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NewsINTERACTIVE: Low-cost carrier fortunes on the rise in 2010
Low-cost carriers enjoyed a strong bounce back in revenues over the last 12 months, growing nearly a fifth over the same period last year.
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Mil, Kamov open to West
London listing is first step in Russian Helicopters' bid for global presence
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New volcano procedures would have trebled permitted flights
Preliminary results from the European exercise to assess revised response procedures to a repetition of the 2010 volcanic crisis indicate they would provide...
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X-rays find rivet lapses on Southwest 737-300
X-ray inspections have exposed problems with rivets near the spot where a portion of a Boeing 737-300 fuselage panel ripped open during flight, forcing Southwest...
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PICTURES: Eurocopter delivers its 1,000th Dauphin
Eurocopter has delivered the 1,000th helicopter from its Dauphin family, with the aircraft going to Indian operator Pawan Hans Helicopters. The AS365...
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How far can RNP extend its reach?
Their efficacy has been demonstrated repeatedly at exotic locations worldwide - but how far can required navigation performance procedures extend their reach?
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Dissecting NextGen: a look inside the FAA’s NIEC
A Federal Aviation Administration laboratory in Atlantic City is taking risk out of its NextGen air transport system planning
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Opinion
Comment: Enter Sandman - DoT’s mixed message on safety
Officials at the US Department of Transportation, parent to the Federal Aviation Administration, moved quickly to pull controllers apparently guilty of a...
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Opinion
Comment: Nudging the naysayers
Sukhoi's first Superjet 100 delivery may be well behind schedule - but it confounds critics of the erstwhile Russian Regional Jet who doubted whether the project would even get this far
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FLIGHT TEST: Third way: a flight test of the Falcon 7X's EVS/HUD
Can the Dassault Falcon 7X's 'third-generation' enhanced vision system and head-up display turn night into day?
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US Airways readies the ranks for RNP
US Airways is preparing its pilots for required navigation performance procedures, intended to reduce delays and cut fuel burn
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US Airways advanced navigation: why RNP?
APPROVALS WHY USE REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE? US AIRWAYS is one of a growing number of carriers that are preparing aircraft and flightcrews...
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Interview
WORKING WEEK - THOMAS REAR
Getting Falcons to fly again What sparked your interest in business aviation? I came to be here via a rather circuitous route. I trained as a...
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Business bad week
SECURITY Extensive analysis of the behaviour of security personnel at airports has revealed a gap between procedures and actual behaviour when recognising...
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Business good week
KESSEL AIRPORT The project , under construction 145km (90 miles) north of Frankfurt, received a boost this week with the news that Chinese carrier Hainan...
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NTSB pursues multiple pilot, controller error incidents
The US NTSB is investigating two separate incidents in which errors or poor judgement on the part of pilots and controllers may have led to inadequate airborne...
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NewsDoD orders F136 termination
The US government has terminated a contract that would have completed development of the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine ...
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B/E reports $74m first quarter pre-tax earnings
B/E Aerospace has reported pre-tax earnings of $73.9 million for the first quarter, a 44% increase compared with the same period last year.
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Korean completes refurbishing fleet
Korean Air has completed its refurbishment plan to install new first-, business- and economy-class seats and in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems on its...