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Viva Macau aims to restart flights on 2 April
Beleaguered low-cost carrier Viva Macau hopes to get back its air operator's certificate (AOC) and restart flights on 2 April, a week after it suddenly cancelled...
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NewsSaying goodbye to the 'Mighty Hunter'
The UK's Nimrod MR2 fleet will bow out of service on 31 March. We look back at the type's operational history, and fly on one of the type's final training sorties ...
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On board Nimrod flight 'Kinloss 453'
Defence editor Craig Hoyle flew on one of the last training sorties involving the Nimrod MR2 ...
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Qatar Airways pushes Airbus to launch cargo conversion for A330-200
FREIGHTER max kingsley-jones london Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus about sanctioning a cargo conversion for the A330-200 as the carrier looks...
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RAF prepares for future with Nimrod MRA4
The Royal Air Force is getting ready to transition to its next maritime patrol aircraft - but this is no ordinary Nimrod
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Lufthansa Cargo readies for recovery after 'very red' 2009
For Lufthansa Cargo, plans for restoring capacity await further signs of market recovery
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Business briefs
DAIMLER WILL NOT UPSET EADS VOTING BALANCE SHAREHOLDING The French-German balance of shareholder voting rights in Airbus parent EADS is to remain in...
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Business quote of the week
Quote of the week "Willie Walsh should remember this is Britain not Burma" Len McCluskey, assistant general secretary of the Unite union representing...
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Business people
PEOPLE moves Airbus, AWAS, Hawker Beechcraft, Rolls-Royce, NWAA McCall: EasyJet's guardian At EasyJet, Carolyn McCall, head of the UK's...
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Business bad week
HOLLNAGEL AND OLDS BCI Aircraft Leasing boss Brian Hollnagel and former AAR Group vice-president Brian Olds were charged in a US district court with fraud...
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Business good week
CPI AEROSTRUCTURES The New York-based manufacturer enjoyed its best-ever revenue year in 2009, as sales jumped 23% to $43.9 million and pre-tax profits soared...
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This Week Briefings
VOUGHT BUY MAKES A TOP-TIER TRIUMPH AEROSTRUCTURES Dallas-based Vought Aircraft Industries, the aerostructures maker whose South Carolina 787 centre...
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Opinion
Comment: Spoofing, instead of jamming, navigation systems
Should the aviation industry worry about global positioning system spoofing? Perhaps. Straightforward GPS jamming has always been a known and understood...
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Comment: Saga or sideshow?
The agonising WTO battle between Airbus's and Boeing's national sponsors can only achieve so much. A lasting solution surely must emerge from the political, rather than legal, realm
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Avianca-TACA expects $100m net profit in 2010
The new parent company for Latin American airline groups Avianca and TACA is forecasting a net profit of $100 million in 2010 and revenues of $3 billion.
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Latest BA cabin crew strike costing £5.5m daily
British Airways estimates that the first two days of the latest strike disruption have cost the airline £11 million ($16 million).
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NewsAinsworth: UK to cut A400M order
The UK will continue its commitment to the Airbus Military A400M project, but is likely to reduce its order to 22 aircraft ...
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Panasonic signs new deal with Deutsche Telekom
Panasonic Avionics has entered into a strategic agreement with Deutsche Telekom to feature T-Mobile as the preferred wireless internet provider for the Panasonic...
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Air Berlin to trim long-haul fleet over next two years
German carrier Air Berlin is to reduce its long-haul fleet from 14 aircraft to 10 in the next two years as part of its fleet restructuring programme. The...
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B/E Aerospace secures nine customers for new economy seat
Cabin interior supplier B/E Aerospace says it has secured orders from nine airlines and leasing companies for its new main cabin lightweight seat.