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Senegal Airlines to launch operations tomorrow
Start-up carrier Senegal Airlines will launch operations tomorrow to destinations in West Africa.
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Pakistan orders DB-110 pods for F-16 fleet
Goodrich has won a $72 million contract to provide Pakistan with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pods and related items for its Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
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NewsMaintaining an edge: Middle East MRO special
With Middle Eastern carriers fattening manufacturers’ orderbooks, maintenance providers throughout the region are gearing up for expansion, in both capacity and capabilities. We look at plans put in place by players in the Gulf, Egypt, Turkey and Lebanon – facilities built, partnerships established, and training programmes devised to prepare the ...
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Airbus takes sales past five figures
Airbus spent its first 33 years building 5,000 orders on its books, but took only six more years to duplicate that level of sales and push its gross total into five figures in the final two days of 2010.
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Israeli air force wants to field airborne hospital
The Israeli air force is working on a plan to convert one of its Lockheed Martin C-130 transports or Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters into a flying hospital.
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NewsEurope’s new airline superpower arrives as IAG takes off
A “third European airline force” makes its debut today with the formal launch of International Airlines Group, created through the merger of British Airways and Iberia.
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A320neo deals cited as analyst downgrades Bombardier rating
Hard on the heels of two significant deals for the re-engined Airbus A320neo, Raymond James has downgraded its rating of Bombardier, saying it is increasingly...
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NTSB assists with Air Burkina incident in Paris
The US NTSB is assisting the French government to determine why an Air Burkina MD-83 almost ran out of fuel after several landing attempts in poor weather...
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Indian tanker contest draws Airbus, Ilyushin bids, but Boeing stays away
Airbus Military and Ilyushin have submitted bids in India's revived competition for six in-flight refuelling aircraft ...
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Components and business jets on Masco agenda
Beirut-based Masco is scaling up its service range in line with its ambition to achieve significant status in the MRO market
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NewsPICTURES: Cameron welcomes RAF's last C-17 to Brize Norton
The UK Royal Air Force has marked the introduction to service of its seventh and last Boeing C-17 strategic transport during a ceremony attended by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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NewsEgyptair reaches out for third-party MRO business
Not content to rely on burgeoning parent-airline volumes, Egyptair's MRO arm is also targeting more trade with external customers
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Turkish Technic drives forward with huge new MRO complex
Turkish Technic is building a new MRO campus in Istanbul to cater for growing demand that is coming from all directions
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Opinion
Comment: Forever the bridesmaid
As British Airways and Iberia finally walk down the aisle, European rivals are accelerating their search for the perfect...
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NewsPICTURES: Brazilian army crew walk away from AS550 crash
Three Brazilian army crew members escaped injury when their Eurocopter AS550 helicopter crashed on 20 January ...
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NewsAmerican lights the touch paper on distribution
What next for export credit financing? Oneworld carrier's move to pull inventory from travel website Orbitz sets distribution shake-up in motion ...
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Middle Eastern fleet growth presents human resources challenge
Dramatic projected growth in the Middle Eastern fleet is posing a staffing challenge for the region's maintenance providers