All air transport news – Page 1171
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IATA laments shocking drop in freight traffic
IATA figures for November have revealed further evidence of the impact of the economic slowdown on the freight market, after international cargo traffic...
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ANZ says biofuel test flight a success
Air New Zealand (ANZ) is reporting a successful first test flight of a Boeing 747-400 powered in part by the biofuel jatropha. The flight was conducted...
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SIA outlines initial plans for A330s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has outlined initial plans for its new fleet of Airbus A330-300s, which it starts taking delivery of next month to replace older...
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China Eastern aid package more than doubled to $1 billion
China's Government has more than doubled the size of a financial aid package for cash-strapped China Eastern Airlines to 7 billion yuan, or $1 billion.
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David Cush: Evolving Virgin America from embattled start-up to niche carrier
Virgin America CEO David Cush arrived at the carrier roughly a year ago ahead of a period of wildly spiking fuel prices and at the beginning of an equally astounding economic recession
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Alitalia offers 46 mainline and regional aircraft for sale
Italian flag-carrier Alitalia's administrator has formally put 46 of the airline's aircraft up for sale, and is requesting expressions of interest by the...
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PICTURE: Sukhoi flies second Superjet for first time
Sukhoi has carried out the first flight of its second Superjet 100 test aircraft, days after a new phase of airborne trials of its PowerJet SaM146 engines...
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Putting Surinam on the map
Surinam is one of those places you think you know where it is, but can’t quite remember. It’s a quiet country on the north-eastern part of South America, with more affinity with the Caribbean than with its cousins with whom it shares a continent.
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B/E secures STC for A300-600 conversions
US-based B/E Aerospace has secured a supplemental type certificate (STC) from the US FAA allowing it to convert Airbus A300-600 passenger aircraft to freighters.
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ANZ's first 787-9 delayed by 12 more months
Recently confirmed new delays in the Boeing 787 programme have further pushed back delivery of Air New Zealand's (ANZ) first aircraft, to 2013.
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Post-V1 abort after bird-strike destroyed Kalitta 747F
Belgian investigators believe a bird-strike on a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 freighter at Brussels Airport triggered the crew to abort take-off at a late stage, causing the jet to overrun....
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EASA, ANAC certify Embraer Lineage 1000
Embraer's Lineage 1000 executive transport today won type certification from both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and ANAC, Brazil's National...
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Lockheed Martin completes assembly on six F-35s, first optimized CTOL
Lockheed Martin has rolled out the last of six developmental F-35s to join the ground and flight test fleet by end-year.
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EASA issues emergency AD for certain CFM56-5B engines
Operators flying a small number of CFM56-5B turbofan engines will be required to replace one of the aircraft's two powerplants if both are shown to have...
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Continental 737 crash: Pilot called for rejected take-off
Cockpit voice-recorder evidence shows one of the pilots of the Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 involved in the runway excursion accident at Denver called...