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Air France-KLM approaches unions over further cost cuts
Air France-KLM Group chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon is meeting with unions today to discuss further cost-cutting measures.
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TSA committed to air marshals and armed pilots
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) believes both arming some pilots who volunteer through the federal flight deck officer (FFDO) programme and the federal air marshals assigned onboard select flights have proven effective, and remains committed to both schemes.
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NewsBangkok Airways appears to cancel A350-800 order
Asian carrier Bangkok Airways appears to have cancelled its order for A350s, axing its deal for four -800 aircraft.
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US flight schools weathered post-9/11 storm
There seemed nothing unusual when five young, ambitious men whose passports showed them to be citizens of various Middle Eastern countries started their pilot training at different flight schools in Florida and California in the first half of 2000.
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Working Week: Kate Ahrens
Kate Ahrens is a senior member of Canadian completions and refurbishment business Flying Colours Corp. As one of the directors, Kate puts her extensive aviation experience to good use as lead designer for the expanding business.
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Known Crewmember programme to change pilot security checks
Pilots have long complained about the impact on their daily working lives of being subjected to enhanced security checks at the airport, something that could start to change following the introduction of a new programme in the USA called Known Crewmember.
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How 9/11 changed air travel
The 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon was unprecedented in scale and ingenuity. But the global commercial airline community was first truly shaken by international terrorism in December 1988, when Pan American flight 103 was blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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Significant unsuccessful aviation-related terrorism events since 2001
Richard Reid, a British citizen who had received training from Al Qaeda, attempted to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, using explosives hidden in a bulky shoe.
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US Airways takes preliminary look at A321neo
Re-engined twinjet is aimed at 757's replacement market but carrier questions new Airbus's capability to match up
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How Flight International covered 9/11
The attacks happened two days before Flight International's issue of 18 September 2001 closed for press. Our cover - a chilling, blurred image of United Airlines 175 banking steeply a second before it the second tower - carried the coverline TURNING POINT.
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Seven consortia bid for Madrid and Barcelona airports
Six potential bidders from a total of seven consortia have submitted pre-qualification documents bidding for Madrid Barajas and Barcelona El Prat airports.
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Aircraft finance costs set to rise
When Washington's summer debt-ceiling brinkmanship spurred ratings agency Standard & Poor's to take the once-unimaginable step of stripping the USA of its top-tier AAA credit rating, financiers started asking whether the theoretical risk of default would hit the cost of borrowing.
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How 9/11 changed aviation
On the morning of 12 September 2001, the USA and the rest of the world woke up a very different place.
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China's Juneyao faces CAAC sanctions after safety breach
Chinese A320 operator sanctioned after crew refuses to surrender landing slot to inbound Qatar 777 with fuel emergency
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NewsTitan Airways wins UK-Falklands contract
London Stansted-based charter operator Titan Airways has won the contract to operate the 'air bridge' between the UK and the Falkland Islands in the South...
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Argentina cultivates PA-25 El Puelche crop sprayer production
Argentinian airframers Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) and Latinoamericana de Aviación (LAVIASA) have launched a co-production agreement to manufacture the PA-25 El Puelche agricultural aircraft at the former's installations.
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Antinori reported to be joining Emirates
Lufthansa's former chief marketing officer, Thierry Antinori, is to become Emirates' new sales chief in October, according to a report in Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
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NewsPilot error likely in first in-service Skycatcher crash
What appears to be the first in-service crash of a Cessna C162 Skycatcher - the company's new light sport entrant - will likely be ruled as pilot error.
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Enter Air inks TP Aerospace MRO deal
Polish charter carrier Enter Air has signed up for a five-year, full service wheels and brakes maintenance programme with Danish company TP Aerospace for...
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Trans States ERJ-145 involved in Ottawa runway overrun
A Trans States Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 yesterday ran off the runway at Ottawa Airport in Canada.