All air transport news – Page 1677
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Storm suspected in Bellview crash
Investigators focus on weather conditions in effort to find out why Nigerian 737-200Adv ‘nosedived’ into ground
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SAS downlink breaks new ground
Modified system enabled crew of Oslo-bound Boeing 737 to send details of flightpath to airline’s operations centre
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Jazeera Airways launches to break Kuwaiti monopoly
Kuwaiti private carrier Jazeera Airways has started operations with an initial service to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
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Pacific Blue launching Auckland-Cook Islands service
Virgin Blue subsidiary Pacific Blue is launching a weekly non-stop service tomorrow linking Auckland with Rarotonga in the Cook Islands but it is suspending its Sydney-Rarotonga service which went via Christchurch in New Zealand
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NewsAeroflot to choose between A350 and 787 this week
This week is expected to see the winner emerge of one of the toughest battles in the war between the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 when Aeroflot announces which aircraft type it has selected.
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Gary Kelly’s growth game for Southwest
Even mighty Southwest Airlines is finding it tough to make money with fuel at such high prices says the carrier’s chief executive Gary Kelly, as Americas Editor David Field discovers.
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TAAG Angola to install Class 3 Boeing EFB in 737s, 777s
TAAG Angola Airlines will install Boeing Class 3 electronic flight bags (EFBs) in its newly ordered 737-700 and 777-200ER aircraft.
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SIA eyes Christmas 2006 service entry for first A380
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is looking to put its first Airbus A380 into commercial service around Christmas next year, following an expected late-November delivery.
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NewsFinal assembly possible at Bombardier's new Mexican plant
Bombardier Aerospace today detailed plans to open a new facility in Queretaro, Mexico that could eventually be used as a final assembly plant
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Boeing confirms loss of 30 deliveries in '05 from IAM strike
Boeing has reduced its 2005 delivery forecast by 30 aircraft to 290, citing the effects of the September strike by its International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)-represented technicians.
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NewsVolga-Dnepr pushes for 787 transport work
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group is looking at landing a $1 billion contract with Boeing to transport outsize parts for the manufacture of the 787 aircraft family.
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ANZ doubles its order for Boeing 787 aircraft
Air New Zealand has placed firm orders for two Boeing 787-8 aircraft in addition to the two it already has on order.