All air transport news – Page 1169
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South Korea launches KF-X corruption probe
South Korean officials have raided the offices of Saab and a research institute in Seoul as part of an investigation into alleged corruption related to defence...
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NewsAvianca and TACA poised to announce strategic tie-up
Colombia's largest airline Avianca is poised to announce plans for a wide-ranging tie-up with El Salvador's Grupo TACA today. Further details of the...
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BA to cut equivalent of 1,700 cabin crew in November
British Airways is confirming the equivalent of 1,700 full-time cabin crew posts will disappear by the end of November, but insists the cuts are voluntary.
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Thai Airways adding services
Thai Airways International is increasing services to Australia, Russia, Norway and the USA.
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Qantas employing 100 apprentice engineers
Qantas Airways is increasing its engineering workforce now that it is bringing Airbus A330 heavy maintenance work in-house.
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WAEA2009: Row 44 to deliver first ad-supported in-flight Wi-Fi
In-flight connectivity service provider Row 44 has partnered with mobile audience media company JiWire to deliver the world's first ad-supported in-flight...
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Malev shortlists designs in Q400 livery competition
Hungarian flag-carrier Malev has released a shortlist of designs after inviting entries for a special livery on one of its Bombardier Q400 turboprops. The...
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Turkish to add freighters, select passenger widebody next year
Turkish Airlines is looking to add two Boeing 777 and two Airbus A330 cargo aircraft to its fleet, while a decision on purchasing 787 and A350 XWB passenger...
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News747-8 hit by fresh delays and $1bn write-down
Boeing has announced a fresh delay to the first flight of the 747-8 freighter, to the first quarter of 2010, and revealed that it will not now deliver the...
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NewsAirAsia defers eight more A320s
Malaysian low-cost carrier group AirAsia will defer eight Airbus A320s it was due to receive in 2011, bringing its total A320 deferrals to 16. The...
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Trans States serves up huge credibility boost to Mitsubishi MRJ
Until recently, you could be forgiven for regarding the Mitsubishi MRJ regional jet as a "national project" that had little prospect of international sales...
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Open rotor: how does it work?
An open rotor engine is essentially a turboprop with two rows of blades, or propellers
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Air India offers seven aircraft for dry lease
Air India has invited tenders to dry lease out seven of its aircraft, three Boeing 777-200LRs and four Airbus A310 freighters.
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JAL to participate in programme to reduce emissions
Japan Airlines is to participate in the Aspire programme, which seeks to establish industry-wide aviation standards and procedures to reduce the environmental...
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Australia's Strategic to start Brisbane-Bali service
Australian carrier Strategic Airlines, which bought OzJet in June, has applied to have OzJet's international traffic rights transferred to it.
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WAEA2009: Continental to introduce new lie-flat seat by end of October
Continental Airlines is set to introduce its first newly configured Boeing 777-200ER with its BusinessFirst flat-bed seat by the end of October.
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Business: Good week - Bad week
RYANAIR Love it or hate it, you have to respect the gravity-defying low-cost carrier.
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Business briefs
Perth-based Structural Monitoring Systems has secured an exclusive strategic partnership with...