All air transport news – Page 1454
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Traffic growth slows
Traffic across the globe grew at a slower pace year-over-year in the first half of 2007, with the Middle East the only region managing to register double-digit growth
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Saving Alitalia
If Alitalia is to have a chance of survival, the Italian government must learn lessons from its past mistakes and accept that some harsh commercial decisions...
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Frontier lures former executive to replace Potter
Menke returns to Frontier Frontier Airlines has lured back Sean Menke, its former chief operating officer, to succeed Jeff Potter as chief executive...
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USA-Mexico: border incursions
US carriers have been swarming south to Mexico in the past couple of years. This challenge, added to competitive pressures at home from low-cost players,...
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NewsSIA's first A380 enters 'lengthy' acceptance-testing phase as delivery looms
Singapore Airlines' first A380 is undergoing an intense testing programme with Airbus from Toulouse to ensure the ultra-large airliner is fully service-ready...
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Pratt & Whitney argues geared-fan engine design is superior to open-rotor concepts
Pratt & Whitney will seek to establish the geared turbofan (GTF) as a superior alternative to open rotor technology...
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NewsAirbus A380 heads for Asian Aerospace
The Airbus A380 will be making an appearance at next month's Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress in Hong Kong. Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered...
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Putin moves to restructure Russia's engine makers
Russia is to restructure its aeroengine manufacturing industry in a bid to support a dramatic increase in civil and military aircraft production in the period...
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Russia’s UAC gives formal backing for MS-21 airliner
Russia's United Aircraft (OAK) has added the proposed medium-range MS-21 airliner to its production targets with serial manufacture scheduled to begin in...
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NewsAtlant-Soyuz claims Tu-154 is first airliner to be fitted with Glonass avionics
Engineers in Russia have equipped an Atlant-Soyuz Tupolev Tu-154M airliner with navigation avionics designed to use the Glonass satellite positioning system,...
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