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NewsEurocopter sells EC135 for UK’s first wind farm maintenance helicopter
UK helicopter operator Bond Air Services has ordered a Eurocopter EC135 to be used exclusively for wind farm maintenance in the UK, the first such application in the country, says Eurcopter.
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Slovakia picks C-27J as An-26 replacement
Alenia Aeronautica is to launch contract negotiations with the Slovak defence ministry for at least two C-27J tactical transports ...
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NewsUK signs new support deals for Gazelle, Puma and Sea King helicopters
Rolls-Royce has received an availability-based contract on the Gnome engines which power the UK's Westland Sea King helicopters, while Eurocopter will support its Gazelles and Pumas ...
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NewsItalian air force to receive ATR 72 maritime patrol aircraft
The Italian air force will field four ATR 72 maritime patrol aircraft from 2012, under a new deal with Alenia Aeronautica ...
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NewsBritish Airways orders 11 Embraer 170/190s for CityFlyer
British Airways has ordered 11 Embraer regional jets for use by its BA CityFlyer subsidiary. Embraer says in a statement that the deal comprises...
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India's Kingfisher to serve HK and Singapore
India's Kingfisher Airlines has revived international expansion plans and will be launching services to Hong Kong and Singapore next month.
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Comment - The mating game
Airline mergers and acquisitions have gathered pace over the past year, a trend that looks set to continue and intensify in 2009 as the economic environment worsens. But the prospect of intercontinental mergers is still mired in regulatory restrictions
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Forecast: Consolidation - Obstacle Course
Financial strains and collapses fuelled a flurry of consolidation activity in the airline sector in 2008, but are the regulatory hurdles still one jump too far for real consolidation to take place in the near term?
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Air cargo faces bleak prospects
Things are not looking good for the air cargo industry, with IATA predicting a 5% fall in freight traffic in 2009. But there is hope among some cargo executives that demand could start to stabilise in the second or third quarter of the year
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Carriers, airports clamour for federal stimulus
Airlines and airports are lobbying for the sector to get a share from the new president's economic stimulus package
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Shanghai pact boosts Dallas Fort Worth service hopes
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, host of the Airline Business Network USA event in 2009, has been working with Shanghai Airport Authority to try and forge nonstop...
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NewsContinental 737 badly damaged, 38 injured in Denver take-off accident
Nearly 40 people on board a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 have been injured after the aircraft left the runway at Denver and caught fire yesterday...
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WORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: SpaceShipTwo's mothership maiden flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo made its historic 59min maiden flight at about 08:16 local time on 21 December from Mojave air and...
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Swedish air force to extend use of Saab 105 trainers
Saab has secured a deal to support extended operations of the Swedish air force's Saab 105 (Sk 60) jet trainers until mid-2017 ...
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Airline bag fees: Irksome, but eternal
Controversial baggage fees introduced when oil prices were at their highest have proved to be a good source of revenue for airlines and are here to stay, despite their unpopularity with passengers
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Airlines face bumpy ride in 2009
There's no point dressing it up, the coming year is going to be extremely tough for airlines in all regions. As the global recession takes hold, airlines will face falling demand and the toughest revenue environment in half a century
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Airlines push for liberalisation
Airlines have long been campaigning for the right to freely invest cross-border and leave the shackles of ownership and control restrictions behind. Will 2009 be the year in which real progress starts to be made on liberalisation?
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Interview: Norwegian chief executive Bjorn Kjos
Budget carrier Norwegian has come a long way since reinventing itself from a small regional airline and is expanding again following the demise of rival Sterling
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Network carriers jump on the ancillary revenue bandwagon
Taking a cue from their no-frills counterparts, US network carriers have been beefing up their ancillary revenue strategies. Will this approach be copied by other airlines?