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Aircell readies to offer in-flight video download service
Aircell is preparing to roll out a new service that allows passengers to download movies, television shows and other content for a fee on aircraft equipped...
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Virgin Atlantic finalises A330-300 agreements
Virgin Atlantic has completed its purchase of six A330-300s from Airbus after delays to the Boeing 787 programme prompted the carrier to find interim aircraft....
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Business aviation in brief
VIP aircraft outfitter Associated Air Center has received organisation designation authorisation from the US Federal Aviation Administration...
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Global airline accident review of 2009
New technology and regulations led to giant leaps in aviation safety in the 1990s, but what will drive the next improvement?
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Business: Good week - Bad week
The German carrier sealed a long-term engine maintenance deal with SR Technics and an engine finance agreement covering a dozen spare powerplants...
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Beating the bombers
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab may have failed in what is alleged to have been his objective - to blow up a US airliner on approach to Detroit - but his attempt...
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Opinion
Comment: Age before beauty
Delta Air Lines boss Richard Anderson asserts that operating costs of his fuel-thirsty Boeing MD-80s are more than a match for the 737-800, an airliner design...
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Bond secures offshore contract with Kinsale Energy
Bond Aviation has signed a three-year contract with Irish energy firm PSE Kinsale Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of oil and gas company Petronas. Bond...
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NewsAer Lingus slashes operations at London Gatwick base
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus is cutting back its London Gatwick base, less than a year after opening the station in a bid to expand its European operations.
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Interview
Flight Interview: Simon Luxmoore, Royal Aeronautical Society
Simon Luxmoore likens his own early opinion of the organisation he now runs to the challenges it faces in recruiting the brightest talent in aerospace.
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Hainan looks to buy more aircraft leasing assets beyond Allco
Hong Kong Aviation Company (HKAC), a consortium that includes Hainan Airlines (HNA) Group and Bravia Capital Partners, is in advanced discussions with lessors...
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Hainan completes purchase of leasing firm Allco
HNA Group completed the purchase of Allco Finance Group's aviation business yesterday, eight months after the contracts for the transaction were signed.
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NewsNTSB shoots holes in FAA windscreen PMA for crashed PHI S-76C++
NTSB data on the crash of a PHI S-76C++ seven minutes after departure from a heliport in Louisiana on 4 January reveals a flawed STC and PMA for the aircraft's shattered windscreen
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NewsSikorsky settles with survivor, families of Cougar S-92A crash victims
Sikorsky has reached an out-of-court settlement with the lone survivor and families of the 17 passengers and crew killed in the crash of an oil industry S-92A off the coast of Newfoundland in March 2009.
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Airbus submits patent for airspeed error monitoring
Airbus has submitted a US patent application for an independent means of monitoring an aircraft's pressure-based airspeed measurement for errors. While...
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Cebu Pacific-SIA Engineering MRO venture's first 'D-check' in June
Cebu Pacific and SIA Engineering's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in the Philippines will perform its first 'D-check' in June. The...