Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft to lay off 170 people
August 4th, 2012 - 1:41 am ICT by BNO News
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (BNO NEWS) -- Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft on Thursday said it plans to cut 170 jobs at its completion center in Arkansas, coming just weeks after the company entered ... Read more...
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China’s soaring private jet market
March 27th, 2012 - 4:27 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 27 (IANS) China's private jet market will continue its robust growth this year, industry experts said Monday.Paris-based Dassault Aviation said it predicted robust growth in China, with the ... Read more...
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B/E Aerospace opens engineering services unit in Hyderabad
February 29th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 29 (IANS) B/E Aerospace, the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products, Wednesday opened its engineering services division in Hyderabad.Paul Mueller, who holds the business and ... Read more...
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Bombardier unveils two long-haul corporate jets
October 18th, 2010 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Oct 18 (IANS) Bombardier, a world leader in metro and corporate aviation, has unveiled two new jets, the Global 7000 and Global 8000, to reaffirm its undisputed position in ... Read more...
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Business jet crashes into fuel tanker truck at Boeing Field Airport in Washington
April 9th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by BNO News
SEATTLE (BNO NEWS) -- A business jet crashed into a fuel tanker truck at Seattle's Boeing Field Airport on Thursday, leaving the driver of the truck trapped inside.The wing of the turbo-jet ... Read more...
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India market soars for business jet makers
April 4th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanjay Singh
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) With the number of billionaires and high net worth individuals in India growing, business jet makers are intensifying efforts to sell their aircraft in India ... Read more...
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Five killed in private jet crash near Minsk
October 27th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, Oct 27 (RIA Novosti) No survivors were found at the crash site of a Russian business jet carrying at least five people near the Minsk airport, an official in Belarus said ... Read more...
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Choppers outfly jets in campaign despite high costs
April 14th, 2009 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanjay Singh
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Indian politician is flying high. Despite the economic slowdown, more and more candidates for the parliamentary election are hiring helicopters, spending as much ... Read more...
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Israel displays advanced AWACS at Aero India
February 11th, 2009 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 11 (IANS) Even as the Indian Air Force (IAF) awaits the delivery of its first airborne early warning and control systems (AWACS), Israel is displaying a compact version of the ... Read more...
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Asia’s largest air show begins today, Antony to handover Dhruv to Ecuador
February 11th, 2009 - 11:42 am ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar Singh
Bengaluru, Feb 11 (ANI): Asia''s largest air show, Aero India 2009, will be inaugurated by Defence Minister A K Antony today at the Yelahanka Air Force station here.
Antony ... Read more...
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‘Global meltdown not to impact India’s military modernisation’
February 2nd, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The global meltdown will not impact on India's military modernisation that envisages the purchase of hardware worth Rs.1.4 trillion ($30 billion) over the next five years, a ... Read more...
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Pak taxpayers money used for buying choppers for VIPs
January 30th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 30 (ANI): The Pakistan Government is lavishly spending billions of rupees of taxpayers money to provide prohibitively expensive travel comforts to VIPs when the poor and needy are crying ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi to have Middle East’s first dedicated executive airport
July 15th, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 15 (IANS) Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), a public joint stock company, Tuesday announced it will establish the Middle East's first dedicated executive airport. The new facility, to be ... Read more...
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First code sharing agreement between an Indian and Japanese carrier
April 10th, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by admin
By Juhan Samuel
Kochi, Apr 10 (ANI): Jet Airways and Tokyo-based All Nippon Airways (ANA) plan to commence a code sharing and network-wide reciprocal frequent flier partnership, effective May 21. With ... Read more...
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Light aircraft crashes in London residential area
March 30th, 2008 - 11:57 pm ICT by admin
DPA
London, March 30 (DPA) A light aircraft believed to be carrying five or more people crashed in a residential area of south London Sunday, witnesses reported. The plane exploded as it crashed ... Read more...
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UAE’s Royal Jet named world’s leading private jet charter
March 15th, 2008 - 11:24 pm ICT by admin
London, March 15 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based flight services company Royal Jet has been named the world's leading private jet charter by the World Travel Awards (WTA), WAM news agency ... Read more...
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