All air transport news – Page 1271
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A320 ditching reignites debate about training pilots for landing on water
A320 ditching reignites debate about training pilots for landing on water
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Ivan Misetic: Putting Croatia firmly on the tourist map
Croatia Airlines chief executive Ivan Misetic has one key mission...
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NewsHudson crash: A320's engines lost power simultaneously
Initial flight-recorder information from the US Airways Airbus A320 which crashed into New York's Hudson River shows that both engines lost power simultaneously,...
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Airbus prepares for bumpy ride as storm clouds thicken
After big two orders plummet by almost a half in 2008, Toulouse warns that far worse awaits in the year ahead
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Interview: AirTran chief executive Bob Fornaro
AirTran Airways has had to scale back its growth plans and reposition itself in order to survive first the fuel crisis and now the demand crisis. But chief executive Bob Fornaro is confident the steps taken will ensure the carrier's continued survival
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Aircraft lessors hunker down for grim 2009
The debt crisis will hit hard in 2009 - and inhibit much-needed consolidation
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Virgin Nigeria admits competition forced long-haul withdrawal
Virgin Nigeria is attributing its withdrawal from long-haul operations to an influx of foreign carriers which have depressed fares on the Lagos-London market,...
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Air transport ditchings in the past 10 years
There are many ditchings in the world every year, but very few involve big jets. Below are three examples of jet ditchings and one involving a turboprop...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
The eternal struggle to reform the unreformable has finally succeeded as the carrier, still called Alitalia but now owned by investor group Compagnia...
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Business briefs
Australian technology company Quickstep is gearing up for full-scale composite...
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China seeks investor for aircraft-engine company
China is open to having a foreign or domestic investor buy up to 30% of China Aviation Industry Corporation's (AVIC) new aircraft-engine company, the firm...
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SIA to use A380 for Paris services
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to start operating the Airbus A380 to Paris in June.
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ANZ A320 pitched up and stalled before crash: investigator
The probe into the November crash of an Air New Zealand (ANZ) Airbus A320 in France is focusing on an apparent surge of engine power during the final approach...
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Air France-KLM outlines Alitalia synergy targets
Air France-KLM spells out synergy targets after Italian investors pick it as partner for relaunched Alitalia
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NewsNTSB: A320 lost thrust in both engines, tried returning to LaGuardia
Investigators have disclosed that the crew of a US Airways Airbus A320, which crashed into New York's Hudson River on 15 January, attempted to return to...
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One engine still attached to US Airways A320
US investigators on 17 January said the right engine is still attached the US Airways Airbus A320 that landed in the Hudson River in New York City on 15...
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NewsLithuania's main airline, FlyLAL, to cease operations
Lithuania's main airline, FlyLAL, is to cease operations after a plan to sell the carrier to external investors collapsed.