All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 314
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NewsAir Canada's chief aware of pitfalls in launching a new LCC
Air Canada's management is using lessons learned from previous industry attempts in launching a low cost carrier within its legacy structure. The...
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LatAm MRO providers capped by US moratorium: Aeroman
North and South American route structures have made Latin American MRO operations ideal for servicing narrowbody aircraft, although while there is growth...
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NewsBEA to examine why acoustic sweep missed AF447 recorders
French investigators are to re-examine acoustic data from the initial search for the crashed Air France flight AF447 to determine whether the Airbus A330's...
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E-190 production delays will not impact 2011 delivery forecast: Embraer
Embraer is incurring delays to its E-190 production schedule due to a supply chain constraint with a Japanese provider of engine electronics for the twinjet's...
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NewsPICTURES: Korean A380 begins final flight tests
Korean Air's first Airbus A380 (MSN35) has started final flight tests from the airframer's Hamburg Finkenwerder plant, ahead of delivery to Toulouse in preparation...
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Republic alludes to A320neo place holder deposit
Frontier Airlines parent Republic Airways Holdings has placed an aircraft place holder deposit with Airbus for the re-engined A320neo, according to a company...
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NewsPICTURE: 'Virgin Australia' new name for Virgin Blue
The second decade of Virgin Blue's operation will see the airline re-brand as "Virgin Australia" to help shed its low-cost image in favour of being a formidable...
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Size of 737 successor will aid E-Jets decision: Embraer's Curado
An announcement from Boeing in the coming months about its plans for replacing current single-aisle types will not necessarily trigger an immediate response...
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NewsTu-204SM begins airworthiness certification programme
Tupolev has begun an airworthiness certification programme for its modernised Tu-204SM twin-jet after completing its post-assembly trials. On 28 April,...
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Korean Air orders five A330-200s and two 777-300ERs
Korean Air has placed a firm order with Airbus for five additional A330-200s, and plans to order two Boeing 777-300ERs.
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Embraer posts $105.1m 1Q net profit
Brazilian regional jet manufacturer Embraer has more than quadrupled its first quarter income to $105.1 million from $24.1 million in the same period last...
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NewsCosts grow for earliest F-35s in production
The cost of the first 28 production models of the Lockheed Martin F-35 has increased by at least 11% to 15%, according to the F-35 joint programme office...
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Working Week: Tim Myall
Engineering a future in aerospace Tim Myall is an engineering consultant at UK-based consultancy Frazer-Nash. He leads a team of engineers supporting...
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US regionals look to supersize
Large regional aircraft - jets, mainly, but turboprops too - are the next big thing, with interest from airlines likely to centre on aircraft with 90 seats or more
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US carriers seize acquisitions to survive
US regional carriers are pursuing acquisitions as a means of survival but how the industry will change is open to question
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Have US regionals improved safety standards since the Colgan accident?
Is the regional aviation sector learning the lessons on training and discipline following the Colgan crash in 2009?
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Royal Jordanian 787 delivery pushed nearly four years
Amman-based Royal Jordanian Airlines says it will receive its first of 11 Boeing 787s in 2014, almost four years after it initially intended.
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A320neo does not unlock 737 customers, hurts CSeries: Boeing CEO
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney says the Airbus A320neo and its more than 300 commitments are doing more harm to the Bombardier CSeries than to the company's Boeing's...
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NewsBoeing development programmes move toward certification
Boeing's two primary commercial development programmes are progressing toward final US Federal Aviation Administration certification as Boeing maintains...
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United Aircraft looks to grow Aviastar as airlifter centre
Russia's United Aircraft has indicated that it wants to develop its Aviastar factory in Ulyanovsk as a centre of expertise for airlifters and commercial...