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India's Kingfisher to exit low-cost market
India's Kingfisher Airlines plans to exit the country's low-cost market within the next four months and focus more on the premium market.
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MROE: Bulgaria Air inks extensive MRO deal with LHT Sofia
Bulgaria Air has contracted Lufthansa Technik Sofia for component support as well as line and base maintenance for its Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737...
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Cathay, Dragonair crews heed warnings on separation loss
Cathay Pacific Airways said a loss of separation incident that occurred on 18 September between one of its Boeing 777-300ERs and an Airbus A330 that was...
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Wizz Air signs engine wash deal with Pratt & Whitney
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has inked a five-year agreement to use Pratt & Whitney's EcoPower engine wash system on its fleet of Airbus A320...
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Avianca places firm order for four A330Fs
Colombian carrier Avianca has signed a firm order for four Airbus A330-200 freighters, becoming the first Latin American carrier to operate the type. The...
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NewsANA's first 787 heads for Japan
Departing just after dawn, Boeing's first 787 Dreamliner, newly delivered to All Nippon Airways, departed Paine Field at 07:17 local time enroute to Tokyo's...
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Routes: Air France begins regional defence
Air France's launch of its provincial flights from Marseille shows its determination to regain a grip in the regions as low-cost rivals start to get a footing in the tough French market
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NewsPackage B Trent 1000s still in testing: R-R and Boeing
Boeing and Rolls-Royce have corrected previous statements that inaccurately confirmed that an upgraded version of the Trent 1000 turbofan has already flown...
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ST Aero training arm's Singapore MPL cadets graduate
ST Aerospace Academy (STAA) has completed the first multi-crew pilot license (MPL) programme in Singapore, training six cadets who are employed by Tiger...
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NewsBoeing starts new chapter with 787 handover to ANA
Under a wet Pacific Northwestern sky, Boeing and All Nippon Airways celebrated the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner, marking a ceremonial end to more...
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P&W completes first PW1524G flight test programme
The Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PurePower PW1524G engine, which will power the Bombardier CSeries, has completed its first flight test programme, logging 25 flights...
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New analysis concludes Bombardier will miss CSeries order target
Analysts at RBC Capital Markets have concluded Bombardier's goal of having 300 orders for its new CSeries narrowbody by entry into service in late 2013 is...
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‘Intoxicated’ navigator cited in RusAir Tu-134 crash
Descent below the glide path in poor weather and a failure to execute a timely go-around led to the fatal RusAir Tupolev Tu-134A crash on approach to Petrozavodsk,...
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NewsAeropostal DC-9 rips engine in hard landing
A McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operated by Venezuela's Aeropostal made a hard landing at an airport in eastern Venezuela today, ripping off both of its Pratt &...
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ROUTES: Australian carriers look to Asia
Moves from Qantas and Virgin Australia show the nation's carriers continuing to take a foothold in the Asian markeT
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AWAS and LAN enter sale and leaseback on five A320s
Aircraft lessor AWAS has entered an agreement with Chilean airline group LAN to purchase and lease back five Airbus A320 aircraft that the airline had previously...
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New design arm launched by 328 Support Service
Munich-based Dornier 328 maintenance specialist, 328 Support Service, has established a sister design organisation, which gained EASA Part 21J approval last...
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NewsKalitta Air selects smoke vision technology for 747s
US freighter operator Kalitta Air is to equip its Boeing 747s with emergency vision assurance system technology, which allows pilots to see through dense smoke in cockpits.
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Routes: 787 promises to create new network opportunities
Like other Boeing 787 customers, British Airways expects the arrival of the Dreamliner in its fleet - albeit much later than scheduled - will transform the way it thinks about network development.
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Routes: BA plays with capacity levers in 2012 network shake-up
British Airways (BA) plans to undertake significant network adjustments next year in the Caribbean market and on the "kangaroo" route in response, respectively, to increasing passenger taxation and a strategic venture with Australian partner Qantas.