All air transport news – Page 1208
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China's Great Wall appoints new president
Shanghai-based Great Wall Airlines has appointed Singapore Airlines Cargo executive Kuah Boon Kiam as its new president. Kuah, 38, will take over from...
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SkyWest confirms investment in Brazilian carrier Trip
US regional operator SkyWest has made an initial investment in Brazilian airline Trip Linhas Aereas of $5 million giving the company a 6% stake that could...
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BA 777 inquiry details two possible fuel-icing scenarios
Investigators have established two possible icing scenarios that could have restricted fuel flow on the British Airways Boeing 777-200ER which lost power...
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BA 777 crash inquiry believes icing behind fuel-flow restriction
UK investigators believe that ice was the source of the fuel-system restriction which led a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER to experience a loss of engine...
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Bombardier in the black for fiscal 2Q
Buoyed by solid orders for business aircraft, Bombardier Aerospace saw its fiscal second quarter EBIT improve by $105 million to $238 million, translating...
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Bombardier CRJ1000 takes first flight
The prototype Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen regional jet took to the air on 3 September from the airframer's plant at Mirabel, near Montreal.
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Bombardier appears poised for CSeries order
Bombardier appears poised to announce an order for more than one hundred CSeries aircraft in the near-term. An industry source has indicated to CAO...
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VRG takes delivery of short field performance 737
Gol subsidiary VRG has taken delivery of a Boeing 737-800 short field performance aircraft, bringing the total number of SFP aircraft the carrier has in...
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Australia continues flying training streamlining with new office
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has established a new Flight Training and Testing Office at Sydney Bankstown airport as part of its programme...
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Boeing signs up as consultant for Mitsubishi Regional Jet
Boeing has agreed to be a consultant on marketing, development and post-sales activities for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, potentially helping to fill some...
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PICTURE: Aeroflot's first Il-96-400T freighter breaks cover
The first Ilyushin Il-96-400T freighter for Aeroflot's cargo arm has broken cover. The Russian flag carrier started...
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Bombardier CRJ1000 takes first flight
Bombardier's prototype CRJ1000 NextGen regional jet today made its successful inaugural flight from the Bombardier facility at Mirabel, Quebec.
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Honeywell says E-Jet software issue resolved
Certain software issues that Embraer 170 and 190 operators experienced with the airliners' highly integrated Honeywell-built Primus Epic avionics suite have...
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Yakovlev ready to call for MS-21 systems tenders as design freeze nears
Yakovlev, project leader for Russia's MS-21 next-generation narrowbody programme, will issue a call for tenders for the aircraft's systems in October, as...
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Fuji Heavy mulls involvement in MRJ programme
Fuji Heavy Industries could help with designing the wings of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, using its experience with the Boeing 787 to help with the Japanese...
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Boeing faces potential delay in assembly completion of first 787
With just over twenty-four hours to go before the contracts of 26,800 machinists expire, Boeing is quickly running out of margin to achieve first flight...
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Spanair: No justification for changing jet before fatal crash
Spanish operator Spanair insists it did not plan to switch the Boeing MD-82 lost at Madrid for another aircraft following the crew's initial decision to...
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Crew killed as Air Tahoma Convair 580 crashes in Ohio
None of the three crew members on board a US Convair 580 freighter has survived after the aircraft crashed shortly after departing its base at Columbus'...