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Gulf Air open to further partnerships
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air is looking to follow the major expansion of its codeshare deal with oneworld...
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ANZ A320 pitched up and stalled before crash: investigator
The probe into the November crash of an Air New Zealand (ANZ) Airbus A320 in France is focusing on an apparent surge of engine power during the final approach...
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JFK on “super-shortlist” as Lufthansa mulls first A380 service
Star Alliance member Lufthansa plans to launch Airbus A380 flights next spring, and says New York JFK is on "the super-shortlist" to be one of the carrier's...
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Pinnacle expands Q400 fleet by fifteen aircraft
US regional operator Pinnacle Airlines Corporation has extended its agreement with Continental Airlines and ordered 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop...
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Forecasts 2009 - Safety and security are in the doldrums
The next big improvement in air transport safety will not happen in 2009 and will need truly international standards
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Forecasts 2009 - In-flight entertainment: Connectivity leaps forward
Airlines in 2008 turned on to on-board internet services in a big way. Can they afford to expand their services in 2009?
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SR Technics dealt heavy blow by lost Gulf Air work
SR Technics is warning that the loss of its full-support maintenance contract with Gulf Air will lead a substantial revenue drop, with possible repercussions...
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Australia's Alliance Air eyes third-party MRO work
Australian charter operator Alliance Air plans to move into the third-party maintenance, repair and overhaul business now that its maintenance arm is no...
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ANZ's first 787-9 delayed by 12 more months
Air New Zealand, which is launch customer for the Boeing 787-9, has revealed that first deliveries of the stretch variant have slipped by another 12 months...
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NewsLake Aircraft looks for new owners
Lake Aircraft parent company Revo has again put all its assets up for sale, hoping to find a buyer which can restart production of its line of single-engine amphibian aircraft and potentially fund development of a new turbine-powered derivative.
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NewsDornier 328 crash video emerges as Indonesian investigators prepare report
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is working on the draft final report into the November crash on landing of a Dornier 328 turboprop...
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Lufthansa Technik creates new international support division
Lufthansa Technik has reorganised its international maintenance operation under a new wholly-owned Lufthansa Group susbsidiary. The subsidiary, Lufthansa...
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General aviation news in brief
AOPA PRESIDENT Craig Fuller has taken the controls as president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ...
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NewsCanada approves Q400 freighter conversion
Canadian authorities have issued a supplemental type certificate for the Bombardier Q400 package freighter being developed by engineering specialist Cascade...
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FAA modifies 'ineffective' directive on CRJ flap problems
US regulators are proposing to expand an airworthiness directive for Bombardier CRJ100/200s to reduce the risk of flap failure, after finding the original...
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Timco error at root of United Air Lines runway excursion
Misrouted and reversed antiskid wiring by US-based Timco Aviation Services technicians led to the runway excursion of a United Air Lines A320 after landing...
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David Cush: Evolving Virgin America from embattled start-up to niche carrier
Virgin America CEO David Cush arrived at the carrier roughly a year ago ahead of a period of wildly spiking fuel prices and at the beginning of an equally astounding economic recession
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B/E secures STC for A300-600 conversions
US-based B/E Aerospace has secured a supplemental type certificate (STC) from the US FAA allowing it to convert Airbus A300-600 passenger aircraft to freighters.
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