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ATR looking for revenge
Airframer aims to take advantage of high fuel price to forge new image on the continent
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS The Wichita, Kansas-based company has significant new business. Mitsubishi contracted it to design and manufacture the engine pylons for...
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NATS' new Barco software promises smoother arrivals at London Heathrow and Gatwick
UK air navigation service provider NATS says a new air traffic management tool will shorten holding times and optimise aircraft sequencing for aircraft flying...
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Picture: Endeavour makes pad move ahead of ISS launch
Space shuttle Endeavour was moved from Launch Pad 39B to Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center this week in preparation for the STS-126 mission to the International...
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This Weeks briefings
Abu Dhabi's Mubadala has secured its second partnership deal with a major European aerospace...
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NewsFlight International Front Cover Photo Competition 2008
Flightglobal.com is offering you another fantastic opportunity to get your best image onto the front cover of Flight International magazine.
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Boeing delays force Emirates to scale back new US markets
Delays in aircraft deliveries have not only forced Emirates to pushback start dates for two new California destinations, but have also constrained the number...
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NewsAll survive hair-raising Colorado GA mid-air
Two single-engine Cessnas collided in a mountain pass 14mi southeast of Grand Junction, Colorado in clear weather the morning of 22 October, leaving two badly damage high-wing aircraft but no physical injuries to the six occupants involved.
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United next in line for transpacific emissions trial
United Airlines' "fuel-optimised" flight for the Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (Aspire) will depart from Sydney for San Francisco...
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NewsHK Airlines retrenches some 737 pilots as it prepares for A330s
Hong Kong Airlines has retrenched some pilots and flight attendants and unveiled a plan to focus on medium-haul services using widebodies and let sister...
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Eclipse reclaims lead in DayJet fleet sale
Eclipse Aviation has established itself as the exclusive sales agent for the 28 Eclipse 500 very light jets...
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JetCorp expands into CRJ conversion market
Missouri-based JetCorp expects to secure within the next few weeks a new supplemental type certificate for converting Bombardier CRJ100/200s into corporate...
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Air New Zealand completes first Queenstown RNP flight
Air New Zealand flew its first RNP (required navigation performance)-enabled flight from Sydney to Queenstown, New Zealand on 18 October, becoming the first Airbus operator in the world to have an entire A320 fleet equipped and certificated for RNP.
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UAS committee targets 2013 for sense and avoid specifications
RTCA 203, the US government and industry consensus group crafting performance guidelines that could allow unmanned air vehicles to fly in civil airspace,...
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CSTS service module design updated
The service module of the proposed Crew Space Transportation System (CSTS) had its design modified during October, while in Bremen there were further discussions about the project's workshare.
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AirAsia training academy doubles in size, adds new simulators
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia's regional training academy at Kuala Lumpur International airport is undergoing a massive expansion that sees it more...
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NewsNTSB finds high power, stowed thrust reverser in fatal Learjet 60 overrun
Preliminary analysis of the right Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A engine on a Learjet 60 that overran the runway at the Columbia Metropolitan airport in South Carolina the night of 19 September after attempting to abort its takeoff run indicates the engine was likely running at high power with thrust ...
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Five-bladed propeller completes testing on Fairchild Metro
Germany's Regional Air Express has completed flight-testing of MT-Propeller's five-bladed prop for the Fairchild Metro and expects to receive European Aviation...
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Final firing test of Japan's H-IIB first stage set for February
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries expects to conduct the captive firing test of Japan's new H-IIB...
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Wireless IFE in focus with Bluebox on A380 mock-up
Airbus has commissioned Bluebox Avionics to provide its wireless in-flight entertainment system for inclusion in the A380 demonstration mock-up in Hamburg,...