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Volaris to expand Mexico City operation
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris is planning to further expand its Mexico City operation as it takes delivery of six additional Airbus A319s over the next...
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PICTURE: IAI unveils 12kg Mini Panther UAV
Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled a scaled-down version of its Panther tiltrotor unmanned air vehicle ...
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Spanair looks to lease aircraft to replace 717s
Star Alliance carrier Spanair plans to retire its Boeing MD-80 fleet by the first quarter of 2012 and is looking to lease Airbus A320-family aircraft to...
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NewsEnhanced A320 logic to warn pilots of throttle retard oversight
Airbus A320 operators are being advised to modify the type's warning logic in a bid to provide additional safeguards against accidental failure to retard...
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Piaggio Avanti gets thumbs up from Brazil's ANAC
Piaggio has received Brazilian production and type certification for its P180 Avanti II, paving the way for the twin-engined turboprop to be registered and...
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NewsAurora unveils Orion
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled its Orion UAS, which will undergo a five-day flight for the US Air Force Research Laboratory ...
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NewsPICTURES: More surplus UH-1s en route to the Philippines
The Philippine air force is poised to receive five more used Bell UH-1 transport helicopters acquired via the US Army ...
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Israel issues advanced jet trainer request
Israel's defence ministry has sent a request for information to Alenia Aermacchi and Korea Aerospace Industries for a new fleet of advanced jet trainers ...
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Pakistan to receive first ZDK-03 AEW&C aircraft
Pakistan will receive the first of four Shaanxi ZDK-03 airborne early warning and control system aircraft by the end of January 2011 ...
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NewsNASA furthers sonic boom irritation studies
NASA has completed another battery of tests with two NASA Boeing F/A-18 fighters to help determine what might be acceptable noise levels for overland supersonic...
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AAIB releases Puma accident report
On 13 October 2006 a Bristow Helicopters Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma prepared for take off from Runway 24 at Aberdeen airport with 13 passengers on board...
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Aerolineas to add six A330s and A340s in 2011
Aerolineas Argentinas plans to add six Airbus A330/A340s aircraft next year as part of the next phase of its ongoing widebody expansion and replacement program. Chief...
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Explosive detection x-rays on trial at Melbourne and Sydney airports
Australia's Department of Infrastructure and Transport has announced a two-week trial to examine an advanced explosive detection technology at Melbourne...
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Continental pilots ready to arbitrate new 70-seat operations
Continental pilots and management plan to begin the arbitration process in the second week of December to resolve pilot claims that deploying United Express...
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ALTA 2010: Aerolineas seeks to add A330s
Aerolineas Argentinas plans to add six Airbus A330/A340s aircraft next year as part of the next phase of its ongoing widebody expansion and replacement program.
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NewsRunaway truck damages SkyWest CRJ
A driverless pickup truck being operated by United Airlines ground crews caused "substantial" damage to a SkyWest Airlines CRJ200 at the Chicago O'Hare international...
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KC-X competition delayed as evaluation process complicated by politics, USAF errors
The US Air Force has acknowledged extending the evaluation process on the KC-X tanker competition into early next year ...
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NewsTAM plans Jatropha crop after successful biofuel flight test
Brazil's TAM plans to grow a crop of Jatropha curcas for the purpose of aviation biofuel testing after successfully completing a demonstration flight using...
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AB25: Former Continental Airlines chairman and CEO, Gordon Bethune
Today's airline industry in the USA is more stable, secure and safe than ever before. Safety throughout the industry is enhanced tremendously by advanced technology in aircraft systems, training and through increased commitment of our air carriers and our government writes former Continental Airlines Chairman & CEO Gordon Bethune
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NetJets offers fractional finance service to busineses
NetJets has launched an in-house financing service for fractional ownership buyers designed, it says, to by-pass the...