All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 317
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FLIGHT TEST: Eclipse 500 - approaching totality
Despite its manufacturer's travails, the Eclipse 500 perseveres in a new incarnation - with revamped avionics and a new moniker on the livery
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NewsEmirates Group posts 43% surge in net full-year profit
Middle Eastern air transport company Emirates Group has posted a group net profit of Dhs5.9 billion ($1.6 billion) for the full year 2010-11, an increase...
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Indonesia moves to address airline crash problem
Indonesia, which has consistently had one of the world's worst airline accident records, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Netherlands-based European Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) to set up a major training centre to produce aviation safety management skills for its own needs and those of ...
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787-10 launch "a long ways away": Boeing's Albaugh
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh says the formal announcement of a 787-10 is "a long ways away", but calls the 300-seat stretch the "natural evolution"...
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Air Lease inks new lease deals for nearly a dozen widebodies
US lessor Air Lease has signed lease agreements for 11 additional twin-aisle aircraft, comprising Airbus A330-200s, A330-300s and Boeing 777-300ERs. The...
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NewsIFE consultant sees industry partnerships as new players emerge
A level of consolidation could be on the horizon for the embedded in-flight entertainment industry as a growing number of firms attempt to jump into the...
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Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 awarded FAA ETOPS approval
Rolls-Royce's Trent 1000 turbofan has been awarded 330min extended twin engine operations approval by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
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UAC plots rescue plan for Aviastar
UAC sees a switch to cargo aircraft as a way of improving profitability at Ulyanovsk factory
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CORRECTION: Embraer eyes possible "five-abreast aircraft"
(Corrects story to say that Embraer is eyeing possible development of a "five-abreast" aircraft, not a "fiberglass" aircraft. Embraer says the author misheard.)
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Emirates works with Boeing to get connectivity linefit to widebodies
Emirates is working with Boeing to ensure AeroMobile's in-flight mobile phone connectivity solution is line-fitted to its new widebodies as soon as possible.
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Interview
Interview: Qatar Airways' CEO Akbar Al Baker
MASTER AND COMMANDER Akbar Al Baker's single-minded vision has powered Qatar Airways into a leading global network carrier. And rivals be warned, the...
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NewsBoeing to hold 747-8 assembly line for a month
Boeing will hold the 747-8 line in place from 6 May until 7 June, to allow it to catch up on design changes as it introduces the new -8I passenger model...
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NewsUS airline mulls 'going all the way' with Aircell wireless IFE, Ka-band connectivity
At least one US airline is considering "going all the way" with Aircell by offering the firm's suite of commercial products, including its new wireless in-flight...
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Boeing confirms final 787 electrical software installation completion
Boeing has confirmed it has completed development and installation of revised 787 electrical systems software on its test fleet, modified after an electrical...
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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...