All air transport news – Page 1557
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Awiator winglet ready for birdstrike and lightning tests
Reduced noise and vortices also under evaluation as technology moves forward
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Malaysia expected to delay AEW&C purchase yet again
Embraer remains favourite, but Northrop and Saab also confident of winning contest
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Southwest Midway probe looks at thrust-reversers
Captain tells NTSB that reversers did not respond as expected
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PIA in talks to acquire ATR 72s
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is in talks to acquire four ATR 72s to supplement its recent order for seven smaller ATR 42s.
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Airbus, UTC to finance Northwest A330s, new A319s planned
Northwest Airlines is asking for court approval of a financing package brokered with Airbus and United Technologies (UTC) that guarantees the delivery of 14 A330s and an unspecified number of new narrowbody aircraft.
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New broadband service could widen next year
Satellite communications operator Inmarsat is to decide early next year if it will launch its third Inmarsat-4 (I-4) spacecraft, after the successful orbit of its second I-4, to provide services to the Pacific ocean region.
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China Southern selects Rolls-Royce for A380 engines
China Southern Airlines has opted to fit Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines to its five Airbus A380 aircraft, which the airline will begin introducing in late 2007.
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Newly capitalized Virgin America plans rapid growth
Planned US startup Virgin America will serve several of the country’s top metropolitan cities using an initial fleet of 17 Airbus A320 family aircraft within one year of launching services from San Francisco, California.
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Qantas defers decision on huge order
Australia’s Qantas Airways has deferred a decision on a major order for new aircraft for at least a week.
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Finnair picks A350 and A340 for long-haul fleet renewal
Airbus aircraft will replace Scandinavian carrier's ageing MD-11s
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Saudi Arabian studies widebody renewal
Saudi Arabian Airlines is to turn its attention to widebody fleet renewal over the next six months as it looks towards phasing out its Airbus A300s and other ageing types.