All air transport news – Page 1207
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Boeing confirms deal for Vought's 787 role
Boeing today confirms it has agreed to buy out Vought Aircraft Industries' role as one of six major structural designers and producers in the 787 programme....
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IFC to receive Tu-204SMs for Iran Air Tours in 2011
Russia's United Aircraft has signed a delivery agreement with Ilyushin Finance (IFC) under which it will begin supplying Tupolev Tu-204SM aircraft in 2011...
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NewsAustrian Arrows to axe CRJ fleet and cut 400 jobs
Austrian Airlines Group is to axe its entire Bombardier CRJ200 fleet early next year, part of a restructuring which will cut 14 aircraft from the 55 in its...
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BA pushes back A380 deliveries by up to two years
British Airways has pushed back its Airbus A380 delivery schedule, with some later aircraft being postponed by at least two years.
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AirAsia share sale may go to single investor
Tony Fernandes, CEO of Malaysia low cost carrier AirAsia, says the 20% share issue the airline plans could go to a single investor.
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JetBird moves closer to air taxi launch
Air taxi start-up JetBird has taken a step closer to the commercial launch of its pan-European operation...
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DARPA funds high-power satellite system demonstration
Full-scale system tests for a satellite high-power generation system (HPGS) is planned under a $13 million programme of work funded by the US Defense Advanced...
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Airbus considers flight-data downlink to aid investigations
Airbus is to study downlinking of flight-critical data and other possible techniques to explore whether vital information could be more easily retrieved
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Air France A330 struck ocean belly first and did not break up in mid-air
The Air France Airbus A330 that crashed into the South Atlantic last month is thought to have hit the sea belly first with a high rate of acceleration, but...
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Indonesian Merpati 737 loses wheel while taking off
A wheel on the landing-gear of a Merpati Nusantara Boeing 737-400 fell off yesterday as it was taking off from an airport in eastern Indonesia.
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GE's optimal approach
GE Aviation believes tests it has already conducted with SAS in Stockholm in optimal trajectory descent management are easily adaptable to carriers that...
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Opinion
Comment: open season for political posturing
European transport commissioner Antonio Tajani and several French politicians have been pronouncing on the Yemenia Airbus A310 accident in a way that reflects...
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FAA’s new NextGen vector: blue sky thinking; blue collar action
The USA's long-term vision for its national airspace system is taking shape one step at a time as the FAA adopts a pragmatic attitude
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New York Kennedy airport trial provides glimpse into the future of airport ground operations
Surveillance technology on trial at New York Kennedy provides a possible glimpse into the future of airport ground operations
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JetBlue eyes more Jamaican routes
JetBlue Airways is looking at launching services to Jamaica from Boston, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando after a better than expected response to its recently...
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NewsPay-per-view IFE&C 'comes of age' in USA: industry veteran
Pay-per-view and pay-per-flight business models for in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFE&C) have "come of age" in the USA as airlines and consumers...
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Spirit to further cut capacity
Spirit Airlines is planning to cut capacity by about 10% in anticipation of weak demand following the conclusion of the peak summer season.
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US Airways continues search for A330 financing
US Airways says it is evaluating financing alternatives for its three remaining Airbus A330-200 deliveries this year after securing backstop financing for...