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Middle East supplement: Mission command
Upscale charter specialist Royal Jet says its pilots have to be able and willing to do much more than simply fly aircraft
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NASA needs $5 billion extra every year says Congressional Budget Office
NASA needs to increase its annual average funding by $5 billion to almost $24 billion for the next decade. This sum will be enough for the space agency to...
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Middle East supplement: Fluctuating fortunes for pay
A year ago, the fact that the UAE dirham was pegged to the then weakening US dollar made the country a honeypot for European tourists. But for their compatriots working there and converting their dirham-based salaries back into euros or sterling, the exchange rate was a killer.
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Clean Sky fouled by red tape, warns European aerospace industry body
A European programme aimed at delivering a new generation of more environmentally friendly airliners could fail due to European Union bureaucracy, an industry body has warned
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DHL to move US gateway to Kentucky from Ohio
DHL Express will move its US gateway from partner ABX Air's hub in Wilmington, Ohio to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International airport in Hebron, Kentucky...
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F-22 taxiway collision causes $1 million damage
A US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor has sustained more than $1 million in damage after colliding with another aircraft parked on a taxiway.
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Southwest continues to prune its schedule
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines continues to weed out weaker-performing routes as part of a flight optimization scheme introduced roughly two years ago....
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Middle East supplement: Etihad wings of a dream
Last year, Abu Dhabi's Etihad caused a stir in the industry when it announced it was addressing the pilot shortage by setting up an international cadet programme...
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NTSB calls for tighter standards for light sport aircraft
The US National Transportation Safety Board says ASTM design standards used by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a basis for certificating its light...
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Middle East supplement: skilled applicants flock to flydubai
skilled applicants flock to FlyDubai
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Superjet faces a hard sell in North America
Can Russian-built aircraft win North American customers in tough economic times?
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Inbound air cargo poses screening challenges to TSA
Challenges in developing screening requirements for air cargo inbound from foreign countries is thwarting the US Transportation Security Administration's...
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Russian Helicopters may drop PW127 for Mi-38 utility helicopter
Russia's state-owned rotorcraft builder Russian Helicopters is considering abandoning the Pratt & Whitney PW127 engine for use in its Mi-38 utility helicopter...
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Middle East supplement: Profile – no bigger job
Capt Cliff Chetcuti, 41, is a Maltese citizen and former Air Malta pilot who is Emirates' chief flying instructor for the Airbus A380. So far, he has helped train 130 pilots to fly the superjumbo
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Cabin air chemicals far more toxic than previously believed, says toxicologist
Aviation industry inquiries into neurotoxins in aircraft cabin air "will underestimate the real toxic potency" of the contaminant. This, says one of the...
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Middle East supplement: Emirates back in the hunt soon
Emirates, the region's top aviation employer, has put the brakes on recruitment - but deliveries mean it will be hunting for pilots shortly