and final A400M development aircraft has joined the European airframer's "Grizzly" flight test fleet ...
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NewsElbit's Hermes 900 wins new export deal
Elbit Systems has been awarded a $50 million contract to supply its Hermes 900 unmanned air system (UAS) to an undisclosed customer "in the Americas".
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Super Tucano wins USAF order, but Hawker Beechcraft launches challenge
A $355 million contract award by the US Air Force to prime contractor Sierra Nevada for 20 Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucanos on 30 December faces legal and political...
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NewsChina's Nanshan takes delivery of first BBJ
Boeing Business Jets has delivered a BBJ to Chinese charter operator Nanshan Jet, rounding off a strong year of orders and deliveries to Chinese customers for the US airframer.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Airlines run up a safety debt
Over the last eight years the system of counting airline accidents annually has ceased to be a useful predictor of future safety performance, because nothing significant has happened to the numbers. A projection would show more of the same.
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Cebu Pacific mulls over long-haul low-cost services
Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific will consider starting long-haul low-cost services if it sees strong demand for certain point-to-point routes.
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NewsRuag offers Do228 engine, propeller upgrade to India
Swiss aerospace firm Ruag is offering Hindustan Aeronautics the opportunity to perform engine and propeller upgrades for India's Do228 aircraft. India...
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NewsAirline fatal accident numbers climb in 2011
The year 2011 saw a sharp rise in the number of airline fatal accidents, reaching a total of 37 compared with 26 in 2010, and well above the annual average...
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NewsEBAA protests 'unfair' ETS burden on business jets
Anti-competitive aspects of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) discriminate against the business aviation community on several grounds and must be addressed, said the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA).
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NewsStruggling Jade Cargo forced to ground 747 fleet
Chinese-German joint-venture freight carrier Jade Cargo has effectively suspended operations after grounding its six Boeing 747-400ERFs because it can no...
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Comac ARJ21-700 ready for type inspection authorisation
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) ARJ21-700 regional jet is ready to enter the type inspection authorisation (TIA) stage, nine years after...
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GoAir A320 hit by bus at Mumbai airport
A GoAir Airbus A320 aircraft parked at the Mumbai airport was badly damaged yesterday when a bus rammed into its nose.
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RAAF takes delivery of fourth A330 MRTT
The Royal Australian Air Force has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus Military A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft.
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NewsSaudi Arabia signs agreement to order up to 84 new F-15SAs, upgrades for 70 F-15Ss
Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement that could lead to the purchase of up to 84 Boeing F-15SA fighters, upgrades for 70 F-15S fighters in a package worth...