All air transport news – Page 784
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News
Cargo: economic woes cloud freight peak season
As the peak season approaches a worsening global economy has dashed hopes raised by the bounceback in air cargo in 2010. And softening traffic comes just as shiny new capacity is set to enter the market
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Fleet forecast: cargo's big transition
The latest edition of the Commercial Fleet Forecast illustrates the continuing move towards large widebody freighters and increasing shift eastwards.
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Opinion
Comment: Daydream Believers
The Boeing 787 should have been in service for more than three years, but after a series of frustrating delays it is only just making its debut.
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MRO companies need to form partnership networks
As competition with the OEMs becomes tougher, independent maintenance companies need to build new alliances to keep a foothold in the future MRO market.
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SriLankan sees profitability by 2013 under five-year plan
KERRY REALS BERLIN SriLankan doubles up profitability drive SriLankan Airlines is aiming to put its troubles behind it and return to profitability...
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Delta to expand premium economy to entire mainline fleet
Delta Air Lines plans to expand its premium economy cabin product to its entire mainline fleet of more than 550 aircraft, on top of more than 250 two-class...
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Boeing prepares for world tour of 787
Boeing's third-quarter earnings report on 26 October will provide the first concrete details about the company's expectations on the 787's long-term financial...
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Lufthansa Cargo considers moving operations from Frankfurt
Lufthansa Cargo may be forced to move some operations to other airports in Germany as a result of a night flight ban at Frankfurt, although it ruled out pulling its freighter fleet from the airport.
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ICBC Leasing orders 45 C919s, becomes launch customer
Chinese leasing company ICBC Leasing has inked an order for 45 Comac C919 narrowbodies and agreed to become the launch customer for the aircraft.
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Empire plans to double business jet fleet with two years
Empire Aviation Group , the Dubai-based business aviation charter and management company is aiming to double the size...
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Northrop: France is last snag in NATO AGS contract talks
Contract award for the NATO alliance ground surveillance (AGS) system is now on track to be completed in early November, Northrop Grumman has said.
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Airbus working to keep deadline of final A350-900 assembly
With production of the Boeing 787 properly under way, after the airframer delivered the first example to Japan's All Nippon Airways in September, the pressure of attention will switch to Toulouse where Airbus is trying to keep to its deadline of beginning final A350-900 assembly by the end of this ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Welcome aboard White-Label Airlines
An industry sage once unkindly observed that the airline business is one which has never yet seen a box it cannot think within, so perhaps it is time to...
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News
Airbus and Boeing predict vast sales in narrowbody sector
Airbus and Boeing may disagree on any number of subjects but both airframers predict vast potential sales in the narrowbody sector during the next two decades
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PICTURES: First A320 for Peach Aviation unveiled
The first Airbus A320 in the colours of new low cost carrier Peach Aviation has rolled out of the paint shop at the airframer's Toulouse site. It is...
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EASA obliges manufacturers to supply data on ash tolerance
European safety authorities intend to mandate the supply of manufacturers' data to airlines, to support their safety risk assessments of flights in volcanic ash conditions.
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ANA knocks first 787 into boarding bridge
All Nippon Airways has admitted that its first Boeing 787 suffered some slight surface damage to its engine inlet cowl after it hit a passenger boarding bridge.
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Report questions landings at National in sleeping controller case
A final report released by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) into an unresponsive controller incident that closed the Washington National...
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Cubesat: a satellite in a box
University of Surrey engineering department lecturer Chris Bridges reckons that of the 200 to 250 active Cubesat projects, STRaND-1 is possibly the most sophisticated, but SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre are not the only big names to work with this small format
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Brussels Airlines signs up for LHT Malta maintenance
Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines has entered into a maintenance contract with Lufthansa Technik (LHT) Malta for its services on the carrier's fleet of Airbus...