All air transport news – Page 1154
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Flight 1549 crew lambastes relations between airline management and labour
Crew members of the US Airways Airbus A320 that ditched into the Hudson River in New York on 15 January are calling for an overhaul of rules governing US...
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Chinese traffic ambitions given jolt from tough 2008
The extent of the downturn that faced China's airlines in 2008 has become clear, with the first single-digit passenger traffic growth figures being reported...
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IATA: poor safety management in one-third of accidents
Deficient safety management contributed to one in three accidents in 2008, a year in which the rate of Western-built hull losses worsened - although the...
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Taiwan close to finalising P-3C contract
Taiwan is set to take delivery of its refurbished Lockheed Martin P-3C ...
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Falling fuel cost is far from a panacea for US carriers
Optimism is fading for US airlines as their fourth-quarter results plummetted, and the first-quarter does not look bright
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Lion Air MD-90 in Batam landing incident
A Lion Air Boeing MD-90 late yesterday landed at Batam airport without its front landing gear extended, resulting in damage to the undercarriage and the...
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Gulf Air firms up 777-300ER lease deal with India's Jet
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air has firmed up a deal to lease four new Boeing 777-300ERs from India's Jet Airways. Gulf Air says...
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Operating in a carbon constrained world
A fundamental change in air travel behaviour and technology will become a necessity if climate protection measures such as a halving global emissions by...
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Delta TechOps plans to offer Airbus component services
Delta TechOps is looking at adding Airbus component services to its fast growing third-party business, using the expertise from newly acquired Northwest...
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Secret files reveal US interest in UK HOTOL spaceplane
As the first UK-funded launcher technology programme in 22 years begins, Flightglobal.com can reveal secret US government interest in British Aerospace's 1980s' HOTOL spaceplane
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ICAO emissions group tackles timelines, measurements
Developing nations and countries below a certain greenhouse gas emissions threshold should be held to a different standard than developed nations when addressing...
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Forecasting the long-term demand for airliners
The world's civil airframers provide regular long-term forecasts on airliner demand, which give their view about the general size of the market in terms of numbers of units.
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Opinion
Comment: emissions cash cow?
Brussels' push towards a global trading scheme could earn fortunes for some European countries, but it's likely that the market will not produce the results originally envisaged
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Calculating the most efficient air traffic routes
Foresight and broad planning could reduce commercial aviation fuel consumption by up to 6% annually. That is more than 3.8 billion litres (1 billion USgal)...
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
German carrier Air Berlin's executive board and senior managers are foregoing half of their bonus payments for the 2008 financial year. Air Berlin...
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O'Leary sees long-term gains from in-flight phone access
Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary is looking to the longer term for its newly-launched on-board mobile phone service to deliver significant ancillary revenue benefits.
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Sabre's low-cost inroads show GDS appeal
The traditional Global Distribution System is showing further strength as a tool for the low-cost carrier - an airline business model that long shunned this...
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Aircell sees burgeoning portfolio as airlines turn to in-flight Internet
Aircell is working with at least seven carriers to bring its Gogo in-flight connectivity service to passengers in North America, president and CEO Jack Blumenstein...