All air transport news – Page 786
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FAA and Boeing advise stepped-up 767 wing-skin checks
US FAA regulators have updated an earlier airworthiness directive instructing Boeing 767 operators to increase the frequency of inspections on upper wing...
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Airlines PNG recovers Q100 flight data, cockpit voice recorders
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the Airlines PNG Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 that crashed on 13 October have been recovered.
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Virgin Atlantic to source fuel from industrial waste gas
Virgin Atlantic aims to support demonstration flights within 18 months using synthetic fuel derived from a process involving the capture of vented gases...
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AgustaWestland responds to UK defence cuts with Yeovil redundancies
AgustaWestland is the latest defence contractor to announce big job cuts in response to slowing defence spending, with up to 375 proposed redundancies at...
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Lockheed offers Japan F-35 final assembly
Lockheed Martin has dangled the possibility of final assembly of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in front of Japan as part of its plan to win the country's...
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PICTURES: China Southern receives first A380
Airbus has delivered China Southern Airlines's first A380 during a handover ceremony at its Toulouse headquarters. China Southern Airlines, which has...
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Airlines PNG Q100 had "emergency situation" before crash
The Airlines PNG Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 aircraft that crashed on 13 October had "an emergency situation" on board and its pilots were attempting an emergency...
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Jazz forms maintenance partnership with THS and Bombardier
Jazz Aviation has forged a deal with aircraft maintenance automated solutions provider Technologies Harness Scanner (THS) and Bombardier for maintenance...
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Boeing completes final assembly of first United-Continental 787
Boeing has finished final assembly of the first 787 to be delivered to North American launch customer United-Continental.
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Airbus opens UK's A350 wing factory
Airbus has formally inaugurated the A350 plant at Broughton in the UK, which will manufacture wings for the twinjet family. The North Factory facility...
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Qantas grounds five aircraft as engineers' strike bites
Qantas Airways will ground five aircraft and cancel around 100 domestic flights a week with union industrial action causing a shortfall in required maintenance...
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Japan's Solaseed picks ST Aero for CFM56 engine MRO
Japanese low-cost carrier Solaseed Air has signed up for ST Aerospace's CFM International CFM56-7B/7BE engine maintenance services. The maintenance...
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R-R stands by development strategy after signing GTF joint venture
Rolls-Royce is joining forces with Pratt & Whitney to apply geared turbofan (GTF) technology on next-generation engines, but the core of the UK-based manufacturer's...
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Rolls-Royce forms new partnership with P&W, exits IAE
Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney (P&W) have unveiled plans to form a new joint venture for the development of new engines powering future mid-size aircraft...
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PICTURE: Boeing delivers first 747-8F
Boeing delivered its first 747-8 Freighter on 12 October to Cargolux, ending a month-long stand-off over a contractual dispute.
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NBAA: PWC ponders progeny of PT6
Pratt & Whitney Canada says it is conducting paper analysis and hardware tests related to a next-generation PT6 turboshaft engine.
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NASA confirms final design of the Space Launch System
After months of speculation, NASA has confirmed the final design of the Space Launch System (SLS) - a heavy lift launch vehicle expected to be launch NASA...
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Gulf Air takes delivery of first connectivity-enabled aircraft
Gulf Air has taken delivery of its first aircraft retrofitted with Panasonic Avionics' in-flight, high-speed broadband Internet.
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AirAsia drops plans for Vietnamese joint venture
Bureaucratic hurdles have scuppered Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia's plans to bring its franchise to Vietnam via a joint venture with start-up airline...