All air transport news – Page 1261
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NewsEmbraer cuts 4,000 jobs and delivery forecast
Embraer today announced laying off nearly 4,300 workers as it slashed its 2009 delivery forecast by 28 aircraft, lowering revenue guidance for next year...
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BA is A318's last airline customer after US abandons order
British Airways is the sole outstanding airline customer for the Airbus A318 following US Airways' decision to cancel its last three of the type. Fifteen...
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NewsAirbus cuts A320 production and freezes A330/340 rate
Airbus is cutting by two aircraft a month its production rate for A320-family jets, a shift that will come into effect from October this year...
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UK investigates twisting, bending morphing winglet
Composite materials that could form the skin of a morphing aircraft have been tested for their suitability for a shape-changing winglet that would deliver...
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Fuel hedging
Even with oil at $40 a barrel, fuel costs still managed to cause some airlines fresh pain as fuel hedging losses mounted
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Probe into Virgin A340 bar fire finds wire protection missing
Initial inspection of Virgin Atlantic's long-haul Airbus fleet, after a fire emergency on an A340-300, has found a number of aircraft missing wiring-protection...
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V Australia receives AOC
Virgin Blue's new long-haul carrier V Australia today received its air operators's certificate, clearing the way for it to have its inaugural flight on 27...
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Resuming growth, Allegiant has big plans
The airline with the highest margins in the US is built on a simple premise: serve the customers that nobody wants, from the airports that nobody wants,...
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FAA mandates third A330, A340 inertial navigation fault fix
The US FAA today issued a final airworthiness directive instructing operators of most Airbus A330 and A340 models to power down suspect air data inertial...
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NewsEmirates' 2009 plans include A380 service to Singapore
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to introduce another seven Airbus A380s over its next fiscal year, as it expands its fleet by 18 passenger aircraft. Dubai-based...
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Embraer to seek civil certification for C-390
Embraer intends to secure civil certification for its proposed C-390 military airlifter in an attempt to sell the aircraft to civil freight operators such...
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Old models for US regionals under pressure in downturn
Capacity purchase models that served as the backbone of US regional airline operations for the late 1990s and in the current decade are eroding as economic...
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PICTURE: IAI's Bedek starts EuroAtlantic 767-300BDSF conversion
Israel Aerospace Industries' Bedek division has begun the conversion the first Boeing 767-300ER to its Bedek Special Freighter (BDSF) configuration. The...
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NewsSIA details wide range of capacity cuts
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has unveiled capacity cuts across much of its passenger network as it copes with a drop in demand amid the global economic downturn. The...
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Virgin Blue grounding aircraft and looking at staff cuts
Australian carrier Virgin Blue is grounding about 8% of its domestic fleet and possibly retrenching staff due to a deterioration in demand.
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Jetstar to replace Qantas on NZ domestic routes
Qantas Airways' low-cost carrier Jetstar is replacing it on New Zealand domestic routes as of 10 June.
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NewsNTSB aims to shift Colgan Q400 wreckage within two days
US National Transportation Safety Board investigators have cleared around half the wreckage of the crashed Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 from the impact site...
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Extending HUMS to rotor systems
New research suggests that health and usage monitoring systems could be even more effective if it is applied to rotor systems
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Business briefs
The latest episode in a long-running battle between shareholders in Czech Aircraft...