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NewsIATA halves global loss forecast for 2010
IATA has halved its estimate of 2010 airline industry net losses to $2.8 billion, following evidence of a recovering economic climate. The association...
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Greek financial crisis prompts Defendory show postponement
The fragile state of the Greek economy has led to a decision to postpone this year's tri-service Defendory exhibition in Athens ...
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Malaysia puts faith in King Airs
Malaysia is relying on Beechcraft King Air aircraft to fulfil its immediate needs for surveillance aircraft. The air force has four King Airs, that...
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Delta hopes slot deal with US Airways will materialise
Delta Air Lines believes the potential to finalise a proposed slot swap with US Airways at New York LaGuardia and Washington's National airport exist, despite...
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FAA mandates Airbus collision avoidance modification
The US FAA has finalised an airworthiness directive (AD) that will require operators of more than 500 Airbus A320 family aircraft to update critical avionics...
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Next round of EU-US open skies talks scheduled for 22 March
Talks aimed at reaching a conclusion on the second phase of the open skies agreement between the EU and US resume on 22 March.
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Continental looks to complete LTV3 installs on 737s by year-end
Continental Airlines is looking to complete installation of LiveTV's latest generation live television system on its Boeing 737 narrowbodies by the end of...
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NewsUnited Airlines firms A350 order
United Airlines has firmed its order for 25 Airbus A350-900s, taking the order backlog for the twin-jet family to 530 aircraft.
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RAF outlines Afghan experience with Reaper UAV
The UK Royal Air Force has doubled the level of operational activity with its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft in Afghanistan within...
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Fokker 100 revival team claims interest in retrofit
Dutch company NG Aircraft is citing interest in retrofit modification of Fokker 100s to its proposed modernised design
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Jetstar changes operating procedures after mishandled A320 flight
Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar has changed its flight operating procedures following a 2007 incident in which its pilots mishandled an Airbus A320 go-around...
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Airbus and Boeing plot airliner output hikes
Despite the clamour from the market for cuts in single-aisle output, Airbus and Boeing are plotting tit-for-tat production rate increases as they battle for the status of being the world's biggest airliner producer.
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Sitara delays to push operational certification to 2011
India's Hindustan Aeronautics is only likely to be able get initial operational certification for its long-delayed HJT-36 Sitara intermediate jet trainer...
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Dassault revamps global service centre network
Dassault Aviation has completed a major review of its company owned and authorised service centre network...
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UK to acquire remainder of MFTS training fleet
Training system partner Ascent is seeking proposals for new aircraft to replace multiple types in UK military service ...
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Business aviation in brief
The world's largest fractional ownership provider NetJets lost $711 million in 2009 and is so debt-laden that without the guarantee of...
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India's Taj Air adds two new aircraft
Indian charter operator Taj Air has added two new aircraft to its fleet - a Dassault Falcon 2000LX business jet and a Piaggio P180 Avanti II twin turboprop
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NewsAmerican's Arpey sticks to message on Heathrow slots
American Airlines CEO Gerard Arpey is declining to comment on conditions proposed by US regulators for the relinquishment of Heathrow slots to gain approval...
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NewsBoeing's Albaugh bullish on 787 flight test, admits eating schedule margin
Nearly three months into its planned 8,5 month-long flight test programme, the Boeing 787 is progressing well, says the head of the company’s commercial aircraft unit, but acknowledges that some schedule margin has already been used ramping up the flight test fleet.