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B/E secures STC for A300-600 conversions
US-based B/E Aerospace has secured a supplemental type certificate (STC) from the US FAA allowing it to convert Airbus A300-600 passenger aircraft to freighters.
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ANZ's first 787-9 delayed by 12 more months
Recently confirmed new delays in the Boeing 787 programme have further pushed back delivery of Air New Zealand's (ANZ) first aircraft, to 2013.
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NewsPost-V1 abort after bird-strike destroyed Kalitta 747F
Belgian investigators believe a bird-strike on a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 freighter at Brussels Airport triggered the crew to abort take-off at a late stage, causing the jet to overrun....
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EASA, ANAC certify Embraer Lineage 1000
Embraer's Lineage 1000 executive transport today won type certification from both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and ANAC, Brazil's National...
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NewsContinental 737 crash: Pilot called for rejected take-off
Cockpit voice-recorder evidence shows one of the pilots of the Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 involved in the runway excursion accident at Denver called...
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NewsBritish Airways orders 11 Embraer 170/190s for CityFlyer
British Airways has ordered 11 Embraer regional jets for use by its BA CityFlyer subsidiary. Embraer says in a statement that the deal comprises...
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Air cargo faces bleak prospects
Things are not looking good for the air cargo industry, with IATA predicting a 5% fall in freight traffic in 2009. But there is hope among some cargo executives that demand could start to stabilise in the second or third quarter of the year
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Shanghai pact boosts Dallas Fort Worth service hopes
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, host of the Airline Business Network USA event in 2009, has been working with Shanghai Airport Authority to try and forge nonstop...
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NewsContinental 737 badly damaged, 38 injured in Denver take-off accident
Nearly 40 people on board a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 have been injured after the aircraft left the runway at Denver and caught fire yesterday...
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China's ARJ21 faces further six-month delay in first delivery
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has disclosed that first delivery of its ARJ21-700 regional jet is to be delayed by a further six months. Comac...
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VLM, Cityjet take first co-operation steps
Moves to consolidate the operations of KLM Cityhopper and VLM on the London City-Amsterdam route mark the first integration under the acquisition of VLM through Air France-KLM Irish subsidiary CityJet.
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Southwest to launch RNP operations in 4Q '09
Southwest Airlines plans to begin required navigation performance (RNP) operations on certain routes in the fourth quarter of 2009, ramping up system-wide...
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NewsSAS agrees to sell Spanair and Air Baltic shareholdings
SAS Group has agreed to sell a majority of Spanish operation Spanair to a group of Catalonian investors, and its minority stake in Air Baltic...
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ATR achieves power-on for first 72-600
ATR has started ground-testing the new -600 variant of its regional turboprop line, with power-on of its cockpit avionics. The first example, an ATR...
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