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Losses will lead Cessna to squeeze CJ4 suppliers: Textron
Textron chairman Scott Donnelly says Cessna will bring down production costs for its new CJ4 light...
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Overrun Air India 737 could have stopped despite late landing
Analysis of the Air India Express Boeing 737-800 accident at Mangalore last May has shown that, despite the long landing, the jet could still have stopped...
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USAF to open $2.6 billion in helicopter contracts to competitive bidding
The US Air Force has decided to accept competitive bids for two helicopter contracts worth more than $2.6 billion, after dismissing internal proposals to award the deals to the Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin UH-60M Black Hawk.
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AgustaWestland committed to AW149 despite Turkish defeat
AgustaWestland has voiced its disappointment following Turkey's selection of a development of the Sikorsky S-70i...
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Pluna Líneas Aéreas orders more CRJ900s
ombardier Aerospace announced today that Pluna Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas S.A. has signed a follow-on order for three CRJ900 NextGen regional jetliners. The...
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NewsINTERACTIVE: Low-cost carrier fortunes on the rise in 2010
Low-cost carriers enjoyed a strong bounce back in revenues over the last 12 months, growing nearly a fifth over the same period last year.
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Mil, Kamov open to West
London listing is first step in Russian Helicopters' bid for global presence
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New volcano procedures would have trebled permitted flights
Preliminary results from the European exercise to assess revised response procedures to a repetition of the 2010 volcanic crisis indicate they would provide...
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X-rays find rivet lapses on Southwest 737-300
X-ray inspections have exposed problems with rivets near the spot where a portion of a Boeing 737-300 fuselage panel ripped open during flight, forcing Southwest...
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PICTURES: Eurocopter delivers its 1,000th Dauphin
Eurocopter has delivered the 1,000th helicopter from its Dauphin family, with the aircraft going to Indian operator Pawan Hans Helicopters. The AS365...
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How far can RNP extend its reach?
Their efficacy has been demonstrated repeatedly at exotic locations worldwide - but how far can required navigation performance procedures extend their reach?
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Dissecting NextGen: a look inside the FAA’s NIEC
A Federal Aviation Administration laboratory in Atlantic City is taking risk out of its NextGen air transport system planning
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Opinion
Comment: Enter Sandman - DoT’s mixed message on safety
Officials at the US Department of Transportation, parent to the Federal Aviation Administration, moved quickly to pull controllers apparently guilty of a...
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Opinion
Comment: Nudging the naysayers
Sukhoi's first Superjet 100 delivery may be well behind schedule - but it confounds critics of the erstwhile Russian Regional Jet who doubted whether the project would even get this far
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FLIGHT TEST: Third way: a flight test of the Falcon 7X's EVS/HUD
Can the Dassault Falcon 7X's 'third-generation' enhanced vision system and head-up display turn night into day?
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US Airways readies the ranks for RNP
US Airways is preparing its pilots for required navigation performance procedures, intended to reduce delays and cut fuel burn
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US Airways advanced navigation: why RNP?
APPROVALS WHY USE REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE? US AIRWAYS is one of a growing number of carriers that are preparing aircraft and flightcrews...
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Interview
WORKING WEEK - THOMAS REAR
Getting Falcons to fly again What sparked your interest in business aviation? I came to be here via a rather circuitous route. I trained as a...
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Business bad week
SECURITY Extensive analysis of the behaviour of security personnel at airports has revealed a gap between procedures and actual behaviour when recognising...