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Business good week
KESSEL AIRPORT The project , under construction 145km (90 miles) north of Frankfurt, received a boost this week with the news that Chinese carrier Hainan...
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NTSB pursues multiple pilot, controller error incidents
The US NTSB is investigating two separate incidents in which errors or poor judgement on the part of pilots and controllers may have led to inadequate airborne...
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NewsDoD orders F136 termination
The US government has terminated a contract that would have completed development of the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine ...
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B/E reports $74m first quarter pre-tax earnings
B/E Aerospace has reported pre-tax earnings of $73.9 million for the first quarter, a 44% increase compared with the same period last year.
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Korean completes refurbishing fleet
Korean Air has completed its refurbishment plan to install new first-, business- and economy-class seats and in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems on its...
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American resumes St. Louis service as the airport recovers from a tornado
American Airlines plans to resume service to Lambert St. Louis International airport today after the facility was struck by a tornado on 22 April.
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China and Cameroon ink air services agreement
China and Cameroon have signed a new air services agreement, paving the way for the liberalisation of flights between the two countries. Under the...
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NewsAir India 737 captain deeply asleep shortly before fatal approach
Indian investigators have cited a lethal combination of sleep inertia and over-dominance by the captain as having led to the fatal overrun by an Air India...
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NewsPICTURES: MC-130J Combat Shadow enters flight test
Lockheed Martin will begin a five-month series of flight tests of the MC-130J Combat Shadow after completing first flight on 22 April ...
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NewsFAA requires new procedures for ATC around presidential transport
The US FAA has issued new procedures for air traffic controllers handling presidential, vice presidential and flights carrying the First Lady. The...
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Operator of crashed Manx2 flight faced possible grounding
Spanish authorities have disclosed that they took preliminary action last month to suspend the air operator's certificate of Flightline, the carrier linked...
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FAA administrator Babbitt wants to see MROs adopt SMS
US FAA administrator Randy Babbitt is urging maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firms to formally adopt safety management systems, saying SMSs will play...
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NewsNTSB factual: TAWS may have been turned off in Ted Stevens crash
A required terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) on a de Havilland DHC-3T Otter that crashed on August 2010 in Alaska, killing former Sen Ted Stevens...
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Virgin America plans aircraft deferrals
Virgin America is deferring some of its Airbus narrowbody deliveries scheduled for 2012 and 2013 to ease fuel cost volatility.
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European firms urged to 'get on with it' on UAS collaboration
European companies should act together now to develop next-generation unmanned air systems, says a leading UK industry official ...
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New Zealand seeks fresh bids for stored Skyhawks
New Zealand's defence ministry has put eight of its stored Douglas A/TA-4K Skyhawk ground-attack and training aircraft up for sale ...
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F-35 programme investigates $442 billion operations bill
A sweeping new review will investigate the drivers behind a projected $442 billion bill to operate and sustain the US-owned Lockheed Martin F-35 fleet ...
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NewsUS arms UAVs for Libya missions
The US military has decided to arm unmanned air vehicles already flying two constant surveillance patrols over Libya ...
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Aviation answers can be found in nature: Mayrhuber
Aviation industry stakeholders should look to nature to find solutions for driving better utilization of today's next generation aircraft, suggests former...
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NLRB files complaint against Boeing for second 787 line placement
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) says it will seek an order to require Boeing to place the second 787 production line in Washington state, in...