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PICTURES: 6,000 and counting for Boeing’s popular little twinjet
The Boeing 737 has reached an historic milestone with the delivery of the 6,000th aircraft, almost exactly 42 years after the twinjet first took to the air....
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Mid-air turbulence: Troubled times for LCC leadership
In the first of a two-part feature, Spencer Stuartexecutives explore why low-cost chiefs are beginning to suffer legacy insomnia
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PICTURE: Boeing completes first 747-8F wing assembly
Boeing has completed major assembly on the first set of wings for its 747-8 aircraft, which will be part of a freighter airframe.
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Air China returning leased aircraft
Air China is returning leased aircraft this year but it has stated publicly it has so far refrained from delaying aircraft on order.
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NewsVirgin 747-400 to accompany Red Arrows flypast at Biggin Hill
Virgin Atlantic Airways is to fly a Boeing 747-400 in formation with the Royal Air Force aerial display team, the Red Arrows, at an upcoming UK air show
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Airservices Australia prepares next stage of required navigation performance roll-out
Airservices Australia is planning the next stage of its required navigation performance (RNP) project that it hopes will lead to a national roll-out of RNP...
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UK advances talks on Eurofighter, A400M deals
The UK should approve a production deal for its first Tranche 3 Eurofighter Typhoons in the coming weeks, but talks continue on the fate of its A400M order ...
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Daher seeks majority investor for new Socata jet, due 2010
Daher-Socata intends to formally launch a new 10-seat, twin-engined jet early in 2010, but will proceed only if it can find programme partners prepared to...
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NewsBeijing flying school temporarily shuts due to financial woes
Beijing Pan Am International Academy in China has temporarily closed and is seeking new investors because its majority owner, financial giant AIG, is unwilling...
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Airbus may give A350 work to Chinese city of Tianjin
Airbus is looking at having some A350 manufacturing work done in Tianjin, the Chinese port city where it already has an A320-family assembly plant.
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BJETS delays aircraft deliveries as economic crisis bites
Asian fractional ownership firm BJETS has asked manufacturers to slow the delivery of the business aircraft...
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Hawker Pacific plans to expand fixed-base operations to Perth
Australian sales, services and product support company Hawker Pacific is to expand its domestic fixed base operation in the next two months by opening a...
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Mesa officially sells stake in Kunpeng
Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group has officially sold its interest in Chinese joint venture Kunpeng Airlines to majority owner Shenzhen Airlines for $4.5 million. The...
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Collapse of DHL deal quickens exit of UPS DC-8s
Stalled talks and the likely dissolution of an agreement with DHL is forcing UPS to look at shedding its 44 DC-8s before the original 2013 exit date.
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NewsPICTURES: Virgin Galactic's mothership suffers tail strike
A tail strike was suffered by Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two prototype during its fourth flight test on 20 April...
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Opinion
Comment: Taste of fear
With the low-cost sector facing "the toughest revenue environment in its history", the spectre of failure is very real for many players. How are the management teams of these carriers equipped to battle through the crisis?
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Low-cost carriers extend their global footprint
Low-cost carriers are finding the lure of markets outside their traditional borders too tempting to resist and are increasingly spreading their wings further afield, either through deals with international carriers or with their own metal
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TSB: No follow-up on Air Canada A320 emergency
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has categorized a 14 April in-flight emergency of an Air Canada A320-200 (C-FTJQ) enroute from Montreal to...
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Low-cost carriers: Ready for battle
How well prepared are low-cost carriers to survive the economic crisis and exploit new opportunities
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NewsPICTURES: General Atomics reveals Predator C 'Avenger' UAV
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has released the first public images and the new name of its Predator C "Avenger" unmanned...