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    XOJet equipping entire fleet with Aircell internet system

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    US business aircraft operator XOJet is fitting its fleet of Bombardier Challenger 300 and Cessna Citation X jets with Aircell's high-speed internet solution. The...

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    Profile: John Wheldon GAA

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    EXPATRIATE PROFILE A new challenge daily Briton John Wheldon, 57, manager simulators and equipment maintenance with Gulf Aviation Academy in...

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    GAMA recruits for its new operation in Sharjah

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    One of the UK's foremost business aviation operators is recruiting as it expands in the Middle East with a new Sharjah base

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    Profile: Paritta Sridamart, AJA purser

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    EXPATRIATE PROFILE Making no mistakes Paritta Sridamart is a purser with Abu Dhabi business aviation start-up Al Jaber Aviation. Originally from...

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    Abu Dhabi builds aerospace careers for its citizens

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Abu Dhabi dominates the UAE in terms of land area and wealth. Now it has ambitious plans to become a high-tech hub by 2030

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    No stopping Emirates as it plans to add 700 pilots

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The Middle East's biggest airline keeps on expanding as it emerges unscathed from Dubai's economic troubles, stronger than ever

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    This Week Briefing

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    briefing SUPERJET'S SAM146 GETS EUROPEAN APPROVAL CERTIFICATION Franco-Russian joint venture PowerJet has been awarded European type certification...

  • Opinion

    Comment: Eyjafjallajökull has changed the rules

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Volcanic ash was not much of an issue for the airlines until Eyjafjallajökull blew its top. But when that happened, a lot of people started asking questions...

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    Comment: Report card from hell

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    To ensure US air traffic control can cope with rising flight volume while cutting emissions, no project is more critical than NextGen. Unfortunately, the FAA is failing its mid-term exams

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    Business briefs

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    GENERAL DYNAMICS BUYS SENSOR MAKER ACQUISITION General Dynamics UK has acquired privately held sensor and optical systems maker Kylmar for an undisclosed...

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    Business people

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    PEOPLE moves Airbus, Boeing Military, ESA, Jackson Square, NASA, OnAir Garber: AJ Walter sales European Space Agency director general Jean-Jacques...

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    Business quote of the week

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Quote of the week "There will be a broader realisation of the business models that aren't working" Doric Asset Finance managing director MARK...

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    Business - bad week

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    IATA The International Air Transport Association is scouring its airline billing and settlement plan system after discovering 550 million baht ($17 million)...

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    Business good week

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    TURBOMECA French president Nicolas Sarkozy opened the helicopter engine maker's new plant in Bordes, near Pau in south-west France. The 42,000m² (452,000ft2)...

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    Markets slow for new simulators

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Powerful new simulators are on the market - but with the effects of the downturn still being felt, where are the customers?

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    Seeing CSeries through

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Development of Bombardier's new airliner has been helped considerably by CAE's CIASTA simulation technology

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    CAE 7000: as real as it gets

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Since the turn of the century simulators, driven by rapid advances in IT technology, have become more powerful

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    NASA Airstar: taking the simulator out to play

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    NASA researchers are taking subscale models out of the windtunnel and into the atmosphere in a safety programme

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    Nastar lights the candle on spaceflight simulation

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Aspiring adventurers can test their aptitude and physical fitness for spaceflight in an FAA-approved centre in Philadelphia

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    SimJet: Maximum training at minimum cost

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    SimJet Training aims to bridge the gap between entry-level training devices and full-flight simulators with a new range of machines