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Emirates incident highlights electronic flight bag human factors
THE RECENT near-catastrophe in which an Emirates Airbus A340-500 was almost lost on take-off after the first officer misentered...
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Marshall to take control of Coventry air traffic management
Marshall Aerospace is extending its operations footprint after taking over all air...
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AirAsia launching services to Sri Lanka and Taiwan
AirAsia group is dropping Johor Bahru-Bangkok but is adding Kuala Lumpur-Colombo and Bangkok-Taipei. An AirAsia spokesman in Kuala Lumpur says the...
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Boeing adds five orders to 787 backlog
Boeing's net orders for 2009 remain unchanged, though the airframer's 787 orderbook has risen by five, while its 767 backlog has shrunk by five aircraft. The...
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WestJet stays loyal to Southwest despite codeshare delay
Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet appears unfazed by the highly-scrutinized delay in the launch of its planned codeshare with Southwest, assuring investors...
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Standard Aero to perform PW127M maintenance
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise subsidiary StandardAero has won authorisation to offer maintenance on Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M turboprop engines powering...
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NewsBMI bids to replace Eastern for Airbus shuttle work
UK carrier BMI is in discussions to take over shuttle operations between Airbus' manufacturing plants. Airbus has opted not to renew the contract of...
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NewsFAA: Under-inflated tires suspected in deadly Learjet overrun
A proposed AD set to be published tomorrow suggests that under-inflated tires may have initiated the chain of events that led to the fatal rejected takeoff crash of a Learjet 60 crash in September 2008, killing four of the six onboard
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Business - briefs
Bristow Group has acquired 42.5% of Lider Aviacao, Brazil's largest provider...
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BlueBird plans rifle-launch test for MicroB air vehicle
Israel's BlueBird Aero Systems has announced plans to test launch a MicroB UAV from a standard assault rifle ...
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Electronic flight bags set to deliver on their promise
Electronic flight bags are more than just clever cockpit boxes - they could be the link airline information systems have been missing. Just how great is their potential?
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Boeing's culture challenger
Quashing Insitu's spirit of innovation could easily have been a byproduct of its acquisition...
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Pratt & Whitney selects Canadian supplier for F135
Ottawa-based Gastops is to supply fan eddy current sensors for the Pratt & Whitney F135, the first engine selected to power Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint...
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Air Berlin starts to evaluate large regional jets
Air Berlin is in the early stages of evaluating large regional jets but has yet to scope out the size of any requirement or set a deadline for making a selection....
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Canada cancels unmanned air system industry day on eve of defence and security show
Canada's Department of National Defence has abruptly cancelled an industry day for a major new contract for high-end unmanned air systems ...
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Flybe disputes BA's writedown of shareholding
UK operator Flybe is disputing British Airways' opinion over its prospects after the flag-carrier wrote down its investment in the regional airline.
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NewsStar Alliance to absorb regional partners as full members
Star Alliance is to adopt its regional partner airlines as full members as part of a change in the way the increasingly-broad airline group is managed. Three...
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FAA searches for specialised fire and rescue vehicles for large aircraft
Researchers at the US Federal Aviation Administration are canvassing industry for makers of vehicles, equipment and technologies that firefighters could...
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Boeing, Eurofighter bid to usurp F-35 for Canadian fighter deal
Boeing and Eurofighter have launched a public challenge to Lockheed Martin's widely presumed control of a next-generation fighter contract in Canada. Both...