All air transport news – Page 1067
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Working Week: David Forrester - Airbus Senior Marketing Analyst
An analytical approach at Airbus
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SAA posts gain after renegotiating 'forgotten' A320 deal
South African Airways has renegotiated a problematic Airbus agreement in a deal which has improved its income statement by R407 million ($55 million). SAA...
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TUI Travel to cancel 10 787s
TUI Travel is to cancel 10 of the 23 Boeing 787s which the tour operator has on order, but plans to add purchase rights for another 13.
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Aerolineas 'close' to sealing Airbus acquisition
State-owned Aerolineas Argentinas has reached a "very advanced state" in negotiations to close the acquisition of up to 15 Airbus aircraft. The carrier,...
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Air India pilot strike forces more flight cancellations
Industrial action by pilots has forced Air India to cancel flights today and reportedly suspend bookings for the next 15 days.
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Airservices Australia begins ground-based augmentation system installation
Airservices Australia will start to install Honeywell's SmartPath precision landing system at major airports throughout the country from the end of this...
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Gol to transition Caribbean services from charter to scheduled
Brazilian low-cost carrier Gol has secured government approvals to transition next month at least one of its Caribbean charter services into a scheduled...
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A330-200F comes in 500kg under weight
Airbus says that the A330-200 Freighter has weighed in 500kg (1,100lb) lighter than expected, which will directly translate into an increase in payload. The...
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A320 re-engine decision in 2010
Airbus expects to decide by the end of next year whether to re-engine the A320 family, CAO has learned. A senior Airbus executive said the manufacturer...
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CFM ready to advance LEAP-X schedule; opens way for 737RE
CFM International is ready to advance the schedule of its LEAP-X program if it wins an order to power the Comac 919, the 150-200 seat jetliner proposed by...
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Air India flights disrupted as pilots take sick leave
Several domestic and international Air India flights have been disrupted since the weekend, when dozens executive pilots took sick leave en masse in protest...
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Symphony and Weatherly aircraft production to restart
The lead investor for the North American Factory for Technologically Advanced Aircraft, a company created in 2008 to restart production of the two-seat Symphony...
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Opinion
Comment: Output miracle will be a hard act to follow
As 2009 began, the production plans for Airbus and Boeing defied logic. The world's economies were in meltdown, traffic was in freefall and banks had stopped...
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Opinion
Comment: Technology overtures
A US-French bid to ride the Comac C919 airliner project to commercial success in China raises questions about how far firms must go to become players in this fast-growing market
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Air China and ANA to codeshare on Haneda-Beijing flights
Air China and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will begin a code-share agreement on their flights between Beijing and Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 25 October.
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Business briefings
An overhaul of Saab Group's corporate structure will transform 15 business units in three segments...
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SAS finds new markets for MD Explorers
Specialist Aviation Services, which provides helicopters and support services to police and air ambulance...
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Naverus secures key FAA endorsement for RNP development
Performance-based navigation (PBN) provider Naverus has received a letter of qualification from the US FAA to design and validate required navigation performance...
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Alaska nears pricing strategy for Wi-Fi
Alaska Airlines has been narrowing pricing options for in-flight connectivity as the carrier determines which Internet solution to use fleetwide.