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Etihad embarks on bold growth strategy

Two-year-old Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has started life with such precocious growth rates that it makes neighborhood trailblazer Emirates Airline look
Engines

OEMs tackle temperature-fuel burn paradox

Never before has commercial air transport come under such scrutiny for its environmental impact.
Aircraft

UAVs drive growth of Mideast aerospace biz

The defense and aerospace industries in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and some neighboring countries are growing, as seems evident from the number of exhi
Aircraft

Armed UAVs Have Track Record

Armed UAVs are not new: back in the days when UAVs were known as RPVs (remotely piloted vehicles) Ryan Aeronautical made several proposals to arm its BQM-3

Iran masters production of light piston airplanes

Several Iranian manufacturers have joined a pursuit of a growing local market for affordable light airplanes for initial training and leisure flying.
Aircraft

In Iraq, UAVs assuming ever more deadly role

With the air war in Iraq increasingly dominated by close-air support (CAS) operations and the need to engage rapidly emerging targets in heavily populated
Aircraft

Syria to choose between Airbus and Russian jets

Airbus is competing with Russia’s Ilyushin-Finance Co.
Aircraft

Gripen C/D makes airshow, Middle East debuts here

The arrival of the Gripen at the Dubai airshow represents a major milestone in an expanding marketing campaign for Sweden’s multirole fighter.

U.S. fleet feeling the wear and tear

The endless string of overseas military engagements and long-running missions–from Desert Storm to Southern Watch to Kosovo to the most recent Operations E
Aircraft

BAE Hawk begins 6-week regional tour

The arrival on Sunday of the BAE Systems Hawk New Demonstrator Aircraft (HNDA) marks the debut of the Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) anywhere in Asia and the s
Aircraft

Gulfstream finds success in Asia/Pacific markets

During 2005 Gulfstream Aerospace sold 16 business jets in the Asia/Pacific region including the first large-cabin, long-range G450 and the second large-cab

ST Engineering hiking its overseas presence

Singapore Technologies Engineering is increasing its overseas presence in efforts to become “more global and to increase our competitiveness as a group,” s

Aroma of jet fuel pervades AOPA

The AOPA Convention is beginning to look more and more like the NBAA gathering.
Aircraft

Airbus thinks it has overcome A380 structural test failure

An Airbus A380 structural failure during wing static tests in France last week do not mean Asian Aerospace 2006 visitors are in any danger when the new ver
Aircraft

Suppliers are queuing to support A380 fleets

With the new Airbus A380 expected to begin operations in little more than ten months’ time, service-support companies are beginning to position themselves
Regulations and Government

Alphabets bring user-fee case to AOPA

At the AOPA Convention in Palm Springs, Calif., last month, the specter of user fees cast its long shadow over operators and potential operators of the new
ATC

Conference provides more questions than answers on funding for ATC modernization

While speakers at the Air Traffic Control Association’s annual convention in Washington in October discussed a wide range of ATC technologies, both current
Aircraft

Airbus may launch freighter version of A330-200 soon

Airbus expects to launch its long-delayed  freighter version of the A330 by mid-year.
Aircraft

Honeywell APU going on A350s

Airbus has chosen Honeywell’s HGT1500 auxiliary power unit (APU) to provide electric and pneumatic power for the new A350 variant of the A330 twin-aisle ai
Aircraft

Asian carriers evaluate Boeing’s new son-of-747

Three years had passed since Boeing sold any passenger-carrying 747s when the company surprised the pundits last November by launching the 747-8 on the str

IAE and CAE Take Crews Closer to Harsh Reality of Combat

Late last year, CAE and Israel Aircraft Industries started working together to develop a new prototype for embedded and virtual training.
Aircraft

CAE expands south China sim center

CAE is expanding its flight training center at Zhuhai in southern China by building a satellite complex to accommodate six more full flight simulators (FFS
Aircraft

Pre-owned Update 2006

Business Jets 2006 saw a rebalancing of the jet market At the beginning of this year there was an eerie silence in the pre-owned aircraf
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Chinese airlines playing catch up to competition

The Chinese government has acknowledged that although China’s airlines have improved in airline management and operations, they still lag their major Asian
Aircraft

Fighters set apart by AESA radars

Northrop Grumman’s active electronically scanning array (AESA) radars have undoubtedly made a big impact on fighter technology.
Engines

GE and P&W prep GP7200 for inaugural flight on Airbus A380

The General Electric/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance partnership was last month awarded certification of the GP7200 by the U.S.
Aircraft

Embraer 170 Wins Autoland OKs

The 70-seat Embraer 170 regional jet has received certification from Brazilian aviation authority Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial and from the European Aviatio
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe labor practices investigated

The French Ministry of Employment has launched an investigation into NetJets Europe flight crews at French airports, after an association of air charter op

Getting Avanti deliveries back on track

In response to the Ardent Acquisitions filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on how lack of expected Avanti deliveries is affecting its bottom
Aircraft

Air Nippon Buys 737 Training Aids

Aerosim Technologies is to supplypersonal-computer based flight-management system trainer and virtual flight-deck equipment to Japanesecarrier Air Nippon f