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Hong Kong Airlines considering cancelling A380 order
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong Airlines said Thursday it was considering cancelling a $3.8 billion order for 10 Airbus A380 superjumbos, which would deal a blow to the under-pressur...
Bahrain's Gulf Air to resume flights to Iraq, Iran
Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)
Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20 after a hiatus of 17 months, the tiny Gulf kingdom's official BNA news ...
Nextant debuts business jet in Brazil
Aug 15, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. manufacturer Nextant Aerospace is taking its innovative 400XT remanufactured business jet to the home turf of Brazilian rival Embraer, this week's Latin Am...
Kenya searches for Uganda chopper crash victims
Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)
Kenyan emergency teams searched for a third day Wednesday for four personnel still unaccounted for after three Ugandan military helicopters crashed at the weeke...
Oman Takes Flight
Aug 13, 2012 (SPX)
A new C-130J Super Hercules for the Sultanate of Oman conducts a test flight at the Lockheed Martin facility here. This is the first of three C-130Js on order f...
Taiwan to seek fewer new US fighter jets: reports
Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan plans to slash the number of advanced fighter jets it has been seeking from the United States from 66 to 24, apparently due to budget constraints, report...
Chile still seeking Black Hawk helicopters
Aug 09, 2012 (UPI)
Chile is seeking U.S. government information for possible purchase of additional Black Hawk helicopters for the Chilean air force, industry sources said. Chile ...
Cathay Pacific posts first-half net loss of HK$935 mn
Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)
Cathay Pacific Airways posted a first-half net loss of HK$935 million ($121 million) on Wednesday, citing higher fuel prices, strong competition and economic in...
Volcano ash disrupts New Zealand flights
Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)
A volcanic eruption at New Zealand's Mount Tongariro spewed out an ash cloud 20,000 feet (6,100 metres) high, disrupting flights and closing highways, officials...
Activist arrested trying to block plane at Paris airport
Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)
A French environmental activist has been arrested after sneaking on to the tarmac at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport and trying to block an Airbus A319 from t...
BAE Systems wins contract to upgrade S.Korean F-16 jets
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
British arms manufacturer BAE Systems on Monday said it had won a contract to upgrade more than 130 South Korean F-16 fighter jets. The work, reported by Britis...
Hong Kong Airlines plays down growth ban
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong Airlines Monday played down the impact on its business of an unprecedented aviation authority ban on expanding further until it meets all safety requi...
Boeing 737 Performance Improvement Package Delivers on Promise to Cut Fuel Burn
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
Customers of Boeing's Next-Generation 737 are validating the benefits of the industry-leading Performance Improvement Package (PIP), one year after the first ai...
Japan's ANA posts small Q1 net profit, reversing loss
Aug 03, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) on Friday posted a net profit of 668 million yen ($8.55 million) in its fiscal first quarter to June, reversing a year-earlier ...
Australia's Hawk jets reach 75,000 hours
Aug 03, 2012 (UPI)
Australia's Hawk 127 jet trainers have reached the milestone of 75,000 flying hours, the Australian Department of Defense said. The two-seat Hawk was manufactur...
BAE Systems wins South Korean F-16 upgrade
Aug 02, 2012 (UPI)
BAE Systems pipped Lockheed Martin to a $1.1 billion contract for upgrading South Korea's aging F-16 jet fighters -- a Lockheed Martin aircraft. South Korea's D...
JAL net profit more than doubles to $343 mn
Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)
Japan Airlines, which just two-and-a-half years ago went bankrupt in one of the country's worst corporate failures, said Thursday first quarter net profit more ...
US, allies renew opposition to EU airline tax
Aug 01, 2012 (AFP)
The United States and 16 other nations Wednesday renewed their "strong opposition" to a controversial EU carbon tax on airlines, vowing to work for a multilater...
Boeing Integrates Next-Gen Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System on Silent Eagle
Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing recently validated the integration of the next-generation Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II/h (JHMCS II/h) on the company's F-15 Silent Eagle demonst...
Darker wings for monarch butterflies mean better flight
Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)
For monarch butterflies, redder wings are correlated with better flight performance, according to research published July 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE...
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