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NewsEthiopian to acquire 12 A350s and five 777-200LRs
Ethiopian Airlines is to order 12 Airbus A350-900s and five Boeing 777-200LRs. The carrier has detailed the order in a statement, adding that chief...
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BA TO RAISE $600M for LIQUIDITY boost CASHBritish Airways is looking to raise £600 million ($987 million) in cash to increase its liquidity in the...
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Do in-house solutions stifle competition?
We build the aircraft so why shouldn't we assume more control of its core communications architecture? Perhaps this is Airbus's view and why it believes...
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Business people
The latest news on the key industry appointments Etihad comms: de Rome At SkyWest Airlines, Bill Mostowy is replacing the retired Michael Mumford...
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F-22: end of an era
Ten years after the network-centric warfare revolution and as the US Senate votes to stop F-22 production, has the case for increasingly complex and iconoclastic platforms been lost?
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Business - good week
saab 340Russian passenger and freight operator Polet is nearing a deal to acquire up to 35 Saab 340 turboprops from a US-based operator - believed to be...
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Business - bad week
LONDON STANSTEDRyanair will cut its operational London Stansted fleet from 40 737s this summer to just 24 for winter 2009-10. This 40% reduction will reduceweekly...
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Asian carriers seek to delay deliveries
Two major Asian carriers - AirAsia and Air India - are looking to defer delivery of airliners. The former says it is due to capacity issues at its Kuala...
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Embraer’s greatest challenge?
When Embraer expanded its product range above 100 seats with its E-Jet models, the airframer's then-boss Maurico Botelho said that the intensity of occasional...
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Business - good week
small animals While normal airlines are fighting tooth and claw for business, an unusual start-up is welcoming anything with, well, teeth and claws. Pet...
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Business briefs
business briefs Court extends passenger compensation rights AIR TRAVEL Europe's Court of Justice has ruled that passengers can pursue compensation...
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Business - bad week
AEROFLOT Russia's federal competition regulator ordered the flag-carrier to return to the state budget excess income obtained by breaching pricing rules...
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Opinion
COMMENT: Pilot training is the key to recovering airline safety
Airline safety advance has stalled. Pilot training looks like the key, and it is high time the regulators and airlines reviewed how recurrent training is done for modern aircraft
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This call will be charged.......
in-flight connecitvity mary kirby everett This call will be charged... Passenger communications is all the talk, but how much people will pay...
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Business - people
FAA counsel, WAEA interim chief, IATA environment group Boyd: Veteran at Blenheim Former Continental senior VP customer service...
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Southwest 737-300 depressurises after hole appears upper fuselage
An investigation is under way into why a 300mm (1ft) hole appeared in the upper fuselage of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300, causing it to depressurise. The...
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Saturn V cutaway
CUTAWAY FRANK MUNGER SATURN V SA-506 key 1Bi-propellant F-l engine 2Gimbal mount 3Gimbal-control actuator 4Oxidizer...
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Lunar Module cutaway
CUTAWAY FRANK MUNGER LUNAR MODULE LM-5 "EAGLE" KEY 1Docking hatch LM/CM 2Docking drogue (removeable for access) 3Cabin assembly 4Mid-section...
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Opinion
Comment: one man's legacy for war
The death of Robert McNamara stirs thoughts about the past: Vietnam, Cuba and, yes, military acquisition policy. The USA's longest-serving secretary of defence,...