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Air China launching non-stop Wuhan-Macau service
Air China plans to start a new non-stop service between Wuhan and Macau from 15 January. It will operate Airbus A320 aircraft on the route four times...
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Cebu Pacific-SIA Engineering MRO venture's first 'D-check' in June
Cebu Pacific and SIA Engineering's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in the Philippines will perform its first 'D-check' in June. The...
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Indonesia's Wings Air receives its first ATRs
Wings Air, a unit of Indonesia's Lion Air, has received the first of three ATR 72-500s on order and is using the turboprops to replace Boeing MD-80s on domestic...
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US DOJ indicts suspect in attempting Delta bombing
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued a six count criminal indictment to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab related to his alleged attempt on 25 December...
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Talk of 150-seat CSeries in the fray following analyst report
Bombardier is calling a report it is working on a 150-seat version of the 110/130-seat CSeries airliner "speculative", but some analysts believe the airframer...
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Pilots in AA Kingston overrun were advised to use a different approach
Controllers at Norman Manley International airport in Kingston, Jamaica offered the crew of an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 that overran a runway on...
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Bombardier on track with CSeries as barrel testing begins
Bombardier on 21 December began pressure testing its CSeries fuselage demonstrator in what the airframer is calling "a world first" for an aluminium lithium...
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Aer Lingus discussing franchise pact with Aer Arann
Aer Lingus is in commercial discussions with Irish regional airline Aer Arann regarding co-operation on their route networks.
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NewsUAE ups C-17 order to six aircraft, from four
The United Arab Emirates has unexpectedly increased the size of its order for the Boeing C-17 by signing a deal to buy six of the strategic transports. The...
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Boeing to incorporate side-of-body mod into 787 production
Boeing received its 15th 787 centre fuselage on 5 January, marking the arrival of the last centre wing box requiring a full side-of-body modification and...
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Innocon wins multi-million dollar Asia Pacific deal
Israeli manufacturer Innocon has sold an unspecified unmanned air vehicle system to an unnamed Asia Pacific country for a contract that the company says...
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Delta chief executive touts MD-80 cost advantage
Delta chief executive Richard Anderson has reiterated his bullish view that the carrier's large fleet of ageing Boeing MD-80s retain a cost advantage over...
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London Heathrow to deploy body-scanners in weeks
London Heathrow Airport is to deploy body scanners in a few weeks' time, UK prime minister Gordon Brown has confirmed.
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Business aviation in brief
Rockwell Collins has completed the acquisition of AR Group and its affiliated companies...
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Flairjet launches commercial services with Phenom 100
UK business aircraft charter start-up FlairJet has become Europe's first commercial operator of the Embraer Phenom...
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Tiger aims for S$223-273 million in IPO
Tiger Airways aims to raise S$223-S$273 million ($160-195 million) in its initial public offering, with the proceeds to be used for new aircraft, possibly...
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Tiger buys A320s in move away from leasing model
Singapore's Tiger Airways plans purchase two A320-200 aircraft, the first aircraft it will own rather than lease.
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Asian passenger traffic improves in November
Passenger traffic among major Asian carriers grew in November 2009, rising 3.5% year-on-year and providing further evidence of a recovery in air traffic...
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Qantas to end its AAPA membership
Australian flag carrier Qantas will not renew its membership in the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) when it expires this year, ending its four...