All Airframers articles – Page 391
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Qantas acquires 110 Airbus A320s, cuts jobs, launches new LCC
Qantas Group has announced a swathe of changes at the company, including the acquisition of 110 Airbus A320 aircraft - of which 78 are A320neos - thousands of job cuts at its international operation, the creation of an as-yet unnamed premium Asian carrier, and a new Japanese low-cost carrier, Jetstar ...
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Qantas, JAL, and Mitsubishi to form Jetstar Japan
Qantas Group, Japan Airlines, and Mitsubishi will partner to launch a new low-cost carrier, Jetstar Japan, by the end of 2012.
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Air Lease firms up Boeing orders
US lessor Air Lease has firmed orders for 14 Boeing 737-800s and five 777-300ERs placed at the Paris air show in June. The orders were previously listed...
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Western aerospace firms keep low profile at Taipei show
Western aerospace firms kept a low profile at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition in Taiwan ...
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AAR wins IFE installation and maintenance business from Virgin America
US aviation services company AAR has cinched a deal with Virgin America for installation of seats, in-flight entertainment and heavy maintenance on the carrier's...
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SpiceJet to launch three services using new Q400s
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet is poised to take delivery of its first four Bombardier Q400 turboprops, part of a 15 aircraft order placed last December.
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Airliners' PED tolerance improving with latest guidance
Using personal electronic devices during all phases of flight will be technically feasible in the future as modern aircraft are being designed to be tolerant...
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Boeing poised to complete 787 certification flight testing
Boeing appears to have completed certification flight testing of the first delivery variant of its 787 Dreamliner, 606 days after the type first began flying. Aircraft...
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US Airways to keep E-190 maintenance in-house
US Airways has no plans to outsource heavy maintenance of its 15 Embraer E-190s in house. The carrier's management outlined the aircraft maintenance...
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Panasonic sees 'massive' demand for in-flight connectivity
Panasonic Avionics is fielding a staggering number of requests for proposals...
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Canada and Costa Rica sign air services agreement
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla have forged a new air services agreement between their two countries, subject...
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Airbus clashes with pilots over AF447 alarm
Frustration is building within Airbus over Air France's and cockpit union SNPL's public claims that the stall alarm on flight AF447 activated in a manner...
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AF447's initial altitude drift went virtually unchallenged
French investigators have highlighted an extraordinary lack of communication which allowed Air France flight AF447's initial excessive deviation from its...
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Embraer delivers China Southern's first E-190 to CDB Leasing
Embraer delivered China Southern Airlines' first Embraer E-190 regional jet to China's CDB Leasing Co (CLC).
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Taiwan looks to develop advanced unmanned systems
Taiwan appears to be developing two advanced unmanned aerial system concepts, as it looks to bolster its defence capabilities in the light of other countries' reluctance to sell it advanced combat aircraft for fear of angering China.
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EADS CFO confirms A320neo pricing premium
Airbus has confirmed the price premium for the 15% fuel burn advantage of the re-engined A320neo, a trend expected to continue as Boeing enters the market...
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Barbados' REDjet to expand network
Barbados-based low-cost carrier REDjet plans to launch new routes from as early as September and add a third Boeing MD-80 to its fleet by early December. The...
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Boeing maps out near-term 787 ramp up goals
As it holds to its 787 ramp up plans of achieving 10 aircraft per month by the end of 2013, Boeing has outlined its near-term goals of moving the rate from...
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DARPA loses contact with HTV-2
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency prematurely lost contact with the hypersonic test vehicle on its second and final flight ...