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Fighters Escort Pakistani Plane, Two Arrested
May 24, 2013
British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines plane to London Stansted Airport on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft.
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Air China To Buy 100 Airbus Aircraft
May 24, 2013
Air China will pay USD$8.9 billion for 100 new Airbus aircraft, the company said in an announcement filed with the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday.
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Sri Lankan Air To Buy 10 Airbus Aircraft
May 24, 2013
Sri Lankan Airlines has signed a provisional deal with Airbus worth USD$1.3 billion to buy six A330-300 and four A350-900 aircraft for delivery between 2014 and 2023, the state-run firm's CEO told Reuters.
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BA Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Fire
May 24, 2013
A British Airways Airbus A319 with 80 people on board made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after the right engine burst into flames shortly after take-off and the casing ripped away from the left.
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Jet Airways Fourth-Quarter Net Loss Widens
May 24, 2013
India's Jet Airways, which recently agreed to sell a 24 percent stake to Gulf carrier Etihad, reported a wider quarterly loss, hurt by higher costs.
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Airline News
BA Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Fire
May 24, 2013
A British Airways Airbus A319 with 80 people on board made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after the right engine burst into flames shortly after take-off and the casing ripped away from the left.
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Airport News
Corporacion America Seeks Brazil Airport Deals
May 23, 2013
Argentina's Corporacion America plans to participate in bidding on airport concessions in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte in September, the company's chief executive said on Thursday.
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Aviation News
Air China To Buy 100 Airbus Aircraft
May 24, 2013
Air China will pay USD$8.9 billion for 100 new Airbus aircraft, the company said in an announcement filed with the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday.
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Cargo/Freight News
Air Cargo Recovery Stalls In March - IATA
April 30, 2013
International air freight traffic fell by 2.1 percent in March from the same month a year ago on lower demand from Asian Pacific carriers, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday.
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