All air transport news – Page 1296
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Anticipation mounts for new 787 delivery dates as airlines eye contingencies
Airlines and aircraft lessors worldwide are anxiously awaiting word from Boeing on when they can expect to receive delivery of their initial 787s, following...
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Airbus poised to select A350 XWB flightdeck
Airbus is poised to select the supplier for the A350 XWB's all-new flightdeck, which could...
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Boeing's lean plan for 787 stumbled over supplier issues
Boeing's dream of a lean 787 production line only performing final assembly, integration and testing...
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Comment - Can Boeing keep to its latest timetable?
If Boeing can keep to its latest 787 programme timetable, there will be relief all around. If it has to tell its customers of yet more delays, the buck will stop very firmly at Scott Carson
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Comment - has Virgin found biofuel holy grail?
Remember the fanfare that greeted Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson's biofuel initiative last year? Well, it now seems that Virgin's quest, with...
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Thai set to order 20 A321s and lease 14 787-9s
Thai Airways International has revised a fleet modernisation plan approved by its board last year and will seek government...
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Spirit Aerosystems ties up with Russia’s OAK for parts work
US aircraft component maker Spirit Aerosystems has signed an agreement with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (OAK) to co-operate on parts manufacturing...
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PICTURES: BA Boeing 777 Heathrow crash evidence
Close-up photographs of the fan blades in the port (No 1) and starboard (No 2) engines show dramatically different damage patterns. The considerable damage...
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What pilots are saying about the BA 777 accident
Pilots who know British Airways and the Boeing 777 tell Flight International they believe that whatever happened to reduce the engine power occurred in the...
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Dassault set to deliver first Falcon 2000DX
Dassault is preparing to deliver the first Falcon 2000DX next month to an undisclosed US-based...
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Power loss caused BA 777 crash landing at Heathrow
All 136 passengers from a British Airways Boeing 777-200 were evacuated, three of them suffering minor injuries, when the aircraft was badly damaged by landing...
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PICTURE: Continental launches 737-900ER in the Americas
Continental Airlines has received its first of 27 Boeing 737-900ERs, becoming the first airline in the Americas to operate this higher-capacity, longer-range...
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PAL's US plans in doubt after FAA downgrade
Philippine Airlines' (PAL) plans for a major expansion of US services have been thrown into disarray after...