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ISSUE 1, VOLUME 6: FEBRUARY – APRIL 2014
THE MAGAZINE FOR AEROSPACE PROFESSIONALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA AND TURKEY
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FIGHTING FIT
ONE YEAR ON… AND GULF AIR IS CLIMBING – PAGE 115
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AIR TRANSPORT Environmental legislation, cons
AACO OVERVIEW
AIR TRANSPORT Dubai and the deal good factor
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EGYPT Abdel Aziz Fadel: “Our plan is tha
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The world is complex. Your decisions don't have t
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Hundreds of passengers. Tons of cargo.
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MARKETS open its doors... would be potential
So quiet you might wonder is t
AIR TRANSPORT LOW-COST CARRIERS No frills
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AIR TRANSPORT GROWTH “The prime goal is
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GROWTH new dest
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AIR TRANSPORT Sukhoi showed off the Superjet to
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DEFENCE KAI lands huge Iraq trainer co
DEFENCE Just before Christmas, BAE Systems shar
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ISTANBUL AIRSHOW 10th international civil aviatio
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MARKETING “It's the Emirates boo
FINANCE Kuwait's flag-carrier may be on life
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TRAINING Ed Davidson, director of the Gulf Aviati
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