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Top 100 commentary: What you don't know will hurt you
Even a small slip-up can cascade into a series of setbacks within a supply chain. Not long ago, prime contractors manufactured roughly 80% of deliverables...
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Opinion
Comment: 787: where the buck stops
With Scott Carson's exit, Boeing Commercial Airplanes is largely purged of the names most outsiders would associate with the troubled development of the...
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Business - briefs
International Lease Finance chief Steven Udvar-Hazy is in early discussions to purchase about...
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Opinion
Comment: dig deep for defence
The UK's armed forces in Afghanistan are involved in their toughest and most deadly combat duty in decades, but the nation's annual military budget has fallen dangerously behind
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
State senator Paul Shin is working with Snohomish County councilman Brian Sullivan to draft a bill aimed at keeping Boeing from moving business...
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Bahrain training
Bahrain training Bahraini efforts to establish a pilot training school have led to a partnership agreement with the UK's Oxford Aviation Academy. The...
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This Week briefings
Singapore Airlines has delayed deliveries of eight Airbus A380s. The deferrals affect the airline's...
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Air Transport in brief
Investigators in the Comoros have reportedly recovered the flightrecorders of the Yemenia Airbus A310 that crashed on approach to...
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Boeing installs GEnx-2B on first 747-8F
Boeing has completed the installation of new General Electric GEnx-2B engines on the first Boeing 747-8 Freighter as final assembly of the...
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Comment: Praying for an Eclipse
We've all heard it before. General aviation aircraft manufacturer goes bankrupt. Deposit holders lose their money. New investors buy the assets at pennies...
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Comment: Quality at low cost
Once upon a time the 'Made in China' stamp was a signal to be wary. Now Western airframers are flocking east to reap the rewards of low-cost quality workmanship and forge partnerships
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Number of questionable parts on Southwest fleet expands
Southwest has confirmed the number of aircraft in its fleet that contain unauthorised parts has risen from 46 to 82. The issue first emerged roughly...
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Avianca posts 1H profit and ponders IPO
Avianca, which has remained profitable this year despite the global economic downturn, is ready to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) when market conditions...
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PICTURE: Russia unveils AESA radar for PAK FA fighter
Russia unveiled the first element of its fifth-generation Sukhoi PAK FA/T-50 fighter during the Moscow MAKS air show, with Tikhomirov's NIIP having exhibited...
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Russian airliners get sales lift at MAKS
Russia's mainline airliner programmes received a domestic and overseas sales lift at the MAKS air show in Moscow
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Southwest works with FAA to resolve unauthorised parts issue
Southwest Airlines says it is working with FAA towards a resolution of installation of unauthorised parts on roughly 46 737s. A carrier spokesman confirmed...
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ExIm Bank backs aircraft loan for EgyptAir
EgyptAir on 28 August takes delivery of the first of five Boeing 737-800s with financing secured by the US ExIm Bank. ExIm is guaranteeing a loan...
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Aeroflot seals Superjet lease as Yakutia orders two aircraft
Russian carrier Yakutia has ordered two Sukhoi Superjet 100s from Finance Leasing and the Yakutsk-based airline expects its first delivery of the 95-seat...
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Inmarsat's Classic aero services available over I-4 satellites
Inmarsat has announced the commercial availability of its "Classic" aero services over the new generation Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellites and ground infrastructure,...