All air transport news – Page 773
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EU-wide pilot licences next year
Licences for general aviation pilots will be valid across the European Union from April. At the same time, qualifications for instructors, examiners and...
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Air Berlin Technik supports Emirates A380 in Munich
Air Berlin Technik is providing line maintenance for Emirates' Airbus A380s in Munich. The maintenance company has been supporting the Gulf carrier's...
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Freight traffic slides further in October
Air freight levels continued to slide in October as fresh figures from IATA released today show cargo traffic nearly 5% down on the same month last year.
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ANALYSIS: Why Embraer’s narrowbody call could be smart move
Embraer's decision not to follow Bombardier into a head-to-head fight with mainline airliner manufacturers and concentrate on developing an enhanced, re-engined E-Jet instead has been well received by analysts and rivals.
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IN FOCUS: A flight test of Antonov's An-158 regional jet
Antonov moved on from its Soviet origins and embraced 21st-century aircraft design with the highly modern An-148 regional jet - a stretched version of which, the An-158, was certified earlier this year. In this exclusive flight-test report, we put the longer variant through its paces
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Human power sheds light on winglets
Experience with low-powered aircraft aerodynamics gained during the 1970s and 1980s - by engineering teams in the USA, Europe and Japan bidding to win Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) prizes for human-powered aircraft (HPA) - is widely credited with paving the way for high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned systems.
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First Thai Airways A380 enters final assembly line
Thai Airways' first Airbus A380 aircraft has entered the final assembly line in Toulouse, France.
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Hebei Aviation Investment inks deal for 10 ARJ21s
Hebei Aviation Investment Group has inked an agreement with the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (Comac) to purchase 10 Comac ARJ21 regional jets. The...
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Fokker wins component MRO business in Peru
Peruvian regional airline LC Busre has contracted Fokker services to provide component support for its Bombardier Dash 8 turboprops.
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C919 project at "crucial point" in detailed design - Comac
The joint definition phase of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) C919 narrowbody has been completed.
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Iberia Express names Vueling's Gallego as CEO
International Airlines Group (IAG) has appointed Luis Gallego as chief executive of its new Madrid-based short-haul subsidiary, Iberia Express.
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Nanotechnology's first big aerospace application may be in paint
Nanotechnology is an umbrella term referring to the manipulation of materials on the scale of nanometres, or billionths of a metre. But as Martin Kemp, the...
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ANALYSIS: Boeing and Airbus maintain the narrowbody status quo
When Boeing bowed to the inevitable in July and abandoned plans for its New Single Aisle aircraft and instead opted to offer a re-engined version of its 737, there was always some doubt as to how the market would shape up.
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Portable curing device enhances speed, safety of composite repairs
Lyon-based fuel leak repair specialist Sunaero has developed a hand-held composite curing device, which significantly shortens repair times without subjecting...
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Bank of Communications' leasing arm orders 30 C919s
China's Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co has inked an order for 30 Comac C919 narrowbodies, giving the Chinese manufacturer its third major commitment...
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Hong Kong Airlines to receive 50 aircraft by 2015
Hong Kong Airlines will receive more than 50 new aircraft over the next four years to expand its operations on international and Chinese domestic routes. The...
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Cargolux lands first Boeing 747-8 at Huntsville airport
European cargo carrier Cargolux's first Boeing 747-8 commercial flight into the USA landed at Huntsville International airport (HSV) on 21 November. The...
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US Airways poised to announce domestic fleet-wide Wi-Fi partner
US Airways has revealed plans to offer in-flight Wi-Fi across its entire domestic fleet "within the next couple of years", and said it is likely to announce...
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PC-12 gearbox failure reveals manufacturing error
A Pilatus PC-12 propeller gearbox failure in Australia has revealed a faulty manufacturing process, leading...