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Feedback: Italy's airport barriers
Italy's obsession with its troubled flag carrier Alitalia has hampered the country's airports sector, argues David Jarach, professor of marketing at Milan's...
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Alliant Techsystems gets NASA green light to launch
NASA has set 21 August as the first opportunity for Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to launch...
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Emirates raises the service bar with its new A380
Dubai's fast-growing Emirates has taken delivery of the first of its huge order for 58 Airbus A380s Even before Emirates had started its first commercial...
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P&W completes GTF tests on 747SP, readies for A340 trial
Pratt & Whitney is preparing to begin flight testing its GTF geared turbofan demonstrator with Airbus next month after completing the first phase of trials...
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Business Briefings
US trade negotiators are vowing to closely scrutinise the state aid being provided...
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Market outlook: Out of the frying pan?
Recent airline share price rises do not tell the full story, writes Chris Tarry. Analysis from Antonio Panariello of Flight
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Israel Military Industries to update I-TIALD decoy
Israel Military Industries is developing a new generation of its I-TALD air-launched decoy. IMI sources refuse to be specific on the capabilities of...
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
CAE The Canadian simulation and training company announced a string of new contracts with a total firm value of C$71 million ($67 million) and a potential...
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Qantas CFO to leave
Peter Gregg, who a few weeks ago lost to Alan Joyce in getting the coveted CEO position at Qantas, is now set to leave the carrier at the end of the year. Qantas...
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Comment: Immunity jab
The renewed bid by American Airlines and British Airways to forge a transatlantic partnership, backed by antitrust immunity, looks set to establish the platform...
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Virgin Atlantic in talks over Virgin Nigeria exit
Virgin Atlantic Airways is negotiating the disposal of up to its entire 49% Virgin Nigeria stake and may withdraw its branding from the carrier as part of...
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Airline appointments
In brief Air Canada has announced the appointment of Claude Morin as vice-president global sales. He arrives from leading Air Canada Cargo and succeeds...
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NewsUH-1Y declared operational after 12-year development phase
The US Marine Corps UH-1Y programme has achieved the initial operational capability (IOC) milestone after a 12-year-long, troubled development phase.
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Georgian conflict may trigger Russian fleet upgrade
Four confirmed aircraft losses during a five-day air war with Georgia suggest that Russia underestimated its former ally's air defence capabilities, and...
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BA and Iberia begin mating game
British Airways and Iberia aim to propel themselves into the world's top three by joining...
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UK MoD wants urban capability rapidly from its Grand Challenge
The UK Ministry of Defence wants to develop a robotic urban operations capability as fast as possible with an approach similar...
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Aerolíneas returns to state control
Aerolíneas Argentinas has gone full circle and ended up back under state control, after Spain's Grupo Marsans agreed to sell the airline and its subsidiary...
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Pilot shortage moves to pilot surplus
Airlines have long resolved to free themselves from the cycle of famines and surfeits in pilot supply. The cause has always been a failure to invest in training...
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Frontier attracts financing offers
Bankrupt Frontier Airlines has secured two offers of financial backing, despite the difficult market and strong competition Frontier Airlines, the...