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    BREAKING NEWS 24 July 1969: Apollo 11 Astronauts Safely Return to Earth

    2009-07-24T17:51:00Z

    Command module Columbia, containing the Apollo 11 crew, has safely returned the Earth on Thursday 24 July at 1751 BST, successfully completing the first manned Moon landing mission

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    Business people

    2009-07-24T17:00:00Z

    The latest news on the key industry appointments Etihad comms: de Rome At SkyWest Airlines, Bill Mostowy is replacing the retired Michael Mumford...

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    Avery: Supplying experience at AJW Aviation

    2009-07-24T17:00:00Z

    John Avery, a 40-year veteran of the industry, including 29 years with British Airways, is the new director of supply chain...

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    Aircell's top execs swap roles

    2009-07-24T16:45:54Z

    Aircell's two top executives have swapped positions with long-standing president and CEO Jack Blumenstein assuming chairmanship from Ron LeMay, who in turn...

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    ETS to cost airline sector over €1bn annually: Study

    2009-07-24T16:04:00Z

    Airlines could face a collective annual cost of over €1 billion ($1.4 billion) from 2012 under the sector's inclusion in the European Union's Emissions Trading...

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    Northrop outlines UAV strategy for Asia, Middle East

    2009-07-24T16:00:00Z

    Northrop Grumman is confident it can work around tight export controls on its unmanned air vehicle technology to exploit the burgeoning market for aerial...

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    AMAC completes its vision

    2009-07-24T15:00:00Z

    AMAC completes its vision Just over a year ago a new name emerged in corporate jet outfitting. How has...

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    F-22: end of an era

    2009-07-24T14:00:00Z

    Ten years after the network-centric warfare revolution and as the US Senate votes to stop F-22 production, has the case for increasingly complex and iconoclastic platforms been lost?

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    Runway vehicle monitoring in the fray as FCC mulls rules waiver

    2009-07-24T13:18:00Z

    US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) officials are seeking comment on a request to permit certain airports to obtain licences to use the frequency 1090...

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    Business - bad week

    2009-07-24T13:00:00Z

    LONDON STANSTEDRyanair will cut its operational London Stansted fleet from 40 737s this summer to just 24 for winter 2009-10. This 40% reduction will reduceweekly...

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    Business - good week

    2009-07-24T13:00:00Z

    saab 340Russian passenger and freight operator Polet is nearing a deal to acquire up to 35 Saab 340 turboprops from a US-based operator - believed to be...

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    Market Outlook: The capacity crunch is still with us

    2009-07-24T11:11:00Z

    Chris Tarry believes that more capacity will have to be taken out before the recovery starts. Analysis by Flight Insight

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    Garuda unveils five-year growth targets

    2009-07-24T10:12:04Z

    Garuda Indonesia has unveiled a new strategy that aims to drastically increase its routes, aircraft and passenger numbers in the next five years.

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    World Airline Rankings 2008

    2009-07-24T09:00:00Z

    This year's Airline Business World Airline Rankings show a sharp turnaround from 2007, which was on of the industry's best years in recent memory. By contrast, 2008 will be remembered as a year of steep decline and record losses.

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    Boeing prepares for lethal ScanEagle test

    2009-07-24T08:15:00Z

    The first flight of Boeing's ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC) unmanned air vehicle is planned for 24 August, with an air launch event to follow later...

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    MAS to increase KL-Tawau and KL-Sandakan services

    2009-07-24T07:12:51Z

    Malaysia Airlines plans to double the number of flights from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau and Sandakan to twice daily from 16 September.

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    China Airlines releases cross-straits schedule

    2009-07-24T04:35:13Z

    Taiwan's China Airlines and its subsidiary Mandarin Airlines have released the frequency of their scheduled cross-straits flights, which are likely to begin...

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    Air New Zealand RPKs down 10.1% in June

    2009-07-24T03:38:55Z

    Air New Zealand's (ANZ) June RPKs fell by 10.1% as the airline continued to feel the impact of the economic crisis and a fall in passengers due to the H1N1...

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    Sydney Airport Q2 earnings up 2%

    2009-07-24T03:06:10Z

    Sydney Airport has registered a 2% growth in second quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from a year before despite...

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    Macquarie Airports severs ties with Macquarie Group

    2009-07-24T02:44:18Z

    Macquarie Airports (MAp) is cutting its ties with its parent, the Macquarie Group, to boost its value and have better control over its strategic direction.