All air transport news – Page 674
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Australia's ACCC approves Virgin’s Skywest takeover bid
Australia's competition regulator has cleared Virgin Australia's proposed takeover of Perth-based regional carrier Skywest Airlines. Australian Competition...
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PICTURE: Afriqiyah takes delivery of A320 in new colours
Afriqiyah Airways has taken delivery of an Airbus A320 - the first aircraft to be painted in its new livery. The 2013-build aircraft (MSN 5448) is...
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VIDEO: Growing lessor shares and ECA changes key 2013 financing topics
The impact of changes to the export credit rules and the growing role of lessors are the prime talking points in this year's Airline Business interactive special report on the aviation finance market.
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Rockwell Collins and Emirates sign 5-year MRO deal
Rockwell Collins and Emirates have signed a five-year maintenance, repair and overhaul agreement for the carrier's avionics systems. The maintenance...
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Brussels Airlines adds flights to Washington Dulles
Brussels Airlines will launch five weekly flights between Washington Dulles and Brussels airport on 18 June. The airline will deploy Airbus A330 aircraft...
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Volga-Dnepr Technics plans 737/A320 support
The maintenance arm of Russian air cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr Group has opened a hangar at Leipzig airport, Germany. Volga-Dnepr Technics plans to...
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LHT starts E-170/190 landing gear support
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has begun overhauling Embraer 170/190 landing gears at its US subsidiary Hawker Pacific Aerospace, and it says it will introduce...
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VIDEO: Why shorter economic lives could speed depreciation of aircraft values
Concerns are growing among bankers and analysts that changes to the economic lives of airliners driven by high fuel prices and availability of young, efficient types are accelerating the depreciation of older equipment.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing 787's lithium-ion scare repeats familiar pattern in battery technology
A battery scare has gripped the aviation industry. Normally unfamiliar terms such as "over-discharge" and "thermal runaway" are on the lips of industry insiders...
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Comac ARJ21 completes CAAC stall tests
Chinese airframer Comac has completed stall tests for its ARJ21 regional jet programme. Aircraft 104, one of six regional jets undergoing both ground...
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South Africa's Airlink adds flights to Vilanculos and Kasane
South Africa's Airlink will launch flights from Johannesburg to Vilanculos in Mozambique and Kasane in Botswana on 22 March. The regional carrier will...
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ANALYSIS: How will airlines fund $100bn worth of new aircraft this year?
Record production means that airlines' delivery finance requirements will increase by 15% this year to $100 billion, with banking activity likely to grow significantly.
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Kazakh crash reportedly involves local operator SCAT
Unconfirmed reports from Russia indicate that an accident in Kazakhstan involves a domestic service operated by local Kazakh carrier SCAT. The reports...
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Fastjet eyes Kenya's Jetlink amid Fly540 legal challenge
Fastjet has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kenyan airline Jetlink Express, which it says will provide a platform for launching operations...
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Inadequate de-icing caused near-stall on Danish ATR
Norwegian investigators believe a Danish Air Transport ATR 42-300 entered an uncommanded climb, and came close to stalling, as a result of inadequate de-icing. The...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans second MRJ assembly line
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is studying the possibility of building a new assembly facility near Japan's Nagoya airport to ramp up the planned production...
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PICTURES: Bombardier final assembly progress on CSeries revealed
Bombardier has quietly released new pictures showing that it has attached the tail and landing gear to the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV-1) and...
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Eurocopter promises four new rotorcraft by 2020
At least four brand-new helicopters will be added to Eurocopter's range by 2020, as the airframer works to renew its line-up. Speaking at its end-of-year...
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ANALYSIS: Will United turn around in 2013?
United Airlines barely eked out a profit in 2012, while the majority of its US-based brethren posted impressive results. This was not unexpected. The...
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IN FOCUS: India special report
In a sector-by-sector analysis, we assess the nation’s aerospace prospects – and the vast potential its defence market offers to Western manufacturers – on the eve of Aero India, which kicks off in Bengaluru on 6 February.