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Tribunal: Hawker Beechcraft to pay Airbus
Hawker Beechcraft has reported that a tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce has ruled that the airframer owes Airbus $14.2 million to settle a complaint between the two.
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NewsCongress votes to rescue F136 from extinction
US lawmakers have launched a campaign to save the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine from extinction only a week after the Department of Defense signed an order terminating the development programme, worth at least $5 billion.
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NewsBEA to examine why acoustic sweep missed AF447 recorders
French investigators are to re-examine acoustic data from the initial search for the crashed Air France flight AF447 to determine whether the Airbus A330's...
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Wind Jet A319 landed short after flying into squall
Pilots of an Italian Airbus A319 lost horizontal visibility during a non-precision approach to Palermo, before the aircraft crashed short of the runway, investigators have disclosed.
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Virgin signs A330 support deal with Air France-KLM MRO arm
Virgin Atlantic has inked a 12-year component support contract for its Airbus A330 fleet with Air France KLM Engineering & Maintenance. The power-by-the-hour...
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Aer Lingus mulls further cost cuts as Q1 losses widen
Aer Lingus has hinted that a further round of cost-cutting may be necessary in light of external economic pressures.
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Business Aviation - In Brief
Jet Aviation Singapore is planning to build a 6,100m2 (65,660ft2) hangar to take advantage of the growing demand for business aviation within Asia-Pacific.
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Failure to redistribute passengers caused serious A320 tailstrike
Failure to redistribute passengers on an Airbus A320 led the aircraft to strike its tail on take-off from Verona, Italian investigation agency the ANSV has found.
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El Al to be recertificated for Israel to regain Category 1 status
El Al will have to be recertificated for Israel to regain its Category 1 status under the US Federal Aviation Administration's International Aviation Safety Assessment programme.
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NewsSpaceShipTwo makes 'feathered' descent
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first flight in 'feathered' configuration, the planned standard configuration for the vehicle's atmospheric re-entry.
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NewsEmbraer selects Pro Line Fusion for KC-390 cockpit
Embraer has selected Rockwell Collins' Pro Line Fusion avionics system for the KC-390 tanker/transport's cockpit ...
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E-190 production delays will not impact 2011 delivery forecast: Embraer
Embraer is incurring delays to its E-190 production schedule due to a supply chain constraint with a Japanese provider of engine electronics for the twinjet's...
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Elta Systems outlines Peruvian surveillance proposal
IAI subsidiary Elta Systems has offered a multi-sensor equipment package to meet Peru's $1bn Sivan surveillance requirement ...
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UK warns of circuit collision danger for business jets
The UK Airprox Board says that there needs to be a greater awareness among pilots and controllers of the risks inherent in mixing high-performance aircraft with slow traffic at general aviation airports.
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Austrian latest airline affected by Iran-USA diplomatic spat
Austrian Airlines will re-evaluate its Vienna-Tehran services later this month after being the latest airline to be caught up in an international diplomatic...
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NewsPICTURES: Korean A380 begins final flight tests
Korean Air's first Airbus A380 (MSN35) has started final flight tests from the airframer's Hamburg Finkenwerder plant, ahead of delivery to Toulouse in preparation...
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Comlux adds A320 Prestige to growing ACJ fleet
Comlux is scheduled to take delivery on 4 May of an Airbus A320 Prestige.
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NewsGulfstream holds to 12 green G650s this year
General Dynamics chief executive Jay Johnson says the company's Gulfstream Aerospace unit is moving forward with all "non-flying" aspects of G650 certification while an US National Transportation Safety Board continues its investigation of the 2 April fatal crash of a flight test aircraft, one of five in the nascent fleet.
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Field extends useful life of Dash 8s with flightdeck upgrade
Field Aviation has completed the first major modernisation of the flightdeck of a Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop.
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LIBYA: NATO operation clears first 5,000 sorties
Coalition aircraft have flown more than 5,000 sorties since NATO launched its Operation Unified Protector campaign on 31 March ...