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Open channels: Will 2008 be the year for in-flight mobile phones and broadband?
It looks as if 2008 will be the year that airlines finally begin to roll out in-flight mobile phone, blackberry, SMS and high speed internet services ...
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Pilots need standards for storm landings: A340 overrun inquiry
Canadian investigators examining the Air France Airbus A340-300 overrun at Toronto Pearson Airport two years ago are insisting that pilots are given better...
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Boeing to strengthen and centralise 787 programme management
Boeing has unveiled a new strategy to strengthen and centralise management for the delayed 787 programme's formerly splintered global supply chain as flight...
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FAA to study takeoff and landing performance for possible rulemaking
Lengthening calculated landing and take-off distance to ensure safety in bad weather will be the focus of a new US Federal Aviation Administration review....
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PICTURE: Bangkok Airways begins returning Boeing 717s
Bangkok Airways has begun returning its Boeing 717s ...
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CAL still evaluating A380 and 747-8
Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) appears to be closing on an order for Airbus...
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NewsPICTURE: Boeing keeps to revised 787 flight test, delivery dates
The 787 programme remains on track for power-on in late January and first flight in late-March, but the company acknowledges that improvement is necessary to meet delivery and production ramp-up goals later in 2008 and 2009.