All air transport news – Page 1322
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Dubai 2007: Middle East states look for defence efficiency gains
DEFENCE Efficiency gains After years of building up their armed forces, Middle Eastern states are now likely to focus spending on technologies...
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Flight survey shows positive attitude towards PMA parts
The PMA bandwagon is beginning to gather pace. Flight Insight's survey of airlines uncovers a positive attitude towards ordering spares from alternative manufacturers
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Flying the SCAT-1 at Bronnoysund
Flight International's David Learmount witnessed two night SCAT-1 approaches to Runway 04 at Brønnøysund about 12h before the official inaugural flight,...
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Spanish 737’s low approach wrecks Katowice airport lighting
Polish investigators are investigating a serious incident in which a Boeing 737-800 chartered from Spanish carrier Air Europa descended far below the approach...
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Europe progresses towards virtual certification
A prototype collaborative design environment that could contribute to virtual certification is the outcome of a four-year, �75 million ($107 million) European...
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Cessna completes Columbia due diligence and waits for auction
Columbia Aircraft 's favoured buyer Cessna has completed due diligence of the...
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Turkish Airlines plans order for up to 30 787s or A350s
The Airbus A380 made its first visit to Istanbul last week, where incumbent carrier Turkish Airlines revealed long-term ambitions to operate the ultra-large...
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Dubai 2007: Gulf carriers deliver the goods
Cargo is big business for the Gulf's flag carriers, which are supplementing the enormous capacity offered by the bellies of their passenger fleets with freighter aircraft
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Russia to adopt composite wing and aluminium fuselage for next narrowbody
Russia's next-generation narrowbody airliner, the MS-21, will have a composite wing and empennage married to a fuselage constructed from advanced alloys...
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Business briefings
BOEING PUMPS $7 BILLION INTO SHARES STOCK Boeing is to repurchase up to $7 billion of common stock. The company, which a week ago posted a $1.1 billion...
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Eaton: managed growth in aerospace
Integration drive breaks open 'silos of expertise' and turns firm into total systems provider
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Dubai 2007: Privatisation pays for Jordanian aerospace
Jordan's privatisation programme, which has been running for about a decade, is widely viewed as one of the most successful in the Middle Eastern region...
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Boeing may dump sub-par 787 suppliers
Questions about Boeing's revolutionary decentralised 787 production strategy intensified after...
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Comment - Boeing should think global, act local
Boeing needs to learn from its failure to manage a modern supply chain for the 787 when it builds its single-aisle replacement aircraft the concept of globalised sourcing is still sound
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ST Aero looks globally for MRO growth
While its home turf of Singapore is a major player in the Asian maintenance, repair and overhaul market, ST Aero's sights are set on establishing a global network to support its customer airlines to the same standard wherever they are in the world
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Business briefing
business briefs EADS SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE NEW STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE EADS's shareholders have formalised the firm's simplified management and...
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Opinion
Comment: British Airways - busting through barriers
British Airways' plan to set up a wholly owned subsidiary operating Boeing 757s out of Europe's major hubs to the US East Coast looks set to put a cat among...