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People are silhouetted past a logo of the Airbus Group during the Airbus annual news conference in Colomiers, near Toulouse January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
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Responders pick through the wreckage of a cargo plane which crashed in the capital Juba, South Sudan, on November 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
Russian-built plane crashes in South Sudan, witnesses say dozens killed
Juba, Reuters—A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital, killing dozens of people, witnesses said. An official said three people on board survived. The precise death toll...Caption:
Undated file photo showing a Gulf Air Airbus A320 aircraft. (Reuters/Hamad Mohammed)
Gulf Air eyes strategic alliances, more comprehensive services
Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrain’s national carrier, Gulf Air, is looking to enter into strategic alliances with a number of other companies within the aviation sector in order to provide a more comprehensive roster of commercial aviation services going beyond...Caption:
A Dassault Aviation French made Rafale belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force performs during the Dubai Airshow on November 18, 2013, in Dubai. Emirates Airline’s appetite for aircraft purchases will not cease, the airline’s president Tim Clark told AFP a day after the Dubai-based carrier ordered 200 planes from Boeing and Airbus. (AFP Photo/Karim Sahib)
Global Aerospace Summit kicks off in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The second biannual Global Aerospace Summit began in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, drawing in some 1,500 industry executives, senior decision makers and government officials from 55 countries around the globe to...Caption:
File photo of a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 (AFP Photo / STR)