All aerospace news – Page 912
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Innocon wins multi-million dollar Asia Pacific deal
Israeli manufacturer Innocon has sold an unspecified unmanned air vehicle system to an unnamed Asia Pacific country for a contract that the company says...
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Delta chief executive touts MD-80 cost advantage
Delta chief executive Richard Anderson has reiterated his bullish view that the carrier's large fleet of ageing Boeing MD-80s retain a cost advantage over...
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Business aviation in brief
Rockwell Collins has completed the acquisition of AR Group and its affiliated companies...
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Jetstar-AirAsia alliance to influence narrowbody design
The newly-formed Jetstar-AirAsia alliance hopes to influence the future design of narrowbody aircraft to better fit the needs of low-cost operations in Asia.
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NewsAirAsia and Jetstar ink wide-ranging cooperation agreement
Low-cost carriers Jetstar and AirAsia have formed a new alliance that will allow them to study the joint purchase of new aircraft, cooperate in ground and...
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OnAir unconvinced about viability of Ku model for airlines
OnAir has made known it is open to supporting in-flight mobile communications over a Ku-band link, but remains unconvinced that Ku-band connectivity is as...
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Emirates to open Madrid route this year
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to open services to the Spanish capital, Madrid, from 1 August this year. The airline will operate daily non-stop...
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SkyBahamas seeks maintenance certification
Saab 340A operator SkyBahamas is preparing to launch a maintenance, repair and overhaul subsidiary, SkyBahamas Maintenance, to perform all maintenance in-house...
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New WAEA executive director named
A veteran of association management, Holly Koenig, has assumed the role of executive director at in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) trade group...
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Deliveries of SAS MD-80s to Allegiant begin this month
Starting this month, the parent company of Allegiant Air will take delivery of 18 Boeing MD-80 aircraft purchased from SAS Group as part of the Scandinavian...
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Forecasts 2010: Outsourcing
Airbus and Boeing made radical operational changes in 2009, but the future of organisational management could be Canadian
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Fixing the repairs model
The new owners at Dublin's old SR Technics MRO plant intend to keep costs well grounded
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NewsForecasts 2010: Safety and security
Can safety get better? Indications are that the steady improvement seen in recent years may have now levelled out
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NewsForecasts 2010: In-flight entertainment - Time to connect
The gap created by the demise of Connexion by Boeing in 2006 is rapidly being filled as Aircell and others link passengers to the web
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Cebu Pacific, SIA MRO venture to build second hangar
Construction of a second hangar at Cebu Pacific and SIA Engineering's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in the Philippines will start...
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Philippines' Clark holds talks with Middle Eastern carriers
Clark International Airport in the Philippines has held talks with several Middle Eastern carriers, as it seeks to expand international services.
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Opinion
Comment: The people's plane
As Boeing gets ready to fly the next generation of 747, it has just delivered the last of the original. The Jumbo's remarkable journey over the last 40 years saw it transform the world
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TSA issues whole-body scanner contract to L-3
The US Transportation Security Administration yesterday issued a $165 million contract to purchase whole-body imagers for airport security checkpoints from...
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IATA’s chief stresses need for improved security
IATA is encouraging security officials to keep increased pat-downs in security checks temporary, and has alerted US government officials that a complete...