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• Emirates sets new full year profit record

• Air Pacific orders Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet

• More Australian Tickets For FIFA World Cup ™ Available From Emirates

• Jetstar opens up Darwin route with $99 specials

• Freight and passenger traffic strong in January 2006

• New addition to Airbus MRO's network

• Boeing delivers 5,000th 737 to Southwest Airlines

• Qantas chooses Boeing 787 Dreamliner

• Boeing delivers 10th 777 to Vietnam Airlines

• JAL first airline to fully introduce Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM)

• Jetstar to fly long haul international services

• United Airlines engages Boeing's Preston Solutions for system-wide study of operations

• The threat of jet-fuel fungus

• REX goes on acquisition trail

• October heralds slowing of growth according to IATA

• Jetstar's first international flight taking to the skies

• US Airways firms up order for 20 A350s

• Air France receives first fuel efficient Boeing 777-300ER

• 'Premium Economy' seating to be offered by Australian Airlines

• Australian Airlines to fly to Tokyo

• New Chinese airline, East Star Airlines to acquire 20 A320's

Airports

• Avalon Airport and Jetstar has celebrated the 1 millionth passenger milestone

• Canberra Airport's lease put on same terms as other leased airports

• Newcastle Airport's March record passenger figures

• All eyes on Asian Aerospace for its last show in Singapore

• Emirates new Sydney airport lounge

• Archerfield Airport Security grant

• Sydney Airport's QinetiQ Tarsier debris radar trials

• Changi passenger volume exceeds 100,000 per day

• A380 a wake up call on passenger processing

Cargo

• October heralds slowing of growth according to IATA

Engines

• Jetstar selects IAE's engine support

• Rolls-Royce record year for CorporateCare

General Aviation

• New Zealand's Alpha 160 takes to the air

• Diamond's D-Jet makes first flight

• Bombardier Learjet 60 XR Flight Deck Shines On Maiden Flight

• Awesome Aviation places Beech 1900D Airliner on lease in Indonesia

• Cirrus assembly plant for Archerfield airport in Queensland

• ST Engineering partner with Adams Aircraft VLJ's and piston aircraft

• Flying Red Dragon at Nowra air show Sunday 26th March 2006

• AMS & Hawker Pacific team up to supply AFIRS-UpTime in the region

• Alteon's new training centre in Singapore

• GAMA REPORTS A RECORD BREAKING YEAR IN 2005

• RBI Hawker opens helicopter blade repair and overhaul facility in Dubai

• Aeromil acquires Tenix's Cessna parts business

• Goana goes to ground - 1st victim of new aviation security laws

• Ibis Aerospace Ae270 certification imminent

• Awesome Aviation offers dry lease services in Australia

Helicopters

• Helicopter rescue service in Adelaide improved

• Bell Helicopters celebrates 2005

• Bell continues 55 year tradition

• Bell 429 order book reaches 136

Industry

• Boeing reports double-digit growth for 1st Qtr 06 results

• Ramco Systems releases Aviation & MRO Software for Start-Up & Low Cost Airlines

• IATA sets about killing myths and setting the agenda

• Boeing to Acquire Carmen Systems to Enhance Commercial Services Business

• IATA urges rejection of French aviation tax

• Airbus's A400M wing in production in UK

• Malaysia ratifies Cape Town Convention on asset based financing

• ST Aerospace's new wide-body hangar in Singapore

• ST Aerospace to set up an MRO in Panama

• Boeing's Ross Bogue to become VP-GM of Everett site and 747/767/777 programs

• Embraer 170 certified for autolanding

• Airbus sets up new middle east operations company

• Airbus A380 flight test aircraft undergoing cold weather trials

• Boeing delivers 5,000th 737 to Southwest Airlines

• NOAA's Altair UAV weather mission flights a success

• The threat of jet-fuel fungus

• Airbus' research agreement with Australia's CRC-ACS

• Panasonic to supply in-flight entertainment for 787 Dreamliner

• New A340-600 takes to the skies

• Boeing launched new 747-8 family

• Airbus introduces A318 Elite

• Comlux becomes A318 Elite launch customer

• Airbus ACJ first US order

• Boeing 777-200LR sets world distance record

• Airbus ACJ wins first orders in China

• ACJ sales reach 50

• Boeing BBJ orders reach over 100

Military Aviation

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection's sole Predator B drone crashed

• Exercise Pacific Protector 06

• Business Welcomes Nelson Decision for Industry Participation in C-17 purchase

• Australia's RAAF acquires 4 Boeing C-17 heavy airlifters

• Airbus's A400M wing in production in UK

• RAAF chooses Lockheed Martin's JASSM missiles

• RAAF return home from exercise Red Flag 2006

• Teal Group predicts over 600,000 missiles will be built over 10 years

• US Air Force Eyes Joint Global Hawk Operations With Pacific Allies

• Australia to acquire I-View UAV's for ADF

• RAN Sea King flying operations temporarily grounded

• Boeing A160 Hummingbird completes flight test

• Major upgrade for RAAF's Chinook helicopters

• US order more F/A-22 Raptors from Lockheed Martin

• $36.6m Global Centre for Autonomous Systems to be based in Victoria

• AP-3C Agreement with Tenix, Australian Aerospace and Government

• ADF Medical Team deploys to Pakistan

• Bell continues 55 year tradition

• Lockheed Martin adds networked combat air simulation

Regulation and Airspace Management

• CASA Aviation Ruling - Franchise AOC arrangements
• Airservices Australia restructure to remove 300 positions
• CASA's regulatory reform program refined
• CASA's Operational air safety HQ for Brisbane

• CASA's extra safety checks for small air operators

• CASA staff changes related to improving safety

• Air Traffic Control facility for Melbourne

• Goana goes to ground - 1st victim of new aviation security laws

Simulators

• Boeing Australia's Systems Analysis Lab (SAL) partners with the USA parent

• Lockheed Martin adds networked combat air simulation