All air transport news – Page 748
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Kingfisher cancels flights as pilots fail to show up
Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines today cancelled a series of flights as its pilots failed to show up for work, and it had difficulties in distributing its...
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Airbus and partners urge EU leaders to stop ETS trade conflict
Nine of Europe's top aviation players have written joint letters to urge European political leaders to step in and stop an escalating trade conflict with...
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London Gatwick confident on approval for A380 plans
London Gatwick airport is likely to gain approval from local government next week to begin modifications to its North Terminal to allow pier-served access to A380 aircraft.
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Airbus cool on A330neo plans
Airbus is not looking to extend its potential A330 improvement measures to new engines, but is keen to broaden the twinjet's appeal and lengthen its production...
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Kingfisher Airlines blames tax authorities for IATA suspensions
Ailing Kingfisher Airlines has again blamed its most recent suspension from two of the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) accounts settlement...
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Qantas ends talks with Malaysia Airlines over premium carrier
Qantas Airways has ceased its discussions with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to set up a new premium carrier. In a stock exchange filing, the carrier said...
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Rolls-Royce pushes new engine concept for 777X
Rolls-Royce has unveiled its all-new RB3025 engine concept for the 777X, responding to the airframer's 2011 request for information issued to itself, GE...
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Spirit AeroSystems sees more content on 737 as rate climbs
Spirit AeroSystems' work content on the Boeing 737 airframe may grow as the production rate increases to 42 per month over the next two years.
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Who runs the EADS show
As the Louis Gallois era draws to a close, what's in store for successor Tom Enders?
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ABU DHABI EXPO: Saudia becomes largest customer of Dassault Falcon 7X
Dassault Falcon is making its mark in the Middle East with the delivery of the fourth 7X to Saudia Private Aviation, an event that makes the Saudi Arabian firm the biggest operator of the type worldwide.
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PICTURES: Malaysia Airlines unveils A380 configuration; to receive aircraft in June
Malaysia Airlines has unveiled the design and specifications of its first Airbus A380-800 aircraft.
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Start of A350 final assembly slips into April
Final assembly of the first Airbus A350 will slip into April, missing the airframer's first-quarter target.
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KLM 747 de-icer shunt echoed fatal Montreal collision
Supervisory inexperience and communication problems resulted in a de-icing worker being badly injured after a KLM Boeing 747-400 toppled an elevating platform at Amsterdam Schiphol.
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EADS rules out approving 90-seat ATR this year
EADS will not reach a board decision on approving a 90-seat turboprop from ATR this year. During its annual results presentation in Paris today, EADS...
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Boeing homes in on late-2012 launch for 777 successor
Even as its 1000th 777 rolled off the line on Friday 2 March, Boeing was working on its blueprints for the next generation of its hugely successful twinjet.
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GE plans 10% fuel burn improvement for GE9X engine
Under the wing of Boeing's conceptual 777X would be General Electric's GE9X, a 90,000- to 100,000lb-thrust class engine, contributing a 10% improvement in...
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Boeing eyes largest-ever wingspan for 777X
At the heart of Boeing's 777X concept are three options for a new massive carbonfibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) wing. The potential baseline wing has...
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Virgin America to apply for beyond-perimeter slots at Washington National, Cush says
Virgin America will apply to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for the authority to fly from its San Francisco base to Washington National Airport...
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USAF seeks to bypass aircraft engine manufacturers
The US Air Force is considering buying engine parts for some of its aircraft from third-party manufacturers, the service's top officials told the US Congress on 6 March ...
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PICTURE: Superjet emerges in SkyTeam alliance colours
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot's latest Sukhoi Superjet 100 has become the first domestically built type to carry the livery of a global alliance, as the airline's sixth example emerged in SkyTeam colours.