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Delta 'indefinitely suspends' Cairo operations
Delta Air Lines has "indefinitely suspended" flights from New York's John F Kennedy International airport to Cairo, Egypt amid widespread unrest across the...
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NewsNASA remembers Challenger 25 years later
NASA marked 25 years since the Challenger disaster with a 45-minute ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 28 January, while across the US and...
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NewsCorsairfly picks new Zodiac seat-centric IFE for linefit, retrofit
Zodiac Aerospace says its new seat-centric audio/video on demand (AVOD) in-flight entertainment (IFE) system has been selected by TUI Group's Corsairfly...
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Bombardier mulls modifying CRJ rudder system to fly-by-wire
Bombardier is considering modifying the CRJ700/900's hydro-mechanical rudder system to the control-by-wire system used in the new 100-seat CRJ1000.
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NewsLessor recovery set to strengthen in 2011
As the leasing sector recovers from the recent global economic turmoil, the signs are good that the industry will enjoy improving fortunes in 2011. That’s the picture that emerges from interviews with leading leasing and banking executives in the Airline Business Interactive special on aircraft financing.
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UK helicopter fleet trains in "Pashtun Jaguar" exercise
Seventeen aircraft from the UK's Joint Helicopter Command are taking part in a major exercise on until mid-February ...
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NewsSuperjet 100 secures Russian certification
Sukhoi's Superjet 100 has been certified by Russian authorities, clearing the way for its commercial operation with its initial customers.
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PICTURES: ANZ's All Black A320
Pictured is Air New Zealand's latest brand new Airbus A320 - on lease from Air Lease Corporation - in its stunning All Black livery, part of ANZ's "Crazy...
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Boeing accepts charge on new 737 AEW&C problems
Boeing has announced a new setback for the long-delayed plan to deliver fully operational 737 airborne early warning and control system aircraft to Australia and Turkey.
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September handover set for 787
A September handover is set for the first 787, say industry sources, the first of at least a dozen of the twinjets Boeing hopes to deliver in 2011 as it maintains its path to building 10 aircraft a month by the end of 2013.
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NewsCan CSeries emerge from Neo's shadow?
Celebrations by Airbus over securing Virgin America as the launch customer for the A320neo and a pledge by Indian carrier IndiGo for 150 of the aircraft are underpinned by uncertainty over where these developments leave Bombardier's CSeries.
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AirAsia X defers this year's A330 deliveries
AirAsia X defers 2011 A330s deliveries Malaysia-based AirAsia's long haul subsidiary AirAsia X has deferred all deliveries of new aircraft this year,...
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Plenty of new markets for Emirates' 90 A380s: RBS
Emirates will not struggle to find enough economically viable routes on which to deploy the 90 Airbus A380s it has on order, and its 2020 fleet will be "modest" compared with airlines such as Air France-KLM and United Continental.
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AirAsia X to defer all new aircraft deliveries in 2011
Malaysia-based AirAsia's long haul subsidiary AirAsia X has deferred all deliveries of new aircraft this year, as it builds up its balance sheet ahead of a possible public listing.
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Lufthansa Cargo prepares to pick MD-11F successor
Lufthansa Cargo is aiming to add six Boeing MD-11-equivalent freighters by 2015 and is reviewing new and converted freighter options, with a view to deciding on a type within a couple of months.
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NewsPICTURES: Boeing flies first CH-47F Chinook for Dutch air force
The Netherlands' first of six delayed CH-47F transport helicopters has entered flight-testing in Philadelphia ...
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UK MoD confirms both crew members safe after Tornado ejection
Both crew members of a Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 were rescued within 15min of ejecting from their aircraft on 26 January ...
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Texas objects to SJ30 sale to mystery buyer
The State of Texas in asking the US bankruptcy court to halt the proposed sale of San Antonio-based Emivest Aerospace to an undisclosed buyer, an action...
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Lockheed’s F-35 considers goal of 872 flights in 2011
Lockheed Martin is currently in talks to more than double this year the number of flight tests for the F-35 programme compared to 2010. During Lockheed's...
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US Senators call for new probe on KC-X evaluation process
Another investigation may be launched before the US Air Force can award the long-delayed KC-X contract for new tankers. Seven US senators signed a...