All air transport news – Page 1026
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AirAsia-Jetstar may examine A320 leasing operation
The new Jetstar-AirAsia alliance could examine the formation of a new leasing company based around their older Airbus A320 aircraft.
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AirAsia and Jetstar ink wide-ranging cooperation agreement
Low-cost carriers Jetstar and AirAsia have formed a new alliance that will allow them to study the joint purchase of new aircraft, cooperate in ground and...
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PICTURES: Chile receives first four Super Tucanos
Chile has received its first four of 12 EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer/light attack aircraft from Brazilian manufacturer Embraer ...
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Emirates to open Madrid route this year
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to open services to the Spanish capital, Madrid, from 1 August this year. The airline will operate daily non-stop...
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Dreamliner production challenges lie ahead
Now that the 787 has flown, Boeing and its supply chain have to decide how to manage the inevitable changes that will result from the flight-test programme
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Taiwan's EVA Air plans Taipei-Toronto service
Taiwan's EVA Air plans to begin direct thrice-weekly Taipei-Toronto services from March.
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Deliveries of SAS MD-80s to Allegiant begin this month
Starting this month, the parent company of Allegiant Air will take delivery of 18 Boeing MD-80 aircraft purchased from SAS Group as part of the Scandinavian...
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Forecasts 2010: Outsourcing
Airbus and Boeing made radical operational changes in 2009, but the future of organisational management could be Canadian
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Turkish Airlines to order 20 A320-family aircraft
Turkish Airlines is to order 20 Airbus single-aisle aircraft, comprising 14 A321s and six A319s. Deliveries will begin between 2011-12, states the...
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SAS Group selling 18 MD-80s to Allegiant Air
SAS Group is selling 18 Boeing MD-80 aircraft to the parent of US carrier Allegiant Air. The twin-jets are being sold as part of the company's 'Core...
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Fixing the repairs model
The new owners at Dublin's old SR Technics MRO plant intend to keep costs well grounded
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Forecasts 2010 - Propulsion
Engine makers are treading water as the big two airframers prevaricate about developing new narrowbody aircraft
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Forecasts 2010: The airframers
Despite signs of economic recovery, airliner orders are likely to remain sluggish for at least another 12 months
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Forecasts 2010: In-flight entertainment - Time to connect
The gap created by the demise of Connexion by Boeing in 2006 is rapidly being filled as Aircell and others link passengers to the web
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Business - briefing
All Airbus and EADS executives accused of insider trading have been cleared by the French...
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Cebu Pacific, SIA MRO venture to build second hangar
Construction of a second hangar at Cebu Pacific and SIA Engineering's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in the Philippines will start...
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Boeing confident on 2010 delivery financing
Airframer predicts that funding gap will be in same ball park as last year's $2.5 billion
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Opinion
Comment: The people's plane
As Boeing gets ready to fly the next generation of 747, it has just delivered the last of the original. The Jumbo's remarkable journey over the last 40 years saw it transform the world
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Indochina Airlines applies to resume service
Vietnam's Indochina Airlines could resume operations as soon as 15 January, provided the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) approves its application...
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USA issues new security directives for inbound flights
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has mandated new security measures covering inbound flights to the USA effective 4 January.