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Embraer close to leasing four 50-seat ERJ-145s
Embraer subsidiary ECC Leasing is in discussions for the sale or lease of four used Embraer ERJ-145 family aircraft. Agreements are expected to close...
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Bombardier to forgo CSeries prototype in test programme
Bombardier is forgoing for the CSeries its usual practice of building a prototype aircraft for flight testing, and instead intends to build and eventually...
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Keeping the faith: Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 remain popular
The Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 are far from being overshadowed by their next generation sisters that are in development
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Atlas tapped to operate premium US-Africa charter with 747s
Atlas Air has reached a long-term commercial arrangement with Angolan carrier SonAir to operate an outsourced premium passenger private charter service for...
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NewsRoyal Jordanian to decide on possible 777 or A330 lease
Royal Jordanian Airlines is intending to decide within a couple of months whether to lease Boeing 777-200 or Airbus A330-200 aircraft as a replacement for...
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Bombardier pushes ahead with CSeries
Bombardier finally cemented its decision to go ahead with its 110/130-seat CSeries twinjet in March when launch customer Lufthansa firmed up its Farnborough 2008 deal for up to 60 aircraft
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NewsShuttered SATSair to explain outlook today
Embattled US air taxi operator SATSair will update its pilots and employees today on its decision to temporarily shutdown operations over the weekend, industry sources tell Flight International
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NewsCzech Airlines privatisation scrapped after sole bid rejected
Czech Airlines' privatisation has effectively been scrubbed after the Government rejected the only bid for the flag-carrier. The Unimex-Travel Service...
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Water could be answer to hot wings says DLR
The water cooling of a conceptual hypersonic transport system's wing leading edges is being investigated for the European Union's €7.3 million ($10.93 million)...
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Next generation widebodies: Dreams of tomorrow
After two years of delays Boeing is confident the 787's first flight is imminent, while Airbus is preparing to build the first XWB
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USAF shifts jammer funding plans from B-52s to cheap pods
The US Air Force has shifted the focus of a decade-long attempt to revitalise its ability to jam enemy radar systems ...
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Lockheed foresees long, rich futures for C-130J, F-16
Lockheed Martin has updated plans to rapidly escalate C-130J production output, but F-16 deliveries are facing a two-year contraction ...
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US helicopter crashes claim 14 lives in Afghanistan
Fourteen US personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash and separate mid-air collision in Afghanistan ...
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Continental execs encourage consistency in emissions regulations
Management at Continental Airlines is hopeful governments will take action against the European Union's emissions trading scheme, but in the mean time the...
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Australia plans scramjet experiment
An Australia-based international team hopes by 2012 to fly a Mach 8 scramjet experiment to examine combustion and thrust by 2012. Russell Boyce, chairman...
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EASA clears A380's brake-to-vacate and overrun protection
Lufthansa and Air France are set to introduce two landing systems on the Airbus A380, one designed to increase runway efficiency and the other to prevent...
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NewsSharjah 707 crash inquiry confirms part fell from jet
United Arab Emirates investigators have confirmed that part of the airframe from the Azza Air Transport Boeing 707-330C which crashed at Sharjah last week...
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Asian passenger traffic flat in September
Passenger traffic among the major Asian carriers was flat in September, arresting months of steep falls amid signs that confidence was returning to the region...