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North Sea oil support multilateration surveillance goes live
Full air traffic control surveillance for North Sea oil support operations out of Aberdeen Dyce airport, Scotland have now completed trials and gone live, ensuring that low-level helicopter operations can be seen beyond the radar horizon.
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EasyJet to serve Amman from London Gatwick
UK budget carrier EasyJet is to launch thrice-weekly service from London Gatwick to Amman in Jordan, effective 27 March 2011. Alaa Batayneh, Jordan's...
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Bodies recovered from Twin Otter crash site in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 22 people who were on board a de Havilland Canada Twin Otter that crashed in eastern Nepal yesterday.
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Twin Otter crashes in Nepal with 22 on board: reports
A de Havilland Canada Twin Otter operated by Nepalese carrier Tara Air has reportedly crashed in eastern Nepal.
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ANA pilot strike set to affect 200 flights
All Nippon Airways' (ANA) four pilot unions have threatened to go on strike tomorrow, a move which could force the airline to cancel or delay over 200 domestic...
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Australian competition watchdog gives tentative nod to Virgin Blue-Etihad alliance
Australia's competition regulator has given its tentative approval for an alliance between Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways.
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Australian regulator approves ANZ-Virgin Blue alliance
Australia's competition regulator has approved a proposed trans-Tasman alliance between Air New Zealand (ANZ) and Virgin Blue.
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PICTURE: Air Tractor prangs precision strike demonstrator
A too-short landing at an Army reserve base in California caused substantial damage Air Tractor's AT-802U surveillance, precision strike and utility demonstrator...
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AIA: US aerospace sales rebound in 2010 despite civil aircraft slump
US aerospace sales are projected to creep higher by less than 1% in 2010 compared to a year ago, as a surge of military deliveries overcame declines in commercial...
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Southwest to take delivery of first 737-800 in March 2012
Southwest Airlines has firmed up its plans to introduce the Boeing 737-800 in its fleet through the substitution of 20 -700 orders for the larger variant,...
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Cessna solves Corvalis disbonding issue
Cessna says it understands the "root cause" of a problem that has caused a small number of Corvalis 400 piston singles to be grounded after a fuel leak was discovered in the wing tank of a new aircraft during a post-production flight.
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PICTURE: Peruvian navy gets last two Fokker 60s from Netherlands
The last two of four former Royal Netherlands Air Force Fokker 60 maritime patrol aircraft have been delivered to the Peruvian navy ...
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NTSB faults Carson in firefighting S-61N crash
The intentional alteration of weight documents and performance charts by Carson Helicopters is among the probable causes of a fatal August 2008 crash of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter that was being used by the US Forest Service for firefighter shuttling.
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Lockheed inks space station supply deal
Lockheed Martin will continue providing on-the-ground cargo services for missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the company says.
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Airbus to miss A380 delivery target due to Qantas incident
Airbus will miss its delivery target of 20 A380s this year because of disruptions resulting from the uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine,...
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PICTURES: Brazil flies first upgraded EMB-110 Bandeirante
The Brazilian air force has performed the first flight of an Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante transport with modernised avionics equipment ...
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News2011 outlook: airlines set for tougher times
While IATA has improved its global industry profit forecast for both 2010 and 2011, the outlook for airlines in the year ahead remains clouded by flattening...
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UK Govt to outline new aviation policy plans next spring
The UK Government next spring will issue a "scoping document" outlining ideas for its new long-term aviation strategy policy, which will be adopted in 2013.
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UK Govt mulls APD hike on flights from airports in the south east
Air passenger duty (APD) in the UK could be raised on flights from congested airports in the south east as part of a differential levy plan under consideration...