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BA TO RAISE $600M for LIQUIDITY boost CASHBritish Airways is looking to raise £600 million ($987 million) in cash to increase its liquidity in the...
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John Holland Aviation gets Virgin Blue's embraer MRO deal
Australia's Virgin Blue has awarded Melbourne based John Holland Aviation Services a 10-year contract to carry out heavy maintenance on its Embraer passenger...
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Virgin Blue to raise A$231.4m as CEO Godfrey leaves
Australia's Virgin Blue plans to raise A$231.4 million ($190 million) in fresh equity, and says that its CEO Brett Godfrey will quit in 2010 amid a projection...
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NewsExcessive speed cited as Aria Il-62 crash inquiry begins
Investigators in Iran are considering whether high landing speed contributed to yesterday's fatal Ilyushin Il-62M accident in Mashhad. Flight recorders...
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Delta builds case for substantial 'FOCIS' IT strategy
Delta Air Lines is in the process of building a business case for developing an information system that harnesses in-flight connectivity and can be incorporated...
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Do in-house solutions stifle competition?
We build the aircraft so why shouldn't we assume more control of its core communications architecture? Perhaps this is Airbus's view and why it believes...
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 24 July 1969: Apollo 11 Astronauts Safely Return to Earth
Command module Columbia, containing the Apollo 11 crew, has safely returned the Earth on Thursday 24 July at 1751 BST, successfully completing the first manned Moon landing mission
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Avery: Supplying experience at AJW Aviation
John Avery, a 40-year veteran of the industry, including 29 years with British Airways, is the new director of supply chain...
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Aircell's top execs swap roles
Aircell's two top executives have swapped positions with long-standing president and CEO Jack Blumenstein assuming chairmanship from Ron LeMay, who in turn...
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Runway vehicle monitoring in the fray as FCC mulls rules waiver
US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) officials are seeking comment on a request to permit certain airports to obtain licences to use the frequency 1090...
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Market Outlook: The capacity crunch is still with us
Chris Tarry believes that more capacity will have to be taken out before the recovery starts. Analysis by Flight Insight
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Boeing prepares for lethal ScanEagle test
The first flight of Boeing's ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC) unmanned air vehicle is planned for 24 August, with an air launch event to follow later...
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Alaska eyes adding wi-fi to additional aircraft
Alaska Airlines may expand access to Row 44's in-flight Internet offering on a trial basis beyond a single Boeing 737-700 currently outfitted with wi-fi....
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NewsQatar CEO to meet with Boeing tomorrow to discuss 787 deliveries
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is meeting with Boeing officials tomorrow to discuss the latest delays to the Boeing 787 programme, and possible changes...
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AAR confirms letter of intent with Superjet International
US maintenance, repair and overhaul provider AAR today confirmed the signing of a letter of intent with SuperJet International to become a service centre...
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FAA to study but not ground Zodiac
The US FAA has launched a special review of the structural design and flutter characteristics of the Zenith Zodiac CH-601 XL light sport aircraft in response to NTSB concerns
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Avianca to switch more routes to new A330s and A320s
Avianca has decided to keep an Airbus A330 featuring its new lie-flat business class product on one of its Bogota-New York flights and is planning to next...
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US Airways becomes latest Gogo broadband Internet customer
US Airways has become the latest North American carrier to sign on as a customer for Aircell's Gogo in-flight broadband system.