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World leading airline training provider CTC Aviation has been awarded UK CAA and JAA Approval to deliver A330 type rating training.

SUNSHINE Coast company iApps has created FlightBOX, an application for iPhone and iPad created specifically for the aviation industry.

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CTC Aviation Group plc (CTC) has been selected to provide support to the UK’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) programme during the forthcoming FSTA fleet’s introduction to the Royal Air Force.

New Delhi: Virgin Atlantic’s first Airbus A330 aircraft will take to the skies today from Manchester to Orlando signaling the arrival of its new $2.2bn fleet of 10 planes.

Cathay Pacific Airways announced today that it will further boost its investment in fleet modernization and growth by adding a further 27 aircraft to its fleet.

Rolls-Royce said Wednesday that it had won a contract to provide Trent 900 engines to power six Airbus A380 jets from South Korea-based Asiana Airlines.

International Airlines Group (IAG) announced Monday that it had struck a deal with Airbus to purchase eight A330-300 jets, in addition to purchase options on up to eight other A330 family aircraft, for Iberia's longhaul fleet.

A recent graduate of Sunrise Aviation has completed his Airbus A320 type rating at Aerostar Training Services. Kienan Jabbour completed his FAA Commercial Pilot License in only 4 1/2 months and took less than 2 weeks more to pass the type rating.

Airbus has increased its company forecast for worldwide demand for passenger and cargo airliner purchases. Airbus now sees the demand for nearly 26,000 new passenger and cargo aircraft over the next 20 years.

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The inaugural flight for Etihad Crystal Cargo’s new A330-200 freighter aircraft has been completed. Etihad and Chapman Freeborn Airchartering arranged a special charter carrying medical and humanitarian supplies to Pakistan.

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Deadliest airliner crash in recent years killed 228 people aboard due to series of errors and malfunctions

Air Mauritius has taken the delivery of a second A330 aircraft named Nenuphar, this joins the other A330 (named Trochetia ) which was introduced in year 2007.

Seattle Biz Coach Terry Corbell analyzes why United Airlines’ continuing losses teach us six strategic planning lessons.

AirSfafe.com updates its listing of fatal plane crash rates and identifies the popular airliner models with the lowest rates. Surprisingly, one older model has one of the lowest rates.

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering provided last-minute ACMI cover for Transavia following severe storms at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) which prompted the low-cost carrier to perform precautionary safety checks on some of its fleet.

An Air France passenger jet with 228 people on board is missing after dropping off radar screens over the Atlantic after taking off from Brazil, Paris airport authorities said today.

Eurofly - by Meridiana Group - flyes to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport from Milan Mxp, Rome Fco and Verona Villafranca(Catullo) , offering five weekly departures: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from Milan, Wednesday from Rome and Thursday from Verona.

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Altair announces that Airbus UK, BLOODHOUND SSC, Bombardier Transportation and Jaguar & Land Rover will present visionary keynote addresses at Altair’s 6th CAE Technology Conference on the 14th May 2009. Showcasing innovation in virtual design.

Hotel Le Grand Balcon, just steps from Place du Capitol , has been reopened this month as a design-lifestyle hotel. The hotel retains the pioneer aviator spirit of Saint Expuery, Mermoz, guests from the Aeropostale era, but has been re-imagined....

The latest servo presses, developed and manufactured by SCHMIDT Technology, are playing a crucial role in helping Airbus improve the output and product quality from its wing stringer manufacturing facility at Broughton in Flintshire

AirSafe.com interviews a passenger who provides a first-hand account of the Qantas A330 accident that seriously injured over a dozen passengers on 7 October 2008.

About three dozen passengers and crew members were injured in an incident involving a Qantas A330 flying from Singapore to Perth on 7 October 2008. Over a dozen were seriously injured, some with fractures and spinal injuries.