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Crew killed as Air Tahoma Convair 580 crashes in Ohio
None of the three crew members on board a US Convair 580 freighter has survived after the aircraft crashed shortly after departing its base at Columbus'...
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Airlines turn attention to new in-flight entertainment technology
As they feel the pinch of high fuel prices, airlines are turning their attention to new in-flight entertainment and connectivity technology as a lucrative revenue stream
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Investigators release preliminary report on Qantas explosion
An exploding oxygen cylinder in a Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400 bellyhold became a projectile that blasted up through the galley floor, hit a main door so...
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Opinion
Comment: Sweetened deals that leave a sour taste
To many small-business owners brought up in the affluent comforts of a free-market, democratic culture, corruption is something that happens over there but...
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Air Fiji and Airlines Tonga continue to ground operations
Air Fiji and its sister carrier Airlines Tonga are continuing to suspend services with the Fijian carrier involved in a dispute with its workforce and the...
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Kremlin props up AirUnion with 24,000t of fuel
The Kremlin is providing Russian airline alliance AirUnion with 24,000t of fuel from state reserves, enough to support its operations for a further 18 days....
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Brussels Airlines' pilots tentatively welcome Lufthansa talks
Brussels Airlines' pilots, represented by the Belgian Cockpit Association, have tentatively welcomed Lufthansa's plans to acquire a stake in the airline's...
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Hawk 128 edges closer to RAF duty
Royal Air Force use of BAE Systems' Hawk 128 advanced jet trainer has moved a step closer, with the type poised to achieve its release to service declaration,...
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Japan's ATD-X stealth fighter suffers funding crunch
Japan is unlikely to get the funding required to construct a stealth fighter demonstrator in 2008, with industry sources expecting the finance ministry to...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
AIR BERLIN The German carrier expects to rack up a full-year operating profit after cutting first-half losses nearly a fifth to just under €54 million ($80...
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EgyptAir identified as 777-300ER customer
EgyptAir has been revealed to be the customer for two Boeing 777-300ER widebodies that had been attributed to an unidentified customer on the airframer's...
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Farnborough Aerospace Consortium chief executive to join Mubadala
Farnborough Aerospace Consortium chief executive Ross Bradley is leaving the UK trade body in mid-October to take up the same role at the composite aerostructures...
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Japan to boost defence budget, but cut aircraft orders
Japan has proposed making a 2.2% increase to its defence budget for fiscal year 2009, but its ¥4.8 trillion ($29.5 billion) allocation contains just ¥189.1...
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Bell plots path back to the top
Once-dominant manufacturer aims to recapture prominence in civil market
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India's business aviation industry appeals over import duties
India's business aviation industry is appealing for the authorities to resolve quickly an investigation into the alleged evasion of import taxes for small...
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Opinion
Comment: Whose data is it anyway?
There is a tendency among many of the world's accident investigation agencies to treat the information they gather as their property. It is not. And judicial interference makes this worse
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Business: Briefings
FALCON DELIVERIES UP AT DASSAULT RESULTS Dassault Aviation had a mixed first half, with orders, sales and profits all falling...
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Qantas evaluating Boeing 777-300ER
Qantas Airways is considering ordering Boeing 777-300ER long-range widebody twinjets because it has concluded that it will need a second type to operate...