All air transport news – Page 1055
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Korea's Jin Air delays international push on poor demand
Korean Air's low-cost carrier Jin Air has dramatically curtailed its international expansion plans, citing poor passenger demand.
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India's Spicejet narrows losses in fiscal Q2
India's Spicejet posted a net loss of 1.01 billion rupees ($21.4 million) in its fiscal second quarter, almost half of the 1.98 billion loss that it reported...
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Boeing selects Charleston for second 787 final assembly line
Boeing has selected North Charleston, South Carolina as the site of its second 787 final assembly line. "Establishing a second 787 assembly line in...
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Frontier looks for jump start
Management at Frontier Airlines are eager to quickly snap back into growth mode after trimming its operations during the 16 months it spent in Chapter...
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LAN expects only minimal impact from Avianca-TACA merger
LAN executives do not expect the planned merger of Latin American rivals Grupo TACA and Avianca to have a significant impact on competition in the region.
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Aerolineas' new management team work on transformation plan
fter several years of languishing, Aerolineas Argentinas under its new management team has embarked on a major transformation which will see the Buenos...
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Network alignment by US Airways triggers job cuts
US Airways today detailed plans for significant service reductions at Las Vegas and the elimination of 1,000 jobs as part of a network realignment it is...
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Spare parts: Cash on the shelf?
Spare parts inventories are a critical part of the battle to keep aircraft flying. But with airline budgets under relentless pressure, Flight journalist Kieran Daly questions whether could at least some of that stock be turned in to cash?
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Cirrus not yet ready to increase production
Piper Aircraft is planning an increase in production for 2010, citing improved demand, but rival Cirrus Aircraft says the market is not yet ready to support...
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Bombardier close to finalising new CRJ200 leasing deals
Bombardier expects to close CRJ200 lease deals with two operators by year-end - one of which is thought to be a major contract with Russia's UTair Aviation...
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Arizona start-up challenges major primes for King Air 350 market
An Arizona-based start-up company plans to challenge US defence prime contractors in the rapidly growing market for airborne surveillance platforms. Aerial...
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Bombardier hits the road with CSeries message
Bombardier has launched an international CSeries roadshow to demonstrate how it intends to make good on its promised efficiencies for the Pratt & Whitney...
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Trent 900EP’s 1% improvement is ‘just the start’: R-R
Rolls-Royce is aiming to leapfrog its rival Engine Alliance ...
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Atlas Air agrees 747-8F rescheduling
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of freight carriers Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, has rescheduled the delivery of three of 12 Boeing 747-8 Freighters...
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Lockheed launches flight tests for multi-mission Hellfire missile
Lockheed Martin has launched flight tests for a new and far more capable version of the AGM-114 Hellfire missile family. An inert AGM-114R Hellfire...
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European carriers feel the pain
European network airline chiefs could hardly have met for the recent Association of European Airlines presidents' assembly at a tougher time. Most had already...
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KAL Cargo launches Hanoi freighter service
Korean Air (KAL) Cargo has launched a freighter service from Seoul Incheon to Hanoi.
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Selection of GTF for C919 would be endorsement: Bombardier
Adoption by China of Pratt & Whitney's PW1000G PurePower geared turbofan (GTF) engine for its planned C919 narrowbody would further validate Bombardier's...