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ALTA 2010: Kriete tackles safety
ALTA president Roberto Kriete says his top priority is safety, but ALTA needs help from outside the association to improve the region's recent problematic...
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US proposes picture IDs for all pilots, students
The nearly 850,000 certificated pilots and flight instructors in the US will have between four and five years to replace their plastic certificates with...
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Safran abandons pursuit of Zodiac Aerospace
Safran Group has abandoned its pursuit of Zodiac Aerospace, having opted against making a formal offer for the company. It has tried to persuade Zodiac's...
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NewsThree disk fragments damaged Qantas A380 systems
Assessment of the Qantas Airbus A380 involved in an in-flight engine failure has revealed the extent of peripheral damage to the jet from ejected fragments.
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FAA gains temporary access to military airspace for US holiday
The US FAA again this year will have temporary access to certain restricted military airspace zones to ease an expected glut of travel during the Thanksgiving...
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Air China emerges as customer for 10 A350s
Air China has emerged as the Chinese customer behind an agreement to acquire 10 Airbus A350 aircraft, as well as 10 A330s.
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R-R powered A380 airlines review their crisis options
Qantas remains resolute in its decision to keep its A380 fleet grounded until Rolls-Royce produces a "fix" for the faulty Trent 900 engine component that...
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AerCap signs for new 737-800s; says aircraft can compete with re-engined rivals
Saying the Boeing 737-800 can compete with any re-engined rival, aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings has inked a letter of intent with the US airframer for the...
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NewsNature of suspect device unclear after LTU A330 alert
Uncertainty surrounds the nature of the suspect device contained in an item of luggage due to be loaded on a Munich-bound Air Berlin flight at Windhoek yesterday. Air...
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PICTURES: Airbus catalogues A380 damage
Airbus engineers on site in Singapore have provided to investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau a description of the main damage to the Qantas A380 stricken by the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine failure earlier this month.
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What the Qantas A380 crew had left after the engine blew up
An Airbus information telex to all A380 operators was dispatched by the manufacturer on 17 November informing them, basically, of what the crew of flight...
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Suspect device found on Munich-bound LTU aircraft on flight from Namibia
Police specialists are examining a suspect device discovered during the loading of an Air Berlin service in Namibia.
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NewsUSAF spots “apparent” F-22 wreckage, pilot still missing
Aircraft wreckage spotted by a US Air Force search team is believed to be a Lockheed Martin F-22 that disappeared at 7:40pm on 16 November, the USAF says....
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NewsGoodrich wins tender to provide landing gear for A350-1000
Airbus has selected Goodrich to provide the main landing gear for the -1000 variant of the A350 XWB, opting for a different gear supplier than for the A350-900...
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ALTA 2010: Tropic Air plans expansion to Honduras and Guatemala
Belize-based Tropic Air intends to introduce new flights to Honduras and Guatemala within the next 12 months.
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NewsZhuhai10: China finds export market for Z-9W
China has delivered several Harbin Z-9W helicopters, the attack variant of its Z-9 utility rotorcraft, to overseas customers ...
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Lufthansa seeks spare Trent 900 for another A380 swap
German flag-carrier Lufthansa is to undertake another engine change on its first Airbus A380 aircraft, this time as a direct result of the Qantas powerplant...
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Zhuhai10: Airbus aims for 26 A320 deliveries from Tianjin in 2010
Airbus's Tianjin A320 final assembly line aims for 26 deliveries in 2010, and plans to deliver one additional aircraft per month in 2011.
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SHOW - Boeing, Airbus upbeat despite Comac's narrowbody challenge
Airbus and Boeing, sitting in the crosshairs of Chinese corporation Comac's aerospace ambitions, remain upbeat about the Chinese narrowbody market.
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P-3C concerns may freeze deliveries from Lockheed plant
US officials could freeze deliveries from Lockheed's Greenville factory after finding "quality issues" on P-3C Orion wing components ...