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Possible engine problem delays US rocket launch

Reuters Aviation - 4 hours ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 19 (Reuters) - The launch of a privately owned Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was delayed on Saturday when a computer detected a possible problem with ...

US regulator to rethink cargo-pilot rule exemption

Reuters Aviation - 4 hours ago
May 18 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration will re-evaluate its decision to exclude cargo pilots from new U.S. rules on pilot rest, following a lawsuit by the union representing United Parcel Service Inc's ...

Finmeccanica says death threat to CEO from "mythomaniac"

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
MILAN, May 18 (Reuters) - A death threat to Giuseppe Orsi, chairman and CEO of Italian aerospace and defence company Finmeccanica, was written by a "mythomaniac" and not by the far-left Red Brigades, a ...

Leaders of UAL pilots' union call for strike vote

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Pilots' union leaders at United Continental Holdings, parent of the world's biggest carrier United Airlines, called on Thursday for its members to hold a strike vote after failing to ...

Imperial shops Nova Scotia refinery as margins lag

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
May 17 (Reuters) - Imperial Oil Ltd put its money-losing Nova Scotia oil refinery on the auction block on Thursday, adding to a list of plants on both sides of the Atlantic that face ...

Five hurt in emergency plane landing in Munich

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
FRANKFURT, May 17 (Reuters) - Around five people were injured when a small regional airliner made an emergency landing in Munich after smoke was reported in the cockpit and cabin, and skidded off the runway, ...

Berlin airport opening delayed to March

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
FRANKFURT, May 17 (Reuters) - The opening of Berlin's new airport has been pushed back nine months to March 17 after problems with fire safety systems, dealing an embarrassing blow to the German capital ...

Russia's Aeroflot 2011 profit doubles to $491 mln

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
MOSCOW, May 17 (Reuters) - Russian state airline Aeroflot said on Tuesday its net profit nearly doubled in 2011 to $491 million, while revenues grew 25 percent to $5.4 billion. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation ...

Asia Aviation to raise $143 mln from Thai IPO - sources

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
BANGKOK, May 17 (Reuters) - Asia Aviation Pcl, owner of the Thai affiliate of Malaysian-based budget carrier AirAsia Bhd , has set an IPO price of 3.7 baht ($0.12) a share to raise 4.5 ...

Suspected US drone kills 3 Yemen militants - official

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
ADEN, May 17 (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone attacked a convoy of Islamist militants in eastern Yemen overnight, killing three people, a local security official said on Thursday, as Washington intensifies its aerial campaign ...

Southwest Airlines to defer delivery on 30 Boeing jets

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
May 16 (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co said it has deferred deliveries of 30 Boeing Co 737-800 aircraft it was to receive in the coming two years, aiming to save more than $1 billion in ...

CAE buys Oxford Aviation Academy for C$314 mln

Reuters Aviation - 3 days ago
May 16 (Reuters) - Simulation and training systems provider CAE Inc said it bought Oxford Aviation Academy for C$314 million ($312.80 million) to expand its civil aviation training footprint. The acquisition of Oxford Aviation Academy ...

Lufthansa says focus on cost cuts before purchases

Reuters Aviation - 5 days ago
FRANKFURT/LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Deutsche Lufthansa AG said on Wednesday it had no plans to veer from its cost-cutting path to focus on acquisitions but would still look at assets up for sale, ...

Cimber says management, Mansvell to buy its activities

Reuters Aviation - 5 days ago
COPENHAGEN, May 16 (Reuters) - Bankrupt Danish no-frills airline Cimber Sterling said on Wednesday it was to sell part of the company to former management and another part to former Ukrainian owner Mansvell. The airline ...

EADS faces euro-crisis cash management headache

Reuters Aviation - 5 days ago
PARIS, May 16 (Reuters) - European aerospace group EADS is moving to adjust its currency hedging and cash management in the face of Europe's financial crisis and now sees "real issues" emerging in one of ...
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