All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 420
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Virgin Blue expects to post a profit this fiscal year
Australian carrier Virgin Blue, which posted a net loss last fiscal year, expects to post a full-year profit this fiscal year despite the uncertain economic...
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EC completes last PBN test flight in the Mint programme
An Airbus A321 operated by Swedish carrier Novair completed the last of ten flights today dedicated to testing performance based navigation (PBN) techniques...
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FAA snubs NTSB, ALPA requests on Rolls-Royce 777 engine ice directive
In a final airworthiness directive (AD) to be published Friday, the FAA has rebuffed efforts by both the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA)...
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Europe's low-cost carriers on the front foot
While European network carriers restructureand combat losses, their low-cost rivals are posting modest profits
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Irkut studies flutter potential on MS-21 wing
MS-21 prime contractor Irkut is performing windtunnel tests on the wing/engine combination for the new family of aircraft in the 150- to 212-seat range in...
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Airbus to deliver 100 aircraft in China next year
Airbus plans to deliver almost 100 aircraft in China next year, following a better-than-expected 2009 in the rapidly growing Chinese market. The A320...
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Carriers vie for Kuwait supremacy
Three vastly different airlines are battling to control Kuwait's dynamic and fast growing airline market
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AirTran steps up Milwaukee attack
By teaming up with SkyWest, the US low-cost carrier is able to target smaller markets at its Milwaukee focus city
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AirAsia plans daily flight between Kota Kinabalu and Taipei
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia plans to start a daily flight from Kota Kinabalu in east Malaysia to Taipei.
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Australia's Rex posts 23% fall in profit in fiscal Q1
Australia's largest independent regional carrier Regional Express (Rex) has posted a 23% decline in net profit for the first fiscal quarter.
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Magnetic heat shield test could use Russian launcher
European researchers developing a magnetic heat shield that could augment or replace the traditional ablative materials hope to make a test flight in the...
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Turning the tide at Thai Airways
New president Piyasvasti Amranand is fashioning astrategy aimed at stabilising and regenerating the national carrier
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US Airways defers 54 Airbus deliveries and secures new financing commitments
US Airways is the latest US carrier to secure financing to weather economic uncertainty while also deferring 54 Airbus narrowbody and widebody deliveries...
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Dutch operator KLM has formed a joint venture to develop sustainable biofuels after completing an alternative fuel-powered flight. The carrier has...
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Airbus expects 100 aircraft deliveries in China in 2010
(In the fourth sentence, changes number of A380s to 200) Airbus expects to deliver almost 100 aircraft in China next year and is "cautiously optimistic"...
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Continental temporarily deactivates LiveTV systems
Continental Airlines temporarily deactivated all of its LiveTV in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems on 20 November after discovering that a small part of...
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Jones succeeds Moravecek as president of Engine Alliance
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) marketing executive Mary Ellen Jones has been named president of Engine Alliance, the 50/50 joint venture between General Electric...
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Market Outlook: Load factor limitations
Chris Tarry stresses that load factors are only a measure of capacity utilisation.