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  Next Week's Cover Story: JetBlue's Next Horizon

  Posted by Rupa Haria 10:55 AM on May 17, 2013

  The 20 May edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology (available today to digital subscribers) features an interview with David J. Barger, President/CEO of JetBlue.  ... Read More >>

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  Coast Guard to Bring Fallen Airmen Home -– 70 years Later

  Posted by John Croft 3:04 PM on May 16, 2013

  Never let it be said that the U.S. Coast Guard doesn't take care of its own in addition to others. The service today began the public process of searching for a comp... Read More >>

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  Southwest v. Frontier v. Fees

  Posted by Andrew Compart 3:39 PM on May 15, 2013

  When Frontier Airlines rolled out its plan for new fees last week, which includes charging some but not all customers for overhead bin storage and for beverages, the plan seemed to... Read More >>

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  Following roll-out, MSN001 to be handed over to flight test department soon

  Posted by Jens Flottau 9:21 AM on May 13, 2013

  Airbus is understood to be handing over the first A350-900, MSN001, to the flight test department on May 17, industry sources tell Aviation Week. The aircraft will then under... Read More >>

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  CSeries Prototype Gets A Tail Number

  Posted by BRIAN BOSTICK 3:19 AM on May 13, 2013

  The first CSeries aircraft has received the Canadian tail number C-FBCS and was registered with Transport Canada on May 6th. As is common with Bombardier aircraft, the official de... Read More >>

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  British Airways 787 is first to roll at 'rate 7'

  Posted by Guy Norris 3:20 PM on May 09, 2013

  With deliveries of new 787s set to begin as early as next week, Boeing has hit the seven per month production rate which it says keeps the company on track for meeting its 10 per m... Read More >>

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  First 787-9 taking shape

  Posted by Guy Norris 2:54 PM on May 08, 2013

  While a few unofficial images of the first 787-9 fuselage have already found their way onto the internet, Boeing has been careful not to show anything official ... Read More >>

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  Risk-based Repair Station Surveillance: From Wanted To Needed

  Posted by Sean.Broderick 12:39 PM on May 08, 2013

  This week's release of an updated audit on FAA's repair station oversight underscored numerous shortcomings that are keeping the agency's five-year-old risk-based surveillance prog... Read More >>

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  South Africa fines Jet Airways in “Guptagate”

  Posted by John Croft 1:17 PM on May 07, 2013

  The South African Civil Aviation Authority has fined India’s Jet Airways R80,000 ($8,800) after a chartered Airbus A330 carrying wedding guests from India to Sun Cit... Read More >>

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  Zero A380s Delivered in April [Corrected]

  Posted by BRIAN BOSTICK 4:39 AM on May 07, 2013

  For the second time this year, a full month went by without any A380 deliveries. According to Aviation Week Intelligence Network's Fleet database, Airbus delivered an A380 on Marc... Read More >>

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