The airline dispute which could have affected 2,500 passengers a week at regional airports has been resolved following threats from the Government.Lunch break dispute resolved John Key says the government may step in to sort out a dispute which could see air services to regional centres cut back.Small airports may have to close for lunch [...]

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15 FEB 2009 – Rutaca Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Accident15 FEB 2009, 12:20Cessna 208B Grand CaravanYV1950 – Rutaca0 / 10 Guasdualito-Vare Maria Airport (GDO) (Venezuela)Domestic Scheduled Passenger flight, during LandingThe Cessna Grand Caravan overran the runway and struck a ditch. The airplane sustained damage to the… (more) 20 FEB 2009 – Aerolift Antonov 12B Accident20 [...]

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Naval Air Station Whiting Field personnel are showing a flair for the dramatic during the Panhandle Community Theatre’s performance of “On Golden Pond” March 27, 28 and 29 at Milton High School’s auditorium.‘On Golden Pond’ features Whiting Field members HAI reports Senate Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Byron Dorgan, has promised to “push very, very hard” for [...]

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IATA, Eurocontrol Don’t See Material Airline Recovery Before 2011 (Aviation Week & Space Technology)Airlines should make a fast recovery, but the end of their suffering is still far off Links (EUActiv)Despite a series of regulations adopted in March 2004, aimed at reforming the current air traffic management system and creating the Single European Sky ( [...]

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Edmonton police are looking for a man they say exposed himself to two teenage girls on the city’s south side Friday.Man wanted for alleged indecent exposure (CBC Edmonton) Within five years, pilots across the nation will be able to rely on satellite-based GPS rather than ground-based radar to determine where they are in relation to [...]

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09 MAR 2009, 15:43McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30PK-LIL – Lion Airlines0 / 166 Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK) (Indonesia)Domestic Scheduled Passenger flight, during LandingLion Air Flight JT 793 landed at Jakarta (CGK)’s runway 07R/25L in heavy rain. It skidded off the ru… (more)09 MAR 2009 – Lion Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 Accident 09 MAR 2009 – Aerolift Ilyushin [...]

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Indra will refurbish and extend the air space surveillance network that controls TurkeyA’s air traffic.Indra Renovates Turkey’s Air Traffic Network LUCKNOW: A private helicopter carrying Samajwadi Party leader Raghuraj Pratap Singh, also known as Raja Bhaiya, crash landed on a highway in Uttar Pradesh Sunday evening, the police said.SP leader’s helicopter crash lands in UP [...]

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