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Idle talk - stored airliner fleet balloons to record level in latest census
The growth of the world airliner fleet has almost ground to a halt while the number parked is at an all-time high. Our annual census counts up the aircraft and examines the effect that the downturn has had over the last year
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FAA: no knee-jerk reaction to 'Wild West' Hudson corridor
The US Federal Aviation Administration is taking a metered response to the 8...
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SIA July traffic down 13%
Singapore Airlines posted a 13% fall in passenger traffic in July as the global economic downturn continued to affect demand.
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Cathay Pacific and Air China shares suspended on ownership talk
Cathay Pacific Airways is poised to announce a change in its ownership after its shares were suspended on the Hong Kong stock exchange today.
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AVIC's Xingfu Airlines launches operations
Aviation Industry Corporation of China's (AVIC) new regional carrier Xingfu Airlines has launched operations and has a fleet of three Xian Aircraft MA60s.
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India's July domestic traffic rises 14%
Domestic passenger traffic in India has increased by 14% in July from a year before as the airline market showed some signs of recovery.
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Indian cabinet committee to study aviation fuel tax
India has formed a cabinet minister-level committee to look into the highly contentious issue of taxes on aviation fuel.
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Cebu Pacific posts H1 profit of 1.82bn pesos
Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific Air returned to the black in the first half of 2009 after revenues increased due to the opening of new routes.
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Hong Kong Airport July traffic down 9.5%
Hong Kong airport's traffic fell further in July and it warns that it will take some time before traffic returns to the level it was before the global economic...
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V Australia adds Phuket and Johannesburg services
V Australia, Virgin Blue's long-haul subsidiary, plans to launch flights to Thailand's beach resort Phuket and Johannesburg in South Africa later this year.
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News'Jetpod' air taxi entrepreneur killed in test crash
Efforts to develop a short take-off and landing air taxi known as the Jetpod have suffered a setback after a test version crashed in Malaysia, killing the...
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Business briefs
FLEET GROWTH HOLDS UP ILFC LEASING International Lease Finance's operating income fell 5%year-on-year to $335 million in its second quarter to the...
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Opinion
Comment: Upset recovery training
The US FAA is right to be researching ways to train pilots for recovery from unusual attitudes, and EASA should be watching. But there is more than one way of achieving the objective
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This Week's briefings
The pilot of the Eurocopter AS350 tour helicopter that collided with a Piper PA-32 over New...
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Working Week: Scheduling runs like clockwork
Dr Paul Jackson is managing director of London-based Clockwork Research, which supports airlines in managing tiredness and developing fatigue risk management systems for their flightcrew
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NewsAirbus A350 could be equipped with automatic emergency descent system
Airbus is considering equipping the A350 XWB with an automated system that would put the aircraft into an unaided emergency descent if it detected unsafe...
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A350 government aid will fall short of maximum permissible
Airbus insists it is not disappointed by the relatively modest contribution from the UK Government to the A350 XWB programme, formally disclosed today
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Sound principles
Can aircraft noise fit into a cap and trading scheme? A European study is aiming to find the answer
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Carbon confusion
Airlines should shortly be declaring their methods of emissions monitoring in preparation for Europe's trading scheme. But lack of information means they are running out of time as the deadline approaches