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Mexican airports report steep drop in traffic for 2009
Mexican airport groups ASA and GAP both saw passenger numbers drop by 13% in 2009 as the swine flu and economic downturn impacted demand.
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NewsNTSB shoots holes in FAA windscreen PMA for crashed PHI S-76C++
NTSB data on the crash of a PHI S-76C++ seven minutes after departure from a heliport in Louisiana on 4 January reveals a flawed STC and PMA for the aircraft's shattered windscreen
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NewsSikorsky settles with survivor, families of Cougar S-92A crash victims
Sikorsky has reached an out-of-court settlement with the lone survivor and families of the 17 passengers and crew killed in the crash of an oil industry S-92A off the coast of Newfoundland in March 2009.
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NewsBoeing's improved 4Q deliveries reflect 2008 machinists strike
Boeing's 144% increase in deliveries during the fourth quarter of 2009 was largely the result of a disruption in production during late 2008 when the company's...
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Northrop Grumman readies first RC-12X clutch
Northrop Grumman has successfully completed electromagnetic emissions and interference (EMI/EMC) tests of an RC-12X Guardrail platform for the US Army. This...
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NewsEU admits no date for worldwide Galileo service and spiralling costs
The European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system will not provide a worldwide service by 2014 the European Commission admitted today...
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Airbus submits patent for airspeed error monitoring
Airbus has submitted a US patent application for an independent means of monitoring an aircraft's pressure-based airspeed measurement for errors. While...
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Modified helicopters to lift UK's Afghanistan effort
The UK has received its first examples of two modified support helicopter types intended to support operations in Afghanistan ...
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NewsDornier nears decision on Seastar final assembly base
Dornier Seaplane will select by the end of January the home of its Seastar amphibian final assembly facility....
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NewsRyanair: No plans for third Aer Lingus bid
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has quashed suggestions that it might make another attempt to take over flag-carrier Aer Lingus.
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AAPA warns against use of full body scanners
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has warned against regulators over reacting in the wake of the recent terrorist attempt on a Delta Air Lines...
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JAL expands codeshare with Vietnam Airlines
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to place its code on Vietnam Airlines' Osaka Kansai-Hanoi services from 13 January as the two carriers expand a code share agreement.
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Vietnam's Indochina aims to resume flights on 20 January
Grounded Vietnamese carrier Indochina Airlines will resume flights on 20 January, almost three months after it suspended operations due to financial problems.
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Air China launching non-stop Wuhan-Macau service
Air China plans to start a new non-stop service between Wuhan and Macau from 15 January. It will operate Airbus A320 aircraft on the route four times...
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Cebu Pacific-SIA Engineering MRO venture's first 'D-check' in June
Cebu Pacific and SIA Engineering's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in the Philippines will perform its first 'D-check' in June. The...
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Indonesia's Wings Air receives its first ATRs
Wings Air, a unit of Indonesia's Lion Air, has received the first of three ATR 72-500s on order and is using the turboprops to replace Boeing MD-80s on domestic...
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US DOJ indicts suspect in attempting Delta bombing
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued a six count criminal indictment to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab related to his alleged attempt on 25 December...
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Talk of 150-seat CSeries in the fray following analyst report
Bombardier is calling a report it is working on a 150-seat version of the 110/130-seat CSeries airliner "speculative", but some analysts believe the airframer...
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Pilots in AA Kingston overrun were advised to use a different approach
Controllers at Norman Manley International airport in Kingston, Jamaica offered the crew of an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 that overran a runway on...