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EasyJet still sees scope for lifestyle deals with pilots
EasyJet is still hopeful it may be able to strike lifestyle-benefit labour deals with some of its pilots in mainland Europe despite failing to agree such...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Two wing-drop incidents preceded G650 crash – NTSB
Factual documents recently made public by the US National Transportation Safety Board reveal that Gulfstream Aerospace did not fully investigate two wing-drop incidents that preceded the 2 April 2011 fatal crash of a G650 in Roswell, New Mexico.
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Thomas Cooks inks SLBs on 17 757-300 and 767-300ER aircraft
Thomas Cook Group has agreed to the sale and leaseback of 17 Boeing 757-300 and 767-300ER aircraft with operating lessors Guggenheim Aviation Partners and...
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Air Cargo Germany to grow fleet with three 747s
Air Cargo Germany plans to add three Boeing 747-400 Freighters to its fleet by the end of the year. The expansion comes after Russia's Volga-Dnepr...
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Superjet 100 flew in low-traffic Indonesian airspace: DGCA
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft that crashed in Indonesia on 9 May 2012 was in the air space above Bogor as it is an area that does not normally have much...
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NewsIberia performance, fuel costs hit IAG profitability
Sharply rising fuel prices and poor performance from Iberia, including the €25 million ($40.3 million) effect of a pilots' strike, combined to drag International...
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NewsPilatus PC-7 MK II clinches India basic trainer contract: reports
Media reports from India indicate that the Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the purchase of 75 Pilatus PC-7 MK II basic trainers, a major step...
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Eva Air invests $100m to upgrade business class seats
Taiwanese carrier Eva Air is investing $100 million to upgrade the business class cabins on its fleet of Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The newly fitted...
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NewsWelsh to become new USAF chief
General Mark Welsh has been nominated to become the next chief of staff of the US Air Force. US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced Welsh's...
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NewsSpaceX and Bigelow to jointly market private space station flights
SpaceX will team up with Bigelow Aerospace to jointly market rides to Bigelow's orbiting private modules, using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule. Bigelow,...
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NewsEnergomash developing ammonia-fueled engine
Russian rocket-builder Energomash is developing a liquid rocket engine fueled by a mixture of acetylene and ammonia, called atsetam, which the company says...
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Bombardier 1Q revenues plunge almost 26%
Bombardier profits dropped to $190 million in the first quarter on a nearly 26% reduction of revenues year over year to $3.5 billion. Pierre Beaudoin,...
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NewsHow many corporates are avoiding the Olympics?
Although the UK has provided its official estimate that 3,000 additional business aviation movements will use its airspace in July and August because of the Olympic Games, some sectors of the general aviation community suspect that an unknown number of business aviation users will be deterred from visiting at that ...
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NewsAirbus Military studies gunship versions of medium transports
Airbus Military is studying possible new variants of its CN-235 and C-295 medium transports adapted for tasks including combat support and battlefield surveillance,...
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Xsight targets military customers for FOD systems sales
Xsight, the Israeli manufacturer of foreign objects detection (FOD) systems, sees air force customers as a big potential market in the coming years.
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NewsIAI names Joseph Weiss as new chief executive
Israel Aerospace Industries' board of directors has elected Joseph Weiss as the company's new president and chief executive, to replace the retiring incumbent, Itzhak Nissan.
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Vueling trims first quarter losses to $21.3m
Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling has cut its first quarter net losses to €16.5 million ($21.3 million) - a 28.7% improvement on Q1 2011. Operating...
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NewsUK reverses controversial F-35 switch
The UK has reversed its controversial Joint Strike Fighter variant selection change of late 2010, and will go back to its original plan of acquiring the...
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NewsIAG sells BMI Regional to Sector Aviation for $12.9m
International Airlines Group (IAG) will sell loss-making BMI Regional to Sector Aviation Holdings for £8 million ($12.9 million).
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NewsRizon pushes business boundaries at Biggin
Qatar-headquartered Rizon Jet's new London Biggin Hill base extends the boundaries of what customers can expect from a fixed base operation (FBO), according to FBO director Allan McGreal.