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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...
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Virgin Nigeria begins introducing Embraer 190s
Virgin Nigeria has taken delivery of its first Embraer 190, one of 10 regional jets ordered by the airline last year. The aircraft is configured with a two-class,...
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Southwest plans Row 44 in-flight Internet trial by end-year
Southwest Airlines will roll out a Row 44 Ku band-based connectivity trial on one Boeing 737-700 by the end of the year.
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NewsSeveral expressions of interest for parts of Alitalia: Administrator
Alitalia administrator Augusto Fantozzi has received "several" expressions of interest for the purchase of part or parts of Alitalia and a number of its...
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Walsh condemns opposition plan to ditch Heathrow runway
British Airways chief Willie Walsh has condemned proposals by the UK Government opposition to abandon plans for a third London Heathrow runway, in favour...
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Gulf Air sets sights on major Bahrain maintenance facility
Gulf Air has signed a deal with the Bahrain Real Estate Company (Edamah) to build a new hangar at its Bahrain international airport base as it considers...
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Lufthansa Technik formally opens Swiss base
German flag-carrier Lufthansa's maintenance division, Lufthansa Technik, has formally opened an operation in Switzerland to support Swiss International Air...
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NewsGulf Air sets sights on major Bahrain maintenance facility
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air has signed a deal with the Bahrain Real Estate Company (Edamah) to build a new hangar at Bahrain International Airport as...
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ATR seeks new VP of sales for expanding North America role
ATR is looking for a new sales head for its US office to replace former vice president of sales for North America John Buckley.
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NewsBoeing 787 beats high pressure test
Boeing has completed the first of three major tests for the 787 static airframe before the programme can be cleared for first flight. Static tests...
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NewsStrike action leads JAL to cancel over 100 flights
Japan Airlines (JAL) on 1 October is cancelling about a quarter of its flights because of a union strike. The Oneworld carrier says in a statement...
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Aeroflot-Nord pulls 737 over instrument concerns
Aeroflot-Nord has suspended operations with a Boeing 737-300 (VP-BKT) because its instrument panel includes indicators similar to those on the 737-500 were...
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This Week Briefings
Alenia Aeronautica has received a contract worth over $15 million from Lockheed Martin...
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P&W prepares to launch second engine PMA parts programme
Pratt & Whitney is confident that it will next year launch a second programme to provide spare parts for a competitor's engine following the successful launch...
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AeroMobile, OnAir team up to fight US "Hang-Up Act"
Rivals AeroMobile and OnAir have teamed up to fight US legislation that is intended to outlaw the in-flight use of mobile phones for voice communications.
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Cargo conversion sales continue to struggle despite improvement in feedstock
With passenger carriers rapidly pulling back capacity and in several cases shutting down entirely, the pool of available aircraft for freighter conversions...
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Electric motor augmented sailplane flies
On 20 September a modified Edgley EA9 "Optimist" sailplane with electrically powered propellers made its first test flight at Tibbenham airfield in the UK....