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Qantas 747 power loss incident prompts calls for safety action
Australian safety regulators have called for US regulations to address the potential risk caused by liquid contamination of aircraft electrical systems,...
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Qantas acquires Perth charter operator
Qantas Airways will acquire Perth charter operator Network Aviation, moving into the market for air charter services in the mining sector.
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Comment: a job too big... or too small?
It may be the most prestigious business jet completion project ever, but Europe's tiny band of high-end interiors specialists are surprisingly reluctant to take on the first Airbus A380 corporate airliner.
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NewsAB25: reflections from Akbar Al-Baker and Samer Majali
To mark the 25th anniversary of Airline Business, 25 leading airline industry executives who have helped shape the sector over the last quarter century, give their reflections on the last 25 years and the challenges for the years to come. Here two of the Middle East region's most influential chef ...
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Sukhoi to have three Superjets ready by year-end
Sukhoi is expecting to complete three serial examples of its Superjet 100 regional jet before 2011. Russian presidential plenipotentiary envoy in the...
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Investigators locate cockpit recorder of Dagestan Tu-154
Russian investigators have retrieved the cockpit-voice recorder of the crashed Dagestan Airline Tupolev Tu-154M in Moscow, nearly a week after the accident.
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Aircell partners with SkyMall on in-flight shopping arrangement
Aircell has partnered with in-flight shopping publication SkyMall to enable passengers to shop from the latter firm's web site during flight at no charge.
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Boeing receives $5.3 million advanced aircraft contract from NASA
NASA has awarded a third contract for studies designed to identify advanced concepts for airliners that could enter service in 2025.
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India signs Sensor Fused Weapon deal
The Indian air force is to receive more than 500 Sensor Fused Weapons from Textron Defense Systems ...
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NewsAB25: anniversary reflections from Sir Michael Bishop
"Air transport is a tumultuous industry, frequently dictated by uncontrollable events"
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NewsMEBA: Cessna: Middle East positive for early Citation Ten
Cessna Aircraft senior vice-president of sales and marketing Mark Paolucci says the company has "several" pending orders for its new Citation Ten business jet, a modernised version of the 1990s-vintage Citation X with elliptical winglets, upgraded engines and Garmin G5000 integrated cockpit.
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SIA modifies Trent 900s to latest variant
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is modifying some Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines to the latest "C mod", following the 4 November uncontained engine failure on a...
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NewsVIDEO: Eurocopter X3 meets phase-one speed objective
Eurocopter's X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator has passed a programme milestone by attaining a true airspeed of 180kt (333km/h) in level flight at a reduced level of engine power in testing at a DGA base in Istres, France
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MEBA: JP Jets will celebrate 10th anniversary with new FBO in Aqaba
Jordanian Private Jets will mark its 10th anniversary next year by opening the country's first privately owned fixed-base operation in the Red Sea port of Aqaba
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MEBA: Embraer hands Lineage 1000 to Falcon Aviation
Embraer yesterday delivered the first of two ultra-large Lineage 1000 executive jets to Abu Dhabi-based VIP charter company Falcon Aviation Services, from an order placed at the Dubai air show in November 2007
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Replacement Twin Otter arrives in Antarctica
A Twin Otter aircraft is due to arrive today at Australia's Casey station in Antarctica to replace a damaged CASA 212-400 aircraft operated by Sydney-based...
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MEBA: Lights on for Emteq
Emteq's optics and chip-on-board LED technology is an improved, more versatile packaging option than traditional exterior lighting products, says the company
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ATSB focuses on "mod A" and "mod B" Trent 900s
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) ordered stub pipe inspections on only two specific versions of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine as part of...