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Strategic gets nod for services between USA and Australia
Australia's International Air Services Commission (IASC) has approved Strategic Airlines' application for the allocation of unlimited passenger and cargo...
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Opinion
Comment: See-and-avoid entails looking out
A Cessna Citation pilot climbing away from the runway looks up from engaging the autopilot to find a Cessna 172 filling his windscreen.
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Fuel and taxes double EasyJet's first-half losses
UK budget carrier EasyJet's first-half pre-tax loss has doubled to £153 million ($250 million). The airline says the figure is "in line with expectations"...
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NewsEmirates Group posts 43% surge in net full-year profit
Middle Eastern air transport company Emirates Group has posted a group net profit of Dhs5.9 billion ($1.6 billion) for the full year 2010-11, an increase...
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Merpati president offers to quit after crash
Merpati Nusantara's President Sardjono Jhony Tjitrokusumo has offered to resign after one of the airline's Xian MA60 turboprops crashed over the weekend.
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NewsEBACE: On the rebound
Hard times continue in the business aircraft market, forcing manufacturers to adapt in the hope of continued relevance
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NewsEBACE special
In the run-up to business aviation’s European showpiece EBACE next week in Geneva, we explore how the major manufacturers have adapted – or failed to adapt – to crisis conditions imposed by the financial meltdown and ensuing economic downturn
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Indonesia moves to address airline crash problem
Indonesia, which has consistently had one of the world's worst airline accident records, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Netherlands-based European Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) to set up a major training centre to produce aviation safety management skills for its own needs and those of ...
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Garuda Indonesia eyes 737-800s on lease
Garuda Indonesia has invited bids for a tender to lease an unspecified number of Boeing 737-800s. Indonesia's national carrier says that it is keen...
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India's Tejas fighter to get Derby missiles
A contract to integrate Rafael's Derby medium-range air-air missile with India's Tejas light combat aircraft will be signed soon ...
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787-10 launch "a long ways away": Boeing's Albaugh
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh says the formal announcement of a 787-10 is "a long ways away", but calls the 300-seat stretch the "natural evolution"...
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Air Lease inks new lease deals for nearly a dozen widebodies
US lessor Air Lease has signed lease agreements for 11 additional twin-aisle aircraft, comprising Airbus A330-200s, A330-300s and Boeing 777-300ERs. The...
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NewsLockheed delivers first production F-35 to US Air Force
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first production F-35 Lightning II to the US military, reaching a long-delayed milestone ...
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NewsUSAF eyes A-10 for communications jamming role
Four contractors will compete for a USAF programme to develop an electronic attack pod for unmanned and manned aircraft ...
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Delta completes new economy configuration on more than 100 aircraft
Delta Air Lines has completed configurations on 108 aircraft to support its new premium economy product "Economy Comfort".
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NewsIFE consultant sees industry partnerships as new players emerge
A level of consolidation could be on the horizon for the embedded in-flight entertainment industry as a growing number of firms attempt to jump into the...
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NewsPICTURE: One of AF447's engines retrieved from sea bed
One of the two General Electric CF6 engines of the crashed Air France Airbus A330, lost in the South Atlantic two years ago, has been raised from the sea...
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General Aviation - In brief
Piper has delivered two Piper Warrior single-engined aircraft to Farmingdale State College in New York for professional pilot training.
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Russian pilot tried to cover up R44 crash
A Russian private pilot flying a Robinson R44 Clipper II helicopter tried for 90min to hide the fact that his machine had been destroyed in a heavy landing following a birdstrike, according to an accident report by the CIS Interstate Aviation Committee.
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NewsPICTURE: Improved AirMule resumes flight testing
The prototype of Urban Aeronautics' AirMule ducted-fan unmanned air vehicle has resumed flight testing after a four-month systems and structural upgrade ...