All air transport news – Page 1153
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PICTURES: Wings for RAF’s first A330 tanker head for assembly
Airbus UK has shipped the wings for the UK Royal Air Force's first Airbus A330-200-based tanker to Bremen for equipment installation ...
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Business Briefs
COMPOSITES TO 'FORCE TIER 1 RESTRUCTURING' MANUFACTURING The aerostructures industry will restructure around a handful of tier...
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Virgin Blue’s long-haul arm V Australia launches flights
Today Virgin Blue's new long-haul carrier, V Australia, is due to formally launch operations with an inaugural departure from Sydney bound for Los Angeles.
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Shareholders approve China Eastern, Southern bailouts
Shareholders in loss-making China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines have approved plans for share placements that will lead to cash injections...
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Engine problem just one possible scenario in Schiphol crash: investigators
Dutch investigators insist that engine problems are just one of a number of possibilities under consideration in their probe into yesterday's Turkish Airlines...
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Global traffic heavily down again in January: IATA
Figures for January released by IATA show passenger and air freight traffic heavily down again, dropping 5.6% and 23.2% respectively. The sharp fall...
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Turkish 737 had 'low forward speed' before Amsterdam crash
Dutch investigators have started analysing the two flight recorders retrieved from the crashed Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Amsterdam Schiphol
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KAL orders six A330-200s
Korean Air (KAL) has placed an order for six Airbus A330-200s which it plans to use for additional capacity. A KAL spokesman in Seoul says the carrier...
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Mexicana looks to expand Airbus relationship with A350s
Mexicana is evaluating the Airbus A350 as it looks to further expand its new long-haul network.
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Viking studies E-coat process for new Twin Otter
Canada's Viking Air is considering using E-coat in its basic production process for the new DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 as a means of boosting the corrosion...
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VIDEO: Flight's David Learmount on how a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 crashed at Amsterdam's Schiphol
VIDEO: Flight's David Learmount on how a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 crashed at Amsterdam's Schiphol
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Curtiss-Wright forecasts one-third cut for monthly 737 output
A major structural and systems supplier for the Boeing 737 predicts a 30% decline for the narrowbody's monthly production rate after mid-year.
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Nine killed as Turkish 737 breaks up during Amsterdam landing
At least nine people on board a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft have died after the twin-jet crashed on approach to Amsterdam Schiphol
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Australia's SkyAirWorld temporarily suspends operations
Australian carrier SkyAirWorld has temporarily suspended all operations while it restructures its business. The charter and scheduled operator says...
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Crashed A320 attempted slow-flight test at low altitude: inquiry
French investigators have determined that the Airbus A320 which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last November had been attempting, at just 3,000ft...
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ANZ highlights evidence of sensor failure on crashed A320
Air New Zealand is stressing that, despite releasing initial findings, French investigators have yet to determine the cause of last November's Airbus A320...
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Mexicana to take first 717 next month
Mexicana plans to take delivery next month of the first of 25 Boeing 717s and place the aircraft, which will be operated by low-cost unit Click in a two-class...