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NewsMore than 30 hurt as Qantas A330 suffers sudden altitude change
A Qantas Airways Airbus A330 earlier today had a sudden change in altitude, resulting in around 33 people on board reportedly being injured and the pilots responding by making an emergency landing
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European regionals: combine and rule
Will consolidation by major airlines affect Europe's niche carriers? On the eve of the ERA general assembly in Manchester, opinion among the continent's smaller flyers is divided
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Sweden: the game changers
Sweden's scaling down of its military has had a huge impact on the nation's aerospace industry, forcing it to develop new capabilities, extend existing ones, and scout for business the world over. The challenge has been taken up. Saab's fighter jet, the Gripen JAS39, is in the frame for several ...
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Volvo Aero's outgoing president talks about technology strategy
Volvo Aero's shift from blueprint manufacturer to lightweight pioneer has yielded involvement in the A380, 747-8 and 787
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NBAA 2008: Revamped Oshkosh plays a bigger business role
Revamped Oshkosh plays a bigger business role
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Boeing completes 787 high-pressure test
Boeing completed the first of three major tests for the 787 static airframe on 27 September required to clear the aircraft to make its first flight. The...
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High temperature fuel cell readied for first ever take-off
An Antares motor glider is due to test fly a novel type of fuel cell by the...
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AgustaWestland scores in Japanese market
AgustaWestland has continued to make inroads in its battle with rival Eurocopter for Japan's helicopter market, with the company signing a commitment for...
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Business briefing
TATA BUYS INTO PIAGGIO AERO INVESTMENT Tata, a UK subsidiary of India's Tata industrial group, is to acquire a roughly one-third...
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ANZ's Mount Cook buying used rather than new ATRs
Air New Zealand's Mount Cook Airlines is staying with ATR but rather than purchasing new aircraft is buying the seven ATRs it currently has on operating...
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Credit crisis hampers Mitsubishi's MRJ sales effort
The ongoing global credit crisis is hindering Mitsubishi Aircraft's attempts to market its new regional aircraft, with the company possibly having to reconsider...
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ESA plans for 2016 'mid life evolution' of its Ariane 5
The next version of the European Space Agency's Ariane 5, the Mid Life Evolution (ME), could be operational in 2016 with a payload to geostationary transfer...
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New French Soyuz launch site to be upgraded next year
Construction of €20 million ($28.3 million) worth of equipment necessary to launch the latest version of the Samara...
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Australian Senate inquiry slams aviation regulator
An Australian Senate committee has recommended that the government reinstates a board to provide enhanced oversight and strategic direction for the Civil...
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First of 10 eX2-equipped A330s arrives at Avianca
Colombian flag carrier Avianca has revealed its selection of Panasonic Avionics' eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for its 10 new Airbus A330s.
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GE voices concerns on CFM56 spare engine availibility
The spare engine ratio on the CFM International CFM56-5B and -7 engine is "below where it needs to be", GE Aviation's vice-president services Tom Gentile...
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SpaceX offers NASA $80 million lunar cargo lander service
Space Exploration Technologies has proposed to NASA a robotic cargo lunar lander service that would be priced at $80 million per mission. SpaceX proposed...