Airframers – Page 913
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Virgin Blue issues request for first long-haul aircraft
Carrier aims to launch transpacific US routes and tackle Qantas’s domination
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MEPs get tough with emissions
European Parliament vote reflects determination to clip carriers’ wings and force them to reduce impact on climate
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UK AAIB urges action to improve wiring safety
Watchdog wants EASA and FAA to move quickly to expedite circuit breaker upgrade
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Video: News channel airs footage of 10 May Northwest A319 / DC-9 runway collision, as NTSB releases report
US television news programme ABC's Eyewitness News has aired the airport surveillance footage from the 10 May Northwest Airlines runway collision, as US aviation safety investigators release their preliminary report.
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NewsPicture: James Bond film Casino Royale features modified Boeing 747
Details are emerging of the aircraft to be used in the new James Bond film, which include a specially-modified former British Airways Boeing 747-200.
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NewsVideo: Airbus A380 evacuation trial infra-red sequence released into public domain
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has released the first publicly-available video clip of Airbus's A380 evacuation trial that took place at its Finkenwerder facility outside Hamburg, Germany on 26 March.
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NewsUnited readies to offer wireless broadband across fleet
United Airlines has started to equip its Boeing 757 aircraft with hardware for inflight wireless broadband services, and is planning installations for its entire fleet.
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NewsBAE springs audit on Airbus to decide on 20% stake disposal
BAE Systems is to carry out an audit of Airbus in order to assist in deciding whether to proceed with disposing of its 20% shareholding of the European airframer.
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NewsTunisair to increase range of Airbus A319 fleet
Tunisian flag-carrier Tunisair has ordered an extended-range Airbus A319 and is to modify up to another three A319s in its fleet to the same higher-range configuration.
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NewsAirbus begins installation of A380 wing reinforcements as interim fix after test rupture
Airbus has begun to install a strengthening package on to the wing of a completed A380 as an interim solution after the static-test specimen suffered a premature rupture during its ultimate load test.
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NewsCanada: ‘Old data’ led to October 2004 crash on take-off of MK Airlines 747 freighter
Canadian investigators are recommending the installation of systems to warn crews of inadequate take-off performance following the fatal loss of an MK Airlines Boeing 747-200 freighter during departure from Halifax nearly two years ago.